Hobby Lobby reviews

3.2

45% would recommend to a friend

(4,941 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 4,941 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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5K reviews
2.0
Nov 19, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Starting Pay, off Sundays(sometimes), dedicated employees

Cons

Where to start... Payroll: The requirement of $12/hr has made most stores unable to achieve payroll without working their FTers under 30 hours a week and letting their PTers pick up the extra hours. On top of this you are required to complete massive relays with your limited staff. If it's not done on time, no big deal, just let our salary management work open to close all week, 14 hour shifts are the norm to spend time with your family right? Conflicts between upper management: One week we are told to add fluff(greenery) and grapes to all of our tables and build displays on all drive aisle topcaps. The next week we get in trouble for overstocking our greenery and grapes and are told to have no displays because it too causes overstock. A month later the VP comes in and tells you to have more displays. This is one example of upper management not communicating or seeing eye to eye. Never satisfied: You could run a beautiful store, all freight out and processed, great scores on all tests, increase in sales, make(or at least get close) in payroll, and RVP/VP will come in and beat you up for tape residue on fixtures and base boards that need painted(which is 75% of the store every quarter). Which also results in 70 hour weeks for management(or again blowing payroll) Promotions: I read one review that talks about great opportunity to promote within at this company.. really? Co managers become store managers usually then they get fired or quit. The ones that stick around if they know someone can become DMs eventually. Assistant Managers used to could do the "Ladder program" to become a Co-Manager, that program has since been done with and Assistants are stuck at that position for life or until they find another job. If you are single and have no need for anything in your life besides work and don't mind being constantly knit picked and never complimented then this is the job for you.

1.0
Oct 20, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Love, love, love my coworkers!!

Cons

Managment runs the office like a super micromanaged concentration camp. Pretty much have to ask to breathe. No faith in employees abilities, very controlling, quick to blame rather than train. Terrible place to make a career! Don't do it!

1.0
Mar 25, 2011

Human Slave Factory

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great discount on item in store!

Cons

If you ever worked in the mines at the turn of the century, which of course I haven't, but the conditions of 12 to 16 hour days with no breaks, and constantly on your feet for 3 weeks straight then you will get an idea of what it was like to open up one of these stores. If you were not on your feet constantly during these 3 weeks, then you were more or less booted out of the store, fired! Whomever spoke out about taking breaks or that we were tired they were fired that evening behind everyone's back. It was not permissable to speak out against the store and their practices at all! The wage was slightly above minimum wage and the long hours put in were ungodly. Most especially for a religious company. It was all about work, nothing else. The day started off with a morning prayer and with most everyone in a circle gathering around like a commune. Most of the practices were more or less brainwashing techniques in order to just get the job done. I don't know how or wonder why a company like this could ever treat it's employees so harshly in my life. For the life of me I don't understand or realize how they can get away with it in the 21st century. It seems that no one cares about the inhumane practices going on in this store, nor does anyone ever want to confront them about it. It is a crying shame that this store threatened your job, and you could not even relax for one second on this environment. I hope that someday as the bible says: you reap what you sow!

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