Does Big 5 Sporting Goods pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Big 5 Sporting Goods employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Big 5 Sporting Goods. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Big 5 Sporting Goods?

44% of Big 5 Sporting Goods employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Big 5 Sporting Goods 3.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.9 for culture and values and 2.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Big 5 Sporting Goods?

Sales Associate (394) , Cashier (105) , Assistant Manager (100) , Sales Associate/Cashier (82) , Retail Sales Associate (65) , Store Manager (53) , Manager (37) , Manager Trainee (32) , First Assistant Manager (26) , Second Assistant Manager (25) , Sales Representative (21) , Relief Manager (19) , Cashier/Sales Associate (17) , Sales (15) , Management Trainee (13)

What are the pros of working at Big 5 Sporting Goods according to real employee reviews?

"Hours are flexible and job is easy" ((in 116 reviews)); "Great coworkers and not too hard of a job overall." ((in 87 reviews)); "And great people." ((in 78 reviews)); "Flexible schedules and and easy to get days off." ((in 67 reviews)); "Overtime and benefits and good" ((in 58 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Big 5 Sporting Goods according to real employee reviews?

"They expect you to do all this work even though they start you off at a low pay and give little to no raises." ((in 173 reviews)); "Poor Management all across the board" ((in 82 reviews)); "place feels like a jail!!the managers dont want employees talking to each other.i" ((in 56 reviews)); "Upper management was a general pain and those issues often tricked down to staff." ((in 23 reviews)); "Minimum Wage and dealing with customers" ((in 20 reviews))

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3.4

44% would recommend to a friend

(1,585 total reviews)

Steven G. Miller

39% approve of CEO

28% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.4

Diversity & inclusion

3.3

Work/Life balance

2.9

Culture & values

2.8

Senior management

2.8

Career opportunities

2.6

Compensation and benefits

Big 5 Sporting Goods has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 1,585 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Big 5 Sporting Goods 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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2.0

Apr 17, 2016

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Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Are able to be around an industry you choose to love. If love athletics you are in the perfect field.

Cons

Growth becomes stagnant depending on availability. A lot of responsibility for little pay. Not enough acknowledgment. Product set is more recreational and could only service the customer to a certain point.

2.0

Mar 30, 2016

Pretty average

Sales associate/cashier

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Working with fellow employees was great. Managers were fairly flexible with scheduling and working around college class schedules.

Cons

Low paying. Benefits were poor. Terribly boring and repetitive work. Very wasteful in terms of paper and they don't recycle nearly enough materials. They re-do the same specials weekly and make you change every single tag in the store to make it seem like a different sale.

5.0

Mar 10, 2016

assistant manager

Second assistant manager

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Absolutely love my job. Plenty room to grow and learn new things daily.

Cons

Low pay. Low raises when promoted. Huge company but low raises.. :(

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Retail Cashier Associate - Part-time

Retail Cashier Associate - Part-time

Retail Sales Associate - Part-time

Retail Cashier Associate - Part-time

Retail Cashier Associate - Part-time

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