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      REI

      Engaged Employer

      REI reviews

      3.6

      64% would recommend to a friend

      (4,364 total reviews)
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      Mary Beth Laughton

      38% approve of CEO

      34% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.0

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.8

      Culture & values

      3.8

      Work/Life balance

      3.5

      Compensation and benefits

      3.0

      Senior management

      2.9

      Career opportunities

      REI has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 4,364 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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      Reviews by job title

      4K reviews
      3.0
      May 18, 2012

      Lukewarm bathwater... not what I'd expected.

      Sales specialist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      For a large store I got the feeling the employees were great team players who shares a common vision - inspire others to get outside! I was shocked that I'm the most experienced "outdoorsman" in the store. Hey, it feels great...

      Cons

      Managers have to lie to corporate (to keep their jobs) and hide the real downside of working in a department environment. Why? I think they are afraid if losing their jobs. Personally, I'm already sooooo tired of not being able to leave my department and feel like I'm constantly forced to fit into a corporate machine without any soul or personality. REI is a great mega-machine I have to admit.

      5.0
      May 18, 2012

      Great

      Seasonal directsales
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Transparency, values,.interesting, progressive, growing ambitipus company.

      Cons

      non so far. Ot is great

      4.0
      May 12, 2012

      Time well spent

      Sales specialist - action sports
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Obviously, one of the best reason to work here if you love the outdoors are the gear discounts and other perks/freebies. I wish I would have taken advantage of even more of the perks but I was only part-time and didn't keep up with everything. Large stable company, interesting and fun products, can move up the company ladder if you want.

      Cons

      It's was an hourly retail position. I wouldn't have wanted to work full-time there but it was a nice for a shift or two a week and keeping the benefits. You will put all of the money you earn from REI back into REI. It's not possible to work there and not spend all of your money buying up all of their gear.

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