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      REI

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      REI reviews

      3.6

      63% would recommend to a friend

      (4,371 total reviews)
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      Mary Beth Laughton

      38% approve of CEO

      34% positive business outlook

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      REI has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 4,371 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
      May 8, 2014

      My experience at REI has been a roller coaster of highs and lows.

      Sales manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The people that you work with and the quality of the customers that shop at REI are outstanding. Inspiring, educating and outfitting customers is a joyful, rewarding, and important mission and is truly interesting and inspiring.

      Cons

      The pay is not enough to afford to keep up with the rising cost of living or to afford to take my family on any of the incredible adventures that we outfit our customers for. Staff get starved for hours and turnover is consistent because they just can't pay their bills on what we provide.

      3.0
      May 6, 2014

      If you want to buy some gear...

      Sales specialist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      employee discounts called prodeals, customers can be interesting, no cleaning, simple, coworkers can be interesting,

      Cons

      low pay, boring work, silly talk about co-op philosphy when it is really just a sporting goods store, coworker competition to sell memberships results in unkind interactions

      2.0
      Mar 17, 2014

      Nice people. No pay.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great deals on gear. Very nice coworker.

      Cons

      Poor pay. Not enough room for advancement.

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