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Sports Basement reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(195 total reviews)

Eric Prosnitz

88% approve of CEO

72% positive business outlook

Sports Basement has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 195 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Sports Basement 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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195 reviews
5.0
Aug 27, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

This is a great place to work. The people I work with are awesome. I get to talk about the outdoors all day. The culture is laid back but hard working (weird I know). And the benefits are amazing.

Cons

They have been changing a lot of things lately. I think some changes were hard but necessary. Things already look better.

4.0
Aug 27, 2015

Awesome place to work

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The people are the best that you will ever meet. They offer great benefits: healthcare plan is affordable and easy. They offer a fully stocked break room with food that comes in every other day. The staff discount for gear is amazing! No company gives 40% off. There is a great company culture at SB. You would be great here if you are can take initiative and love to interact, and learn. I started here as a student, they are really flexible with school schedules.

Cons

this is a retail job

2.0
Aug 19, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Laid back culture, great perks, wonderful people and free food. They also offer a 40% off lifetime discount (if you work full time for a year). I have met some amazing and interesting folk I am proud to call friends. Been working here for a long time and though I loved it, it's become very hard to ignore the obvious and growing issues with this place. If you need a job while you're in college and you know about sports and stuff, this may be a good job for you.

Cons

(I once gave this place 5 stars) This store used to be great, now it's barely okay. After some major restructuring earlier this year, things have really taken a turn for the worse. What little organizational culture that once existed is now completely extinct. Great perks are disappearing before our eyes. There is zero communication and no standards set to keep the business in a profitable position. Partners show no respect to their employees and talk down down to them. They gladly take your feedback but when you turn around they will completely dismiss what you said as being irrelevant and go about whatever plans they've convinced themselves will work. I would describe this place as unprofessional. It's not an inherently bad word because it means you get to dress casual and be a little more laid back, however that also means you go up to the copy room and there are copies of applications not filed with social security numbers just sitting out in the open. It means the store is constantly messy and understaffed by untrained folk and managers that have no time or interest in setting standards for work performance or cleanliness of the store. If you have standards, this may be a tough place to work at. If you like organization, clear goals and good management, this may be a tough place to work at.

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