REI reviews

3.6

64% would recommend to a friend

(4,373 total reviews)
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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
4.0
Sep 26, 2016

Sales Specialist

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

REI has a great overall culture. The types of people that want to work here share an enthusiasm for the outdoors and are generally at REI because they want to be. If you are motivated and interested, there are options for advancement within the company.

Cons

Although you set your availability, your working hours may vary greatly week to week, both in terms of totals time and specific schedule. The pay is not great, and the path to advancement is fairly narrow in scope. Because REI is large, there is a top down structure, and even store managers have limited flexibility in how they do their job, so those at the bottom are pretty much a peg in a hole.

4.0
Sep 12, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Your co-workers are generally very good, friendly knowledgeable people. Company culture is outstanding. Incentives for employees are very good. Flexible schedule.

Cons

Don't give them an open schedule or they will take advantage of it. Only problem is, that's the only way to climb the ladder there. Poor pay (c'mon REI, it's time to give your people a liveable wage or at least start them at $12.50/hr rather than $10). Corporate mentality. Prioritizing breadth of knowledge to depth of knowledge for sales staff.

3.0
Sep 3, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Fun co-workers, great discounts, flexible scheduling, good pay.

Cons

Corporate BS, hard to get hours, nearly impossible to be full-time, hires seasonally, hires people who have no clue about the outdoors.

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