Is Hobby Lobby a good company to work for?

Hobby Lobby has an overall rating of 3.2 out of 5, based on over 5,090 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 3% over the last 12 months. 46% of employees would recommend working at Hobby Lobby to a friend and 44% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Hobby Lobby have been left by employees working as Customer Service , Stock Associate and Stock Person .

Does Hobby Lobby pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Hobby Lobby employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Hobby Lobby. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Hobby Lobby?

46% of Hobby Lobby employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Hobby Lobby 2.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.9 for culture and values and 2.9 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Hobby Lobby?

Cashier (608) , Sales Associate/Cashier (307) , Department Head (229) , Sales Associate (185) , Assistant Manager (128) , Store Manager (122) , Co-Manager (121) , Department Manager (111) , Stockman (98) , Retail Sales Associate (88) , Certified Custom Framer (85) , Stocker (78) , Customer Service Manager (CSM) (76) , Customer Service Manager (61) , Order Puller (59)

What are the pros of working at Hobby Lobby according to real employee reviews?

"pay can be good but not what they advertise on sign when they are hiring." ((in 799 reviews)); "You get to have great coworkers and lots of jokes are made while working hard." ((in 253 reviews)); "Great people to work with crew was great" ((in 242 reviews)); "Good benefits for you and or family." ((in 161 reviews)); "Great Employees who are dedicated to what they do and long term employees" ((in 80 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Hobby Lobby according to real employee reviews?

"Managers don't have very good customer relations skills." ((in 263 reviews)); "Long hours expected and could be sent to other locations with short notice and no ability to refuse." ((in 168 reviews)); "Upper management is horrible" ((in 84 reviews)); "You get no training and your DM's only job is to nit pick you to death." ((in 69 reviews)); "Not very accommodating to time off even if you have a crisis." ((in 66 reviews))

What are employees saying about Hobby Lobby layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Hobby Lobby layoffs and their outlook for job security at Hobby Lobby in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Hobby Lobby locations?

Oklahoma City , Houston , San Antonio , Atlanta , Austin , Dallas , Orlando , Tulsa , Phoenix , Las Vegas , Birmingham , Kansas City , Jacksonville , Fort Worth , Knoxville , Mesa , Nashville , Indianapolis , Wichita , Plano , Cincinnati , Louisville , Denver , Baton Rouge , Greenville , Charlotte , Murfreesboro , Roseville , Colorado Springs , Logan

Hobby Lobby reviews

3.2

46% would recommend to a friend

(4,941 total reviews)

David Green

44% approve of CEO

44% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.2

Diversity & inclusion

3.1

Compensation and benefits

2.9

Culture & values

2.9

Work/Life balance

2.9

Career opportunities

2.8

Senior management

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

1.0

Jan 27, 2018

Don’t be fooled!

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

$10.45/hr for part timers (Even though: 1. They will hold that over your head DAILY, and 2. You’ll still be making less than if you worked full time anywhere else at minimum wage.) Sundays guaranteed off

Cons

Turn around shifts (Closing one night and opening the next.) No hours before/after holidays Awful management No one sticks to the schedule The kind of place where you’re just a number No work/life balance at all Managers don’t even know your name until you’ve done something wrong Good employees get overused They’ll schedule 3 people (cashier, manager, general employee) to work the ENTIRE store rather than hire someone else

2.0

Oct 24, 2017

Co Manager

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Every other weekend off Close Early on holidays

Cons

Long Hours Very Physical Poorly managed company

1.0

Oct 3, 2017

Totally used, lied to & betrayed by the management of the then new store I was hired to set up from the beginning!

Department lead -cashier

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Most of the coworkers I worked with from other Hobby Lobby stores & the newbies hired at same time I was to literally set the brand new store from the building floor up were great to work with overall. We literally learned a lot about the company, worked our butts off together as a team & brought the big store to life in just a few weeks. That is about all I can say pro about my experience there.

Cons

Led to believe the company was based on true Christian morals & values, with fairness & honesty being of course one of those. I have a long career in creative arts, customer service & working hard to achieve my best in all I do. After doing all the above & more... I was recommended for the full time lead position of the floral dept. by the coworkers I was teamed with pre-opening. I was given that opportunity only to have it taken away just a few weeks later to a former employee that worked previously with our store manager that came back from out of state. Seriously? Not a word was ever said to me other than I was slowly transitioned to part time cashier! Found out soon after the girl that was given my hard worked for lead position was a big brown noser who doted over our manager bringing him food, cakes & God knows what else. That must have been the reason nothing was ever said to me even when I asked WHY I was demoted so to speak. Totally blew my positive outlook on the supposedly "Christian based values" the company tries to betray they are not! Thankfully I found another job a few months later at a company I truly enjoy working at soon afterwards. I had always thought Hobby Lobby would be a great place to work for prior to actually doing so. This place turned out to be the worst job experience I ever had.

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