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Academy Sports + Outdoors

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Company growth - Manager Academy Sports + Outdoors Employee Review

4.0
Oct 10, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Growth and potential to move up if relocatable. Good training systems.

Cons

New stores get attention while older stores get less product and less growth potential. Some distribution centers are better than others. company leadership came from softlines heavy background and they are losing customers in headlines areas because of this. In the past the headlines areas drive people in and the softlines areas helped balanced the margin. Now more focus on softlines areas to drive margin but you have more competition in softlines areas. As store gets older, hours are less and less with continued reduction in payroll. To much focus on credit cards. Company has forgotten a customer service approach and think people don't need as much assistance. Power hour takes all leadership to front to focus on credit while shopper have reduced help.

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5.0
Mar 21, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Nice people to work with, customers are generally good people.

Cons

Not enough opportunities for more hours.

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1.0
Jun 20, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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