REI reviews

3.6

63% would recommend to a friend

(4,368 total reviews)
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35% approve of CEO

34% positive business outlook

REI has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 4,368 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The REI 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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4K reviews
2.0
Aug 3, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Employee discounts, great co-workers and good pay

Cons

Very poor communication from upper management at distribution center. They are totally out of touch with the needs and concerns of the employees. REI employees are sent home early because of low volume of work, but the temporary workers continue to work. Issues of importance are not addressed, while management rolls out meetings with elaborate business growth plans. They say they are concerned about customer and employee concerns, but they are really concerned about the bottom line, the dollar, and their bonus checks.

2.0
Jul 30, 2012

Over qualified doesn't even get you an interview???

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great Gear great gear great gear!

Cons

HR department obviously doesn't hire anyone from the outside. You have to work their or no someone that does to get in the door.

3.0
Jul 27, 2012

Good

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great Employees, Friendly Management, best return policy ever, transparent company. If it weren't for the low pay, I think I would stay at REI forever. Extremely positive work atmosphere and you simply cannot beat the deals available to employees!

Cons

too much pressure on selling memberships, raises based on membership sales

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