Good at pretending to be a company that cares - Sales Specialist REI Employee Review

1.0
Jan 21, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great coworkers and interesting products.

Cons

Manipulative and ineffective managers, company layoffs, lack of job security. Really just an Amazon-like company masquerading as a co-op. Your relationships with coworkers will keep you here for too long, and you'll be struggling to pay rent due to inconsistent hours.

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5.0
Jun 25, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

very supportive management and team members.

Cons

sometimes, the hours are late. But very doable.

3.0
Jun 20, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Excellent coworkers - REI does a great job of hiring enthusiastic and personable staff - Slightly better pay compared with other retail in the area - Prodeals and discounts - Flexible hours - Good (although rapidly diminishing) healthcare benefits

Cons

- Once a (better) company known for its investment in knowledgeable and friendly staff via extensive training and investment, the company has been slowly slashing away at most of what makes it special since the pandemic - Hours and benefits are worsening, proper employee training is becoming hard to come by - lots of mediocrity and sometimes questionable ethical calls made by management - Punitive disciplinary policies that seem to be designed to create higher turnover (advantageous to them given the gradual pay, benefit and policy changes)

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