Great benefits in theory - Support Worker Scheels Employee Review

3.0
Jun 24, 2022
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Pros

Employee Discount (although still hard to afford anything) ESOP - but the catch is the more you make the better it is, so the high ups and people who get commission are the ones who benefit the most. They provide uniform shirts. You’ll usually find a good share of really great people. They have a thing where employees can check out product and “demo” it. Very cool. Support staff get weekends off.

Cons

Pay is bare minimum for any position not in sales or management, the managers shoot down raise requests and push the benefits which would be a great case if the benefits were all across the board fantastic. They will push that not working weekends is a huge perk and worth the lesser pay but I would trade working weekends for an extra couple hundred on my paychecks twice a month. Working as support you are expected to keep everything running smoothly and the sales people can treat you like you are beneath them. It can be really discouraging.

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5.0
Jul 16, 2026
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Pros

Incredible people! I enjoyed all the friends I made during my time at Scheels.

Cons

A lot of long weekends.

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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