Sales Associate - Sales Associate Scheels Employee Review

5.0
Aug 9, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

+ The people: Your co-workers become some of your closest friends. They are genuine people, and they want to help all of the customers with any needs that they may have. + The ethics: Not many companies give customers the ability to return anything at anytime. For instance, if a customer bought a pair of socks a year ago and forgot about them and lost the receipt for them, he/she could still return them for whatever price they're listed at on the company database. That's pretty awesome. The company wants to do the right thing all the time, and that alone is a reason to work there. + The competition: Scheels thrives off of healthy competition. Between daily sales goals and monthly inventory objectives, there are plenty of chances to make some extra cash. + The loyalty: If you are loyal to the company, they are loyal to you. The benefits are fantastic if you stay with the company for at least a few years.

Cons

- The hours: It's a given, but retail hours can be daunting. Late nights, holidays, and weekends can make scheduling your personal life a little difficult. However, Scheels still has several extra holidays that they allow their employees to stay home on. For instance, the company is shut down on Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, and Easter Sunday. It's pretty cool to have a retail company respect family time.

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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
Jun 23, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

You get to try lots of cool new shoes, there is tons of entertaining retail drama, you can make a decent amount of money if you are good at sales (I could easily double my base salary on weekends), and the discount is quite nice. Management usually seems to care a lot for employees, and many are very flexible with scheduling and make it easy to work around other jobs/classes. There is room for progression, and I was offered a higher position, but the salary growth wasn't ideal for me in this economy.

Cons

You are on your feet A LOT - I often walked 30-40k steps a day during the holiday season or Saturdays (with only a 30 min lunch break), and sometimes you get scheduled for multiple weeks with no days off in between. Getting a good manager for your schedule is also important, because some give only a week's notice before putting out the next couple of weeks, which makes it hard to plan things with friends/family. Part time employees also get no benefits, even when I was consistently working 40-50 hours a week for months at a time. Additionally, there are some unscrupulous characters working there, but most have gotten fired.

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