REI reviews

Store managers drawn from the bottom drawer; taught to use the same sleazy techniques one would expect from Walmart. Under all the cheerleading, there is just the worst sort of morale-killing dishonesty and childishness that is the stereotype of retail management. Plainly put, the store is run like a middle-school yearbook, with all the foolishness and mean-spiritedness that implies. Corporate recruits managers partly through pointing out how they will have power over employees, with no mention of the responsibility that should be the key focus of properly constituted management. But its just retail, so who really cares, so long as memberships are sold and comp goals are met, right?!