Scheels reviews

3.6

68% would recommend to a friend

(1,216 total reviews)
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Steve Scheel

76% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

Scheels has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 1,216 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Scheels 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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1.0
Apr 21, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

The discount can be nice. Can stack retirement savings, if the company continues as is.

Cons

The discount is nice for some things, but you're just helping the massive, consumer life-sucking machine continue forward. It's really smart on their end; they make their money back, discard inventory, it makes it hard for you to leave, and you spend more money keeping you poor, like a good luh consumer(because deadass even employees are consumers they say). The management structure is horrendous. For example, Why is the kids' clothing manager trying to tell me what to do in web. You're constantly micromanaged, talked about behind your back about what you do wrong, no felxibility, no work-life balance anywhere. you get paid dirt to work on weekends and nights to "get that ESOP". bad company to work for through and through. Not good for the human condition. everyone there is more fake than democracy is itself anymore. Work there and you'll either see ever soulless employee or become a lifer.

1.0
Apr 14, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Discount was really good compared to other companies

Cons

Late nights. No breaks allowed besides a 30 minute lunch break during a 10-12 hour shift, which you have to clock out for. Leadership sucked and truly don’t want to help the other employees. You won’t see much of your family if you work here.

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