Great place to work and contribute to the growth and evolution - Director REI Employee Review

5.0
11 Oct 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Senior leaders are great and very approachable. I have the opportunity to make a meaningful contribution to the future of the organization and still have great worklife balance. Our five-year is exciting and inspiring. We aren't publicly traded so we don't have to react to the quarterly Wall Street mania. We play the long game which enables us to to the right thing for employees, members and our community! We walk the talk :-).

Cons

No organization is perfect and the pace of change has been slower than I've been accustomed to but that is is much improved in the last few years. We are experiencing growing pains which is hard on people who have been here a long time and understandable to newer folks who have already experienced this elsewhere.

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5.0
25 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

very supportive management and team members.

Cons

sometimes, the hours are late. But very doable.

3.0
9 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Most coworkers, some managers, discounts, outfitting people properly without extra nonsense

Cons

Some truly horrible managers, pressure to sell credit cards is a morale killer, the union people. Employees drinking the union kool aid fail to see the company’s position, REI cannot give higher pay, better benefits , consistent hours, etc… with the erratic revenue stream that comes in , if a 5 year average is X in revenue and 5 year average is Y on wages and costs, how are they supposed to increase wages and benefits? It’s numbers and they don’t line up, if REI gives the increases which increases the expenses greatly, they will cut staff, a lot fewer employees which will eliminate a bunch of union supporters, an REI job is not supposed to be a lucrative deal, when you get hired the part time , part time plus and full time options are there and you choose what you want fully understanding what hours you are going to get at minimum, they will hire those positions on a need basis, to cry later that you don’t make enough money is your fault, the terms were clear and you signed off on them. The union is promising rainbows , reality will be far different, careful what you wish for

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