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 been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Big 5 Sporting Goods?

45% 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 (106) , 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 115 reviews)); "Great coworkers and not too hard of a job overall." ((in 86 reviews)); "And great people." ((in 76 reviews)); "Overtime and benefits and good" ((in 59 reviews)); "Flexible schedules and and easy to get days off." ((in 59 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 179 reviews)); "Poor Management all across the board" ((in 82 reviews)); "Upper management was a general pain and those issues often tricked down to staff." ((in 22 reviews)); "Pay was minimum wage unfortunately" ((in 21 reviews)); "No raise in pay" ((in 18 reviews))

Big 5 Sporting Goods reviews

3.4

45% would recommend to a friend

(1,589 total reviews)

Steven G. Miller

40% approve of CEO

28% positive business outlook

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Big 5 Sporting Goods has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 1,589 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).

Reviews by job title

2K reviews

4.0

Jul 31, 2014

Great place for a Part-Time job.. But that's it.

Sales associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Worked here for almost 5 years. Cool associates, great place to experience customer service, learn up sells & general labor. Great for students, management were always flexible with my schedule.

Cons

Under-payed, over-worked at times, & like I said, it's a true part-time job. Some weeks you'd only work 4-8 hours.

4.0

Jul 30, 2014

A decent job, but profits wont be good enough for growth in payment

First assistant manager

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CEO approval

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Pros

Sporting merchandise can be enjoyable to work around, the discounts can be very decent on certain items, a lot of skills learned here are valuable for management and understanding business structure, and training seems to be pretty thorough.

Cons

Profits for the company are at a stand still at best, new stores opening don't necessarily create more company profits but just steal business from other big-5 stores which makes raises or any pay increases difficult to give to employees. the company has a high turnover rate because of the lack of solid pay increases also. Obviously, weekends and working all sorts of holidays is a con of retail as well. The lack of a decent internet lay out or any capabilities of ordering online severely hurts this business and at this point of time I would project a decline in revenues and overall company standing for the next 5-10 years. Should be a stable job and one that many could enjoy, but not really moving forward.

2.0

Jul 20, 2014

things can be better change dress code

Sales associate

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Pros

you do make some freinds the workers as i see do not wear name tags some stores as in store 18 has too much added stuff a wheelchair can not get in

Cons

truck days things are stack up too high as in 2 story stores no workers up in the 2nd floor at all time things are not neat fishing gear and camping have been swipe

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Jobs at Big 5 Sporting Goods

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