REI reviews

3.6

64% would recommend to a friend

(4,373 total reviews)
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Mary Beth Laughton

38% approve of CEO

33% positive business outlook

REI has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 4,373 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
1.0
Sep 23, 2017

Not the great job.

Recommend
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Pros

Great discounts (but any outdoor industry job has that), awesome people (if hired and trained right) and a great place to learn about leadership.

Cons

Management don't know what they are doing. I guess I'm too hard on them; they can sufficiently manage a business, but there's no way in hell they can run one. One manager only knows how to do a sub-section of operations; which means, there's a high position manager in the store that only knows how to manage 1/6 of the store. If it wasn't for the faithful employees, the business will be closed. Only one manager is consistently helping on the floor.

4.0
Jul 18, 2017

Good place for Outdoorsy people

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

nice perks like discounts on clothing

Cons

pay is pretty low, lots of favoritism

5.0
Jun 19, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits including yay days, pro deals, excellent medical. Great work/life balance. Collaborative work environment.

Cons

Institutional inertia, compensation, and location

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