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Academy Sports + Outdoors

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Great benefits for college students in business! Flexible hours with alright pay. - Footwear Associate Academy Sports + Outdoors Employee Review

4.0
May 14, 2012
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Pros

Paid vacation, tuition reimbursement, and 401K for both part & full timers, flexible hours, pay is based on experience, easy to be cross-trained in another department.

Cons

It is hard to move up within the store as the company just got bough out by KKR, and the structure is changing. They just changed their tuition reimbursement program to cater to only business students when it used to be for every major. Pay is reflected on experience, but sometimes that can over-qualify you.

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5.0
Mar 21, 2026
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Pros

Nice people to work with, customers are generally good people.

Cons

Not enough opportunities for more hours.

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1.0
Jun 20, 2026
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Pros

The easiest thing about job is the work itself.

Cons

The upper management is horrible on every level. They don’t care enough to even give job interviews, so you don’t know what to expect on your first day. Expect someone to not train you, but aggressively micromanage you and let you know what you do is wrong but not show how to do anything correctly. I’ve never seen a retail place operate so “by the books” but will make up rules on the spot when it’s most convenient for them. There is a severe lack of communication and care all around, partly from a lot of the managers being on different parts of the spectrum. The senior employees will also take out their home life problems out on you bc they’re jealous you got more credit card applications than them. Don’t work here unless you enjoy high school petty drama from ladies that have worked 30+ years in retail.

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