REI reviews

3.6

63% would recommend to a friend

(4,368 total reviews)
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35% approve of CEO

34% positive business outlook

REI has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 4,368 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The REI employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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4K reviews
3.0
Jun 3, 2014

Great place, not so great hours.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Prodeals and discounts are awesome. - Depending on the store, you meet some great people that can change the way you think about the outdoors. - If you're looking for a part time job that pays well this is a great place to start.

Cons

Unfortunately, unless you started as full time or become a sales lead there is no way you can get full time. There are always problems with scheduling and making sure hours are there. They'll let you go early if business isn't doing too good, which is fine if you don't have bills to pay. Memberships can be a pain as well. If you don't do well one week, it effects the next week you work. You can be great at customer service but if memberships are down it ruins your chance of getting hours.

5.0
May 19, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Lots of employee discounts, rewards for not driving, I really enjoyed working at REI, great people and great company

Cons

The only cons really are those customers that are a serious pain in the butt, that's retail though.

4.0
May 1, 2014

AWESOME!

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

People are great...coworkers and customers. Great discount.

Cons

Hours can be hard to get in slow times...the stores are VERY budget conscience.

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