Hobby Lobby reviews

3.2

45% would recommend to a friend

(4,940 total reviews)
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45% approve of CEO

44% positive business outlook

Hobby Lobby has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 4,940 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Hobby Lobby 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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1.0
Nov 11, 2011

Micro managing of very capable employees

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Most Co-workers are great to be around.

Cons

Guilty before you can prove otherwise Absolutly NO TRAINING When redirection is given all negative no positives Spoken to as a complete moron instead of an educated (degreed) individual

2.0
May 9, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

nice pay with a good discount and sundays off.

Cons

Call in sick and you're on the managments crap list. Expected to work more hours at a moments notice. 99 percent of the time I did, but if I didn't my job was threatened. Competition between other store's managers putting stress on employees. At first manager was sure to have positive comments; but it went downhill. Nothing is ever good enough. Gossiping and cliques. Favoritism. I loved my job the first 7 months; it was challenging and rewarding. New manager changed all that. Freaks out too easily. Embarrasses employees in front of other employees and customers.

4.0
Dec 28, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

They seem to place a large emphasis on family and worship, therefore all stores are closed on Sundays. Hobby Lobby also closes at 8 pm and opens at 9 am. To have shorter hours and be closed on Sundays is almost unheard of in the large retail store world, yet they are still growing and making large profits.

Cons

I think Hobby Lobby could use more technology in the stores. Cashiers have to manually type in prices and sales on all products. At times the sales can be vague or confusing leading to cashier error or arguments with customers. Being able to scan items would be very helpful. It would also help reduce the sometimes long wait times at registers. Every return has to be approved by a manager, there have been times when managers are too busy to come to the registers which means the customer and the line behind them are waiting until the manager gets free and comes to the front. Most customers have told me this is their number one complaint.

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