Sport Chek Footwear Sales Associate Reviews

Pros

Great coworkers Understanding Management Easy position School/work/life balance Family like environment

Cons

Hours can be low at times

Pros

It can be fun as like a first job.

Cons

Very understaffed, minimum wage, retail environment can suck

Pros

Flexible shifts Pay more than minimum wage

Cons

Long periods of standing Poor management style

Pros

Good money and friendly community

Cons

Far from location, a bit of trouble getting there

Pros

Discount was good Coworkers are fun to be around

Cons

For starters, I asked for part time hours, and I was regularly given 40 hours a week even when I was 17 years old. Because I was working one of the most hours a week, I kept getting complaints on a daily basis from the store general manager for ridiculous reasons. For example, after I finished cutting up skids and sorting all the clothes in the back, I was told to hang clothes, which I was doing for the first time even without any instructions. I decided to sit down and put my feet on a box because my back was hurting from moving the heavy boxes from the skids for nearly two months, every shift. I told my manager that I was only trying to find a comfortable position to hang clothes, but she saw it as "laziness". She took me into her office and threatened to fire me because she said I did not put enough effort into hanging. Extremely boring job, do not work at this Sportchek.

Advice to Management

I really appreciate it when my managers tell me that I'm doing a good job, but none of the managers did that. All they did was tell me what I did wrong and could've been done better, which isn't bad, criticism is necessary for workers to thrive and improve. But telling me I'm the reason the sales rates have gone low as a way to "make me work harder" is not encouraging or even professional at all. It would've been nice to hear at least a few good compliments to encourage us workers, which is the RIGHT way to treat employees. I guarantee most of the employees at Sportchek dislike the store general manager for her rude remarks.

Pros

The discount is probably the best for sporting goods

Cons

The management doesn’t develop their workers for growth in the company

Pros

My boss (also the guy that interviewed me) was a very nice guy, along with 99% of the people I got to work with at Sport Chek! The discount was great. The guy I worked with most of the time had been at Sport Chek for a while prior to my arrival and he was extremely helpful with getting me started. If you are friendly with customers, usually they are friendly with you as well.

Cons

There was one person at my location that did not really like me and actually ignored me when I asked for help on my first couple of shifts. But people like this are rare at Sport Chek because everyone there wants to help you succeed.

Pros

Good Employee discount,Great managers for the least part

Cons

It gets boring sometimes,Need more tasks