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
Mar 12, 2026

Not worth it.

Recommend
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Pros

The non management coworkers you work with are all solid human beings. Mostly salt of the earth. The discount is phenomenal and probably the best in retail to be honest. Aaron an ASL is a great guy and really cared for his team. Also the upstairs is LEAGUES better than the managers downstairs. Ferris wheel is sweet and so is the cafe.

Cons

Quite literally ALL of management / ASL’s are sleeping together or sleeping with the staff and I swear it’s encouraged. Don’t know how it’s ethical or a positive for management to be sleeping with or MARRIED to people in Asset Protection. Most of the staff is high school aged / young 20’s or should be retired and playing with their grandkids, yet management treats everyone like they’re 12. Walking past problem areas that take 1 second to clean up but would rather “delegate” the task. Just fold the shirt man come on don’t grab me while I’m in the middle of something to do that. It takes you longer to tell me to fold the singular messed up shirt than folding it. They DO NOT lead by example, do as I say not as I do. ASL’s make 18-24 an hour yet act like they’re working on Wall Street. Slow down I promise the store isn’t going anywhere. “These shoes are scuffed out of the box I can take 5% off?” Yes that extra 5 dollars off these already messed up shoes is so helpful. The money isn’t coming out of your pocket help the dang customer haha. Having an entire in house marketing team that essentially is useless not one time before working here did I even know what the store was despite being in Arizona over 10 years (it’s been open less than 5 to be fair). Credit cards, credit cards, credit cards. Buying a 5 dollar item with cash? PITCH THE CARD. How about sell the experience like you talk about rather than a credit card that is usury? (26%+ interest rate) No one truly lives their values, you got managers cheating on their spouses there despite having kids and everyone just bats their eyes. “Christian company” by the way. Work two weekends does not mean you’re working one Saturday and Sunday, it means you’re working bare minimum 4/8 saturdays/Sundays. Everyone is an adult yet can’t have their phones in their pocket, God forbid you learn you have a family emergency and need to step away, nah you’ll have to see it on your break that they don’t give you cause you only get a lunch not a 15 sorry tough luck even if you work 6-7 hours. I get not having a phone on the floor but I’m not scrolling TikTok I’m texting my sick parent or partner dude the putting it back in my pocket while NO ONE is around.

2.0
Dec 10, 2025

Need To Be Fake Nice

Recommend
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Pros

Commissioned sales vs just hourly pay.

Cons

You're required to treat all your coworkers like you do with customers - always be fake nice and be hyper submissive. If you don't do this your days are numbered. Professional isn't enough. You must be fake nice to everybody at all times or they'll brand you a bad apple and not a team player. Not into chitchat or are the type of person used to be being straight-to-the-point? That doesn't work there - they'll be offended and hold it against you. They'll then hold back pay increases based on that. ESOP only, No 401k match. I've seen people let go just before getting their next year's shares just to rob them of that. You're required to work every other weekend and close two nights a week regardless of position you hold. Most of the management are high school graduates that managed to stick it out long enough to work their way up to obtain a centimeter of authority - and they lord that over everybody they can. The ASLs are like a high school clique. Nothing can be trusted in confidence. Everything they overhear or see will be shared amongst the entire clique. If you have any professional experience and find yourself in this place for a survival job or part-time gig, be warned. Like most retailers, you're required to push their Visa on everybody. Keep this in mind if usury is against your religious beliefs.

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