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3.6

68% would recommend to a friend

(1,220 total reviews)
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Steve Scheel

76% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.7

Culture & values

3.5

Diversity & inclusion

3.5

Career opportunities

3.4

Compensation and benefits

3.1

Senior management

3.0

Work/Life balance

Scheels has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 1,220 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Scheels 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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1K reviews
3.0
Aug 14, 2012

Shop manager

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Business Outlook

Pros

Pay is decent for retail, great discount.

Cons

It's one of the busiest stores in Lincoln, ALWAYS busy so you run your butt off. Micromanaging at it's finest. Always expecting waaay more than you can do.

4.0
Jul 31, 2012

College job that pays well.

Sports specialist
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

"Sports Specialist" position offers great pay for a college job--base pay + commission. If you work hard and are honest, you will succeed. It's a sales job, but if you are a friendly person who genuinely wants to help people find what they need and are willing to suggest other items, you will be able to make your sales goal. Work with fun people, so you can meet new college friends. If you have a creative eye, they will let you help with displays which is fun. You make a lot of money if you work a lot around Christmas when sales are highest. Awesome employee discount of 50% on most products. Can special order products from the top brands they carry at employee discount rate. Very flexible with scheduling! An overall good employment experience.

Cons

Required to sell their credit card. Emphasis on talking to every customer can end up annoying customers because they get bombarded by employees. Have to work most weekends. Must attend store meetings every Wednesday night at 9 P.M. You must make your sales goal (or get fired). Can't make purchases with employee discount unless product has been in store for a month or more. They keep doing better as a company, so they keep pushing their employees for more and more sales--can make sales people feel disingenuous. If you work in softlines (clothing), you will generally make the least amount of money compared to salespeople in shoes, midlines (equiptment), and hardlines (guns etc.) because the items you sell don't cost as much.

4.0
Jul 30, 2012

Friendly management, although high expectations

Sales
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The people who I worked with were all very eager to help, especially management which is good. They also give you a ton of training, and you meet with your team leader frequently to discuss positives, things to work on, etc.

Cons

Base pay could be a LOT better, very heavily focused on sales goals, part-timers don't get much. It's a lot of work at the start because you have to get super familiar which all of the merchandise in your area.

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