REI reviews

If you want to get a management position anywhere within the co-op you have to do the endorsement process through your own store. Sounds great and keeps hires internally, right? Well not with this store either they don't think you are serious about REI or whatever but after expressing interest in getting endorsed the management team has yet to comply with me or many others of the co-workers. No benefits until after a year (not the problem) and you have to average 20 hours a week. Sounds easy but with budget cuts most everyone's hours are down to 6 - 18 a week.

Experiences vary largely by store, so while I love the company as a whole, changes in individual store management can drastically affect store morale. Company does not do a great job overall at recognizing and encouraging talent, and sometimes gets too stuck in their rules to be flexible for part-time employees who want to stay, resulting in the loss of some truly great people.