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Academy Sports + Outdoors

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great place to shop...bad place to work - Team Sports Sales Associate Academy Sports + Outdoors Employee Review

2.0
Jan 10, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

-they work around my school hours -decent discount

Cons

I have worked at two different locations of Academy each other was a nightmare. The first location i worked at. I was written up for racism (which never happened). When handed the write up i was told if i didn't admit to it i would be fired. which i laughed off and never signed anything. The second location has disrespected me from day one of working there. It was a new store and i put everything in team sports basically on the isles. Yet i am treated like i am an idiot. This store has us team sports associates work until 2 am or later sometimes and they expect us to come in early the next day for our shift. Which they could careless if i have to be up for school everyday at 6 am to make it to a class at 8 downtown. The team leads are jokes and most of them are clueless to what is going on. I have been with Academy for a while now and normal person would think i would be paid more than a new hire. Well that is not true. Pay is based on how much choose to brown nose and not on how good you are at your job.

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Pros

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Cons

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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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