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What you would expect from a retail job just a little worse - Hunting/Fishing Associate Academy Sports + Outdoors Employee Review

1.0
May 28, 2014
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Pros

Not very many pros really, you get discounts. Sometimes it's fun to talk to customers but be careful to talk to much because you'll get lectured for talking to much to customers...

Cons

The place I worked at the management treated their employee's like trash, they were very hypocritical where they do nothing and stand around in a group talking to each other in the middle of the aisle while ignoring customers. Get lectured for customer service even though have provided customer service and the manager just walked past and ignored said customer. Scheduling is all screwed up, had to force their hand with scheduling because they kept messing up mines, kept getting schedule for 4 AM on a non freight day (store opens at 8 AM) and get lectured for not working (their are no customers, no freight, no nothing. Not sure what they wanted me to work on)

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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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