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Academy Sports + Outdoors

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Academy Sports + Outdoors reviews

3.3

51% would recommend to a friend

(5,054 total reviews)
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Steven P. Lawrence

53% approve of CEO

40% positive business outlook

Academy Sports + Outdoors has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 5,054 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Academy Sports + Outdoors employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Ventas al mayoreo y al menudeo industry (3.5 stars).

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5K reviews
1.0
Feb 3, 2013

Extreme Bias and Abuse at Academy

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Co-workers can be pleasant. 20 per cent discount on Certain things.

Cons

Extreme bias by management, verbal abuse, low pay, unrealistic expectations, even full time associates get below 30 hours so management can get their bonuses when the store does badly.

1.0
Feb 1, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

there are few people that are nice

Cons

there favoritism Management does not get reports, any changes in price on time system runs slow the equipment is faulty and does not work management does not punish people whatsoever some employess have 36 points on a 24 point scale which means they should have been fired management is too lazy to be bothered with problems that are going on and their only concern is money is if your not at your register in within before they say it you will be yelled at. the footwear department is a mess becuase employees spend more time talking to each other and huddle up to where the customer goes to Customer service for help. everyone smokes and uses there cell phone on company time. District manager has explained to me that this behavior is ok.

3.0
Jan 31, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

20% discount on merchandise You get to learn the basics of how a corporation and business runs You learn quite a bit about what your department and the merchandise within it

Cons

Terrible management (at my particular store) Managers do not show respect to every employee, regardless of whether or not they have done anything against them Little to no opportunities to move up from an hourly position Hourly associates are for the most part, expendable and treated as such The company can be very strict with some policies, and very loose with others. Understaffed issues/constantly working more or longer hours due to a lack of adequate workers Zoning can get very detailed and tedious, sometimes taking hours to complete a single project You may be asked to work late hours (a closing shift) and may end up getting out three hours after you were scheduled, if not later.

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