Scheels reviews

very rule heavy (stacks of paperwork your first night of work about all the ways you can get fired, but once you get past this its rare you ever run into most of it again, they are just very up front about all of the regulations in place, most is common sense though..) customer is always first, even when it makes absolutely no sense for it.

It's retail, and that means evenings, weekends, and holidays. Turnover is also high, but lower than the average retailer for FT'ers. I think the company hangs onto sub-par people too long and that affects the whole crew. Store management teams are large, so as in any work environment you have people of varying skill and ability there. 401(k) does exist, but is not matching, so what's the point? Any advancement requires you to really buy into the Scheels systems, and any corporate advancement requires you to live in Fargo, ND, and travel 80+ nights a year, and really be 'on the team.' Your co-workers end up being your only friends. Company board of directors are mostly 'old school' store managers who do a good job of adapting to the changing retail environment and guiding the company in a successful direction, and can produce numbers in their own stores, but are not effective managers. CEO and President are son and father, and are not very nice people. Retired store managers still receive significant bonuses from stores they led or managers they trained, which seems like a huge drain on profits. No vision plan, and health/dental are on the high side of price, regardless of what they say.