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2.6

34% would recommend to a friend

(230 total reviews)
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Jas Krdzalic

34% approve of CEO

24% positive business outlook

Bodybuilding.com has an employee rating of 2.6 out of 5 stars, based on 230 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Bodybuilding.com employee rating is 26% below average for employers within the Ventas al mayoreo y al menudeo industry (3.5 stars).

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230 reviews
3.0
Oct 23, 2015

Director

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good work/life balance. Free gym membership (plus they have an AWESOME gym at corporate headquarters), lots of free supplements plus great discount if you order from the store. Great benefits, and I loved my boss (CMO). I heard new management is taking over, and to me, that's a good thing! They are located in Boise, which is an area that has a very low cost of living. So even though you may get paid less, you still have a lot of discretionary income at the end of the day.

Cons

The pay is way below market standards - at least for my position. They work very, very slowly. I've never seen such a large development team get so little done. There were also a lot of slackers at this company who took 2 hour lunches, or worked out in the middle of the day for over an hour, or left early when there's work to be done. It was easy to hide your laziness in this company. On the flip side, I was ready and willing to work and contribute and got put off, with nothing to do. I had to find work to do and offered my services to numerous departments. There are some people who would be okay with too little to do but I was extremely unhappy about this! For one, I couldn't show them how talented I am. For another, a person needs to make a meaningful contribution to their company for job satisfaction, so I was not happy for most of my time there. I was, as several coworkers often said "a serious waste of talent." I couldn't agree more! They could have gotten SO much out of me, but never took advantage of it. Another thing I didn't like was the bro culture there. If you were in with the hardcore exercise crowd, you were taken seriously and more likely to get promoted (especially muscular women). If you weren't, forget about being heard. I don't even think this was consciously done. But management has a responsibility to be more aware of this type of culture.

1.0
Oct 20, 2015

Customer Service Representative.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Free supplements (Sometimes), Slightly higher CS pay for the area.

Cons

Flat out disrespect, poor management, poor business ethics, abusive and toxic structure.

2.0
Oct 19, 2015

Improve Internal Structure

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Bodybuilding.com harvests a close culture. The majority of coworkers I have are very friendly and easy to work with. They do a lot for the community which is nice to be a part of and give the company respect in the treasure valley. The company mission is really easy to get behind and support because you see people becoming their best self and you want to be a part of that. They have fun employee benefits such as a gym reimbursement program and book reading program.

Cons

Spends outrageous amounts on employee programs and events instead of investing in employee potential. Only promote people that say 'yes' to whatever idea executives come up with and then they don't take an honest 'no' into account and don't understand when their idea fails because they become so fixated on one thing and don't think about the whole picture, it's elementary. Multiple people refer to it as a 'bro club' and the company is primarily dominated by males (seems males earn a higher salary as well from discussions I have been a part of). Engineering department is difficult to work in, they give no work life balance, have unmanageable deadlines, we often spend late nights and weekends around the holidays trying to meet unrealistic goals. Not only does engineering struggle (which is a very large amount of employees), the HR department is not a good support for the rest of the company. They make a lot of inconsistent decisions that affect the rest of the company.The HR area has had so many employees quit since I have been here and the only people who seem to have some knowledge of HR and are professional leave to a better opportunity. I have been 'lucky' enough to collaborate with some members of the hr team to plan a company event and it was unbelievable. Sad that this start up with so much potential is being drowned by horrible management.

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