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Academy Sports + Outdoors

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Decent Job for College Student - Cashier Academy Sports + Outdoors Employee Review

4.0
May 9, 2025
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Pros

My time has a cashier taught me multiple soft skills that I will carry onto future jobs when I enter the workforce as a post-grad. For example, how to handle customer interactions while promoting the Acdemcy credit card. An important skill is how to remain calm and handle negative situations with costumers. Other cons from this job would be break time is always 30 mins- 1 hour. I always had shifts for the work week.

Cons

The most annoying con was requesting time off was denied almost every time.

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5.0
Mar 21, 2026
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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
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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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