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?

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 121 reviews)); "Great coworkers and not too hard of a job overall." ((in 82 reviews)); "And great people." ((in 75 reviews)); "Flexible schedules and and easy to get days off." ((in 63 reviews)); "Overtime and benefits and good" ((in 60 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 178 reviews)); "Poor Management all across the board" ((in 82 reviews)); "District and Regional Managers have a vague idea of what happens in their stores" ((in 58 reviews)); "Upper management was a general pain and those issues often tricked down to staff." ((in 19 reviews)); "No raise in pay" ((in 19 reviews))

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3.4

44% would recommend to a friend

(1,588 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 1,588 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there.

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5.0

May 26, 2024

Awesome!!

Relief manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Some great employees and benefits!

Cons

No cons about regarding the job

5.0

May 23, 2024

Easy work

Sales associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Work was very easy; the managers were great to work with and there was never many people except for holidays

Cons

There weren't any cons, it's a job and I did what was asked.

1.0

May 21, 2024

Good learning experience, bad career choice.

1st asstiant manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Fun people to work with.

Cons

Bad upper management and the company does not value nor care about work life balance.

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