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Academy Sports + Outdoors

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A great place to work if they like you - Anonymous employee Academy Sports + Outdoors Employee Review

2.0
Jul 24, 2012
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

There are tons of chances to move up. The management here will promote from within in most instances and train you to perform. For certain departments you get extensive training. A college degree doesn't seem to mandatory for some positions....if you're liked.

Cons

Short sighted management; favoritism; lack of focus/vision; lack of management consistency

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Pros

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Cons

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Apr 16, 2026
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Pros

The customers there were wonderful to talk to

Cons

Had to quit due to team leads aggressive attitude towards me. Also favoritism issues. I can tell they didn't like me since day 1. Today they came to me rudely about mistakes I made instead of doing it professionally. I haven't been there for long and I was still learning. I made a lot of improvements which I was really happy about, but was still learning. As much as I liked working there, the team lead was very rude/unprofessional towards me and it was so bad to the point I had to leave. The same team lead followed me outside and said "good" that I was leaving (in front of customers too). I was improving a lot in the position, I want to hear constructive criticism, but not like this. I was hoping to grow with the store and the company but unfortunately its not meant to be. This could've been 100% been prevented if only they would came to me professionally about this and I would be more than happy to fix any mistakes and do better in the future. But if this is how they treat their coworkers I do not wish to be a part of that toxic culture and headspace. Do better.

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