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Big 5 Sporting Goods

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Corporate "mom and pop shop" mentality - Store Manager Big 5 Sporting Goods Employee Review

4.0
Oct 26, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

- The opportunities for advancement are great if you work hard. - Everyone is promoted from within, so management knows what part-time employees are going through -Many of the upper level managers and supervisors are really cool people who will help you out. -Stores are given enough hours to be appropriately staffed.

Cons

- The pay scale is almost hilariously low for the amount of work expected. As such, the quality of many assistant managers are dwindling. - The company has been run the same way for 60 years, and the top level executives are too unwilling to change anything

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Cons

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Pros

Clear Communication on what standards are. I had a solid, attentive and respectful District Manager Solid Benefits

Cons

No work-life balance E-teams I had to close Two of the stores.

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