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 121 reviews)); "Great Management at some stores and really flexible with hours." ((in 82 reviews)); "And great people." ((in 81 reviews)); "Great coworkers and not too hard of a job overall." ((in 79 reviews)); "Flexible schedules and and easy to get days off." ((in 64 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 181 reviews)); "District and Regional Managers have a vague idea of what happens in their stores" ((in 58 reviews)); "Minimum Wage and dealing with customers" ((in 24 reviews)); "Upper management was a general pain and those issues often tricked down to staff." ((in 21 reviews)); "No raise in pay" ((in 21 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).

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2K reviews

2.0

Jan 2, 2012

If you likes sales work here

Anonymous employee

Recommend

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Pros

Great people. Great way to improve sale skills. Learn a lot about the items in the store. Reasonable hours for employees.

Cons

No commission, have to wear shirt and tie while making minimum wage. Not always the best quality items sold at the stores.

2.0

Dec 1, 2011

They will use you to rotate shoes and make you work 6 days a week and then get rid of you.

Management trainee

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Pros

The Health Benefits are great. You get to ski for free at Mountain High and get discounts at Snow Summit and Bear Mountain.

Cons

They don't care about your hard earned Education. They put you at risk climbing ladders all day. They don't provide enough training before your Management Training exams because they are too concerned about sales. They make you work every weekend. They will use u for sales and shoe rotation and right when it is time for promotion they will find a way to get rid of you. They are an Outdoor store, but you will never have a chance to go camping working for this company. They will force u to learn to sell guns even if u don't like firearms.

2.0

Nov 19, 2011

Good for college students

Cashier

Recommend

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Pros

Flexible schedule (great for students). Pretty laid back atmosphere. The employee discount was always nice, especially when it came to shoes and clothing. If you're athletic or like sports it's a fun place to work. They're also a fairly conservative store -- I liked the dress code. It's not like SportsAuthority where you wear khakis and a polo. It's shirts and ties for the guys and business casual for the girls.

Cons

I want to start by saying that a lot of this could just be my last Big 5 location and may not necessarily hold true for all Big 5 stores. Mgmt was largely incompetent at my store (I learned more from the mgr of a store in a neighboring city). The mgr was very much a hypocrite and poor at training his asst mgrs and mgmt trainees...It was borderline awful. As a company, Big 5 is kinda behind on the times, but they seem to be catching up (they're doing radio ads in CA and I heard rumors of TV ads). They also now have Twitter and Facebook. Big 5 as a whole is a good company, I'm sad that mgmt at my store was so bad.

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