A great place to work and meet new people. - Sales Specialist REI Employee Review

5.0
Aug 7, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

REI is very flexible with hours. When you apply you rank your interests in the outdoors and they try to match your likes with a suitable department. They offer medical/dental benefits even for part time employees, which is very hard to find and of course they offer their employees an awesome discount.

Cons

Not a lot of full time positions, have to work one weekend day a week.

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5.0
Jun 25, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

very supportive management and team members.

Cons

sometimes, the hours are late. But very doable.

3.0
Jun 20, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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