REI reviews

#1. Huge push to sell memberships and credit cards, often to the detriment of customer satisfaction #2. Hours fluctuate wildly for part-time employees #3. They hire despite not having enough hours to satisfy existing employee's needs #4. Very few opportunities to progress in your current role #5. Management opportunities are very rare #6: Endless customer phone calls to the store which waste time. IMO the store phones should be removed and calls should be directed to the corporate number,

Lack of respected and appreciation for the sheer amount of work employees put in. Likes to brand itself as a left-leaning, fun-loving, chill workplace but hasn't been that way towards its employees for years. At one point cut everyone's hours back to the point that some weren't even getting scheduled for two weeks at time with no explanation. Only after significant pushback from employees about the lack of communication and hours did management fess up to a huge budget issue that was ongoing. When my store unionized the backlash and union-busting we experienced was abhorrent and did not follow the company image that REI sells to its customers. Apparently REI used some of the same lawyers and tactics to union bust as Amazon.