Hobby Lobby Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Hobby Lobby part-time for less than a year

Pros – Good pay, Good insurance, Only open until 8pm every day, Never open on Sundays

Cons – Hours cut after Christmas, old registers

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Hobby Lobby part-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Holiday Bonuses for all employees during Christmas depending on when hired, work around my school schedule, pay is nice, friends with a few employees, Sundays off and being able to do a lot on the floor.

Cons – Part timers due all the grunt work, hours cut off and on, hard to get a full time position, do not always promote employees already employed within company and too many projects not enough time.

Advice to Senior Management – Could you please try to provide the part timers with a chance to get insurance since we do a lot of work just for being part time if not more than full timers it seems at times.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Hobby Lobby full-time for more than a year

Pros – -Management will depend on your store, I had fair managers with a good sense of humor.
-Very flexible, willing to work around classes or time off without penalty.
-Will cross-train employees in the areas they think they could manage
-Great co-workers, very willing to help if you don't know something.

Cons – -Training mainly consists of on-the-job training and some videos, you aren't taught much about anything outside your department unless you go figure it out.
-You get a wide variety of customers, be prepared for attitudes to run the gamut as well.
-Frame shop workers' sales were kept track of when I left, if you don't up-sell custom frames, you won't stay there long.
-Cashiers have to work with a manual system, knowing what sales are on that week and applying the discounts as necessary, this can be a problem for back-up cashiers.
-It's retail, you will have customers yelling at you or giving you an attitude because they've been piled-up in line for too long.

Advice to Senior Management – Some time for actual training in all departments would help employees rapidly assist customers. Upgrade from the manual cashiering system, it's window dressing that is unnecessary.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Hobby Lobby part-time for more than a year

Pros – Awesome products, and plenty of customers with money to spend on hobbies crafts and other such things. Christian owned, beautiful stores with top of the line retail equipment that always works!

Cons – Hours are non existent, so goes the pay. CEO David Green is getting pinched with political issues and fines therefore employees are feeling it right along with him, which makes for a lot of job security questions. No chance of advancement in a business going under. Middle management is abandoning ship with no replacements. So hourly employees are expected to do double the work load with a third of the hours.

Advice to Senior Management – I believe you have very smart, hardworking employees that love the job and find happiness in the simplicity of helping people. Values are very important, and at some point we are all tested on them. Stand up for them, share them. Please, don't use our God as a platform to fight the health care bill. Personal choice is still personal choice, and most, if not all, of us are intelligent enough to choose what is right by Gods' word.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Hobby Lobby part-time for less than a year

Pros – If you show initiative and try to do well at your job, there are decent opportunities for advancement. I started as a part time employee and, though I ended up leaving for a better offer before I made full time, I stood a very good chance of getting it within 6 months of my start date. The general atmosphere is very pleasant, friendly, and team oriented, my coworkers were awesome, and the new shipments of merchandise were fun to go through. The pay was good for a cashier position and having Sundays off and no super-late shifts was really nice. I was more content there than anywhere else I'd worked at and, had I not gotten that offer, I would have happily stayed for a while longer.

Cons – It's retail, so expect odd hours, the occasional irritating customer, and your weekly hours to fluctuate depending on the season. I was told when I was hired that I would have every other Saturday off, but that didn't happen.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Hobby Lobby full-time for more than a year

Pros – Disappointed to say that the only "pro" that comes to mind is that HL is closed on Sundays.

Cons – Upper management consistently demonstrates attitudes and behavior that is not only unprofessional, but anything but Christ-like. Belittling and berating employees while customers shop is not only unprofessional, but totally against all of the teachings of Jesus Christ. While HL professes to be a Christian company, I have yet to see anyone display qualities that Christians should exemplify. I've seen a near temper tantrum from a district supervisor while in the store with customers shopping. Hard work is not enough for HL. They want 70 hour weeks and do not care if you have a family. If you want to have a life outside of work, HL is not for you. No appreciation for long hours and total dedication to your job.

Advice to Senior Management – Mr. Green needs to be aware of the un-Christ like, hateful people that he has hired to manage his company. Worked in management for 20+ years and never dealt with such nonsense until working for Hobby Lobby.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Hobby Lobby full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – there were some good people that worked there, but very clicky.

Cons – never felt like the company realy cared about the employees

Former Employee – worked at Hobby Lobby part-time

Pros – Closed on Sunday, so employees are assured that day off. 15% Employee discount. The work environment felt "honest". Co-workers were extremely skilled in the Frame, Art and Textile departments. Creative joy helping customers address projects.

Cons – Hobby Lobby did not offer benefits except the 15% discount to PT employees. I can not comment on full time benefits. The overall workforce including the store manager had a repressed film like a cloudy day.

They throw away a mind-blowing amount of matt board! Management did not care about the waste!

It is interesting that in my observation; they all looked exactly alike- Hobby Lobby regional and/or corporate visitors--- White male, middle aged, not of athletic build, greying short hair, pressed long sleeve shirt, tie and never friendly looking.

Department Manager in Fine Art earned $10.00 hr. New hire Professional Picture Framer earned $7.50-$8.00 hr.

The bathroom always had a plumbing issue.

Advice to Senior Management – Please donate matt board to schools and organizations who will use them, or package it and sell as bulk (as you do the custom frames). The waste could be used by school art departments right in town, your future customers.

Consider raising wages to ABOVE a living wage. Take time to notice that you have good employees, look at the cashiers, fabric cutters, framers, stockers. I was sad to see my paycheck.

Hire an actor if you must to pose as corporate with a sparkle in his/her eye and a smile to pass through all the stores to add the missing link.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Hobby Lobby full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Great hours for retail. Decent pay. Decent benefits.

Cons – Rarely work 40 hours a week. Rarely two days off in a row unless requested.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Hobby Lobby part-time for less than a year

Pros – Management is helpful and care about personal time. They try to respect each employee and make clear their expectations.

Cons – Nothing is electronically cataloged. Everything has to be counted and sorted by hand. It also gets extremely busy and being a department head/cashier makes your job harder

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend