Growth opportunities for those who are highly motivated - Anonymous employee REI Employee Review

4.0
12 Apr 2012
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

good co-workers decent customers stress-free work environment staff actually cares about each other opportunities for growth are available if you are motivated to pursue them and willing to move

Cons

low pay - but it's a part-time retail job some co-workers are slackers efficiency and organization varies drastically from store to store I've seen people who don't work very hard get promoted

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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
20 Jun 2026
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Pros

- Excellent coworkers - REI does a great job of hiring enthusiastic and personable staff - Slightly better pay compared with other retail in the area - Prodeals and discounts - Flexible hours - Good (although rapidly diminishing) healthcare benefits

Cons

- Once a (better) company known for its investment in knowledgeable and friendly staff via extensive training and investment, the company has been slowly slashing away at most of what makes it special since the pandemic - Hours and benefits are worsening, proper employee training is becoming hard to come by - lots of mediocrity and sometimes questionable ethical calls made by management - Punitive disciplinary policies that seem to be designed to create higher turnover (advantageous to them given the gradual pay, benefit and policy changes)

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