Cabela's reviews

3.1

41% would recommend to a friend

(2,414 total reviews)
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Johnny Morris

40% approve of CEO

34% positive business outlook

Cabela's has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 2,414 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Cabela's 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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2K reviews
1.0
Oct 10, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great coworkers and great discount

Cons

Please, PLEASE fix the management problem (person) at this store. I thoroughly enjoyed my work but the atmosphere became increasingly toxic over the two years I worked here. Twice, there was a clean sweep of the gun counter where essential employees were fired in groups for no reason, leading to massive swings in responsibility loads. You cannot expect a non-management employee to effectively "manage" a gun counter AND vault with no pay increase, and you cannot operate 7 days a week, 12 hours a day with only one full time employee and two part-timers because you fired 5 people in the span of a week. It doesn't work, period. You cannot expect someone under management level to "suck it up" and deal with it until you get new hires in and THEN expect them to train all of them under strict ATF standards (NO MISTAKES) on top of all of your other duties. You are stressing your employees out and for retail pay it is not worth it.

3.0
Jan 15, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Fun atmosphere, surrounded by your hobbies, easy to make friends over common interests, fun talking with customers who also hunt or fish, customers enjoy shopping there so they generally treat you well.

Cons

If you have a poor manager, working there can be a living hell. The company is great but what you’ll deal with on a daily basis changes with each manager you work for. They typically last 2 years before they’re either fired or burn out and leave.

2.0
Jul 12, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Likeminded employees that enjoy similar activities. Discounts on gear.

Cons

Club Card is the poison that is dragging this company down and making it a terrible place to work. There is nothing more frustrating that trying to provide good customer service only to be told by management that you must try to sell club credit cards to every customer. Terrible business model from a customer experience standpoint. Its all about the money. We used to joke that Cabelas is a bank selling hunting and fishing products instead of a hunting and fishing store that offers a credit card.

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