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Academy Sports + Outdoors

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All fell down under new senior management - Anonymous employee Academy Sports + Outdoors Employee Review

3.0
May 20, 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

This company excels in employee training and knowledge as well as customer service and attention to the point of sale. Employees and managers are pushed to be competent in multiple departments and workloads of the store.

Cons

Store management always seem pressures after the company's last transfer of investors. Store renovations seem pointless, and it takes away focus on daily workload as there is no compensation for extra employees to the extra workload. Management is negligent to quickly hire replacement sales team members and cashiers. Personnel trained in both department and cashiering have to run between departments while adhering to customer service and daily workload.

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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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