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An Alright Place to Work - Anonymous employee Academy Sports + Outdoors Employee Review

4.0
Mar 27, 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

If you clock in on time, get your work done well, and make an impression on management you will have advancement opportunities within the store fall into your hands. Relatively simple work and the people make long or busy days worth it.

Cons

Seems to be a lack of communication from management on down to regular associates. Unless you talk to the managers or people who do you can go a long time without hearing about what should be considered important information. Also the department lead positions don't get paid nearly enough for what they have to be responsible for.

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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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