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 (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 116 reviews)); "Great coworkers and not too hard of a job overall." ((in 85 reviews)); "And great people." ((in 76 reviews)); "Flexible schedules and and easy to get days off." ((in 66 reviews)); "Overtime and benefits and good" ((in 55 reviews))

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

"Low pay and overall very boring" ((in 179 reviews)); "Poor Management all across the board" ((in 85 reviews)); "place feels like a jail!!the managers dont want employees talking to each other.i" ((in 59 reviews)); "Upper management was a general pain and those issues often tricked down to staff." ((in 24 reviews)); "Huge company but low raises.. :(" ((in 22 reviews))

Big 5 Sporting Goods reviews

3.4

44% would recommend to a friend

(1,587 total reviews)

Steven G. Miller

39% 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 1,587 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

2.0

Dec 19, 2012

Minumum wage drives minimum performance.

Sales associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

They'll hire anyone who seems to have their stuff together. You can get a job there if your really hurting to find a job.

Cons

...They'll hire anyone who seems to have their stuff together. They pay so little that no one stays there for a long time, their employees are a revolving glass door. They expect you to do all this work even though they start you off at a low pay and give little to no raises.

3.0

Dec 17, 2012

It's fine

Sales associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Pretty cool people to work with

Cons

Some weird characters, low pay, and it's retail

4.0

Dec 3, 2012

Great place to work if you can't find anything that pays better

Sales associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great managers Great employee discount program If you show you are smart and capable managers will give you autonomy to work on tasks unsupervised

Cons

Pay rate - $8.20/hr "E-team" implemented a policy where you had to obtain customer emails to get them to join a mailing list

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Jobs at Big 5 Sporting Goods

Retail Cashier Associate - Part-time

Retail Sales Associate - Part-time

Retail Cashier Associate - Part-time

Retail Cashier Associate - Part-time

Retail Sales Associate - Part-time