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Columbia Sportswear

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Quality Product, Great Benefits, Friendly Environment - Anonymous employee Columbia Sportswear Employee Review

4.0
Feb 12, 2012
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great benefits for full-time employees 30% discount plus a friends and family list for each employee. Even better around Black Friday. Tuition assistance for PT and FT employees willing to put in effort to apply for corporate assistance. Decent pay for retail. Plus a monthly bonus for PT and FT team members if store reaches sales goal. Recognition and gift card reward for hard workers. I was fortunate to work with a team of genuine managers who cared about the employees. Easy to succeed and be promoted in-store if associate takes initiative to learn.

Cons

Payroll allowance is linked to previous year's sales - can make it difficult to meet goals if there was no specific reason for a high sales week. Our store fluctuated greatly due to tourists and weather. DMs not always on same page as store staff in terms of realistic goals or individual store quirks.

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5.0
Jul 9, 2026
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Pros

Positive environment, great training, pride in products and technology.

Cons

Seasonal employees get "up to 25 hours" but I have only been scheduled up to 15 hours a week.

3.0
Jul 13, 2026
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Pros

Good work-life balance and benefits.

Cons

What was once a pro for culture has now become a con. Uncertainty due to massive layoffs. Remote work has been largely eliminated, and thus flexibility has decreased signficantly. Offshore and AI initiatives to reduce local US workforce. Although collaboration is encouraged, departments are siloed and operate independently which causes significant inefficiencies costing the company millions of dollars. Diversity is also lacking in a number of departments. Over reliance on external consultants instead of leveraging internal expertise.

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