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Academy Sports + Outdoors

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It went downhill about 3-4 months into my employment. - Cashier Team Lead Academy Sports + Outdoors Employee Review

1.0
Jan 28, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

-Above average pay for team-lead position

Cons

-If you're not in your managers back pocket, you're going to get dogged on -Unreasonable expectations based on training -Hours are made by favoritism -Everything is done at the corporate level -Point system is only enforced on people management wants to get rid of -If you do something you're told, you're penalized. -If you do something you're told to take initiative on, you're penalized. -You're penalized for having overtime because management didn't schedule enough personnel to complete tasks -Promised promotion opportunities; wasn't in my manager's back pocket, so I wasn't considered.

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Pros

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Cons

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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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