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Senior Team Lead - Senior Team Lead Academy Sports + Outdoors Employee Review

2.0
Apr 15, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Fun environment, good products and low prices, a lot of freedom to work in different areas of the store, growing knowledge of who they are, ability to grow in the company and move up.

Cons

No communication, lack of follow up, lack of discipline on the sales associates and manager's parts, little work being done on the manager's part and more on the senior team lead. Lack of effective training- the knowledge is available, but they do not walk you around, explain processes, explain your job description, and blame a lot on STLs regardless. Inventory is hit or miss, and their processes for keeping up with inventory and levels is still very old school. The store is run by lower management.

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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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