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Big 5 Sporting Goods

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Corporate "mom and pop shop" mentality - Store Manager Big 5 Sporting Goods Employee Review

4.0
Oct 26, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

- The opportunities for advancement are great if you work hard. - Everyone is promoted from within, so management knows what part-time employees are going through -Many of the upper level managers and supervisors are really cool people who will help you out. -Stores are given enough hours to be appropriately staffed.

Cons

- The pay scale is almost hilariously low for the amount of work expected. As such, the quality of many assistant managers are dwindling. - The company has been run the same way for 60 years, and the top level executives are too unwilling to change anything

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5.0
Jun 24, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

I enjoyed my time working here.

Cons

Loss prevention is a stressful part of the job.

3.0
Jun 29, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Most employees were really fun to work with, life/work balance was great, taught me good life skills, good first job for work experience.

Cons

Barely got scheduled (pretty sure my location was way over employed), occasional rude and entitled costumers (especially during the holidays), could get very slow and boring at times, sketchy area, overal, not a great job if you're looking for something that pays well.

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