REI - Shipping & Receiving REI Employee Review

4.0
9 Nov 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great benefits, Great people, Great deals on merchandise, Low pressure

Cons

Low pay, Low hours for part time employees ( I hear that some stores are different and have a good bit of hours for part timers). Also it seems that there is a lack of respect for my position in particular, Shipping and receiving specialist is the lowest paying job in my store even though I am the only one with that title, does not make me feel special in a good way!

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5.0
21 Jun 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Open and nice to work for

Cons

Didn’t like that you won’t be able to take time off during sales and so people call out

3.0
20 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Excellent coworkers - REI does a great job of hiring enthusiastic and personable staff - Slightly better pay compared with other retail in the area - Prodeals and discounts - Flexible hours - Good (although rapidly diminishing) healthcare benefits

Cons

- Once a (better) company known for its investment in knowledgeable and friendly staff via extensive training and investment, the company has been slowly slashing away at most of what makes it special since the pandemic - Hours and benefits are worsening, proper employee training is becoming hard to come by - lots of mediocrity and sometimes questionable ethical calls made by management - Punitive disciplinary policies that seem to be designed to create higher turnover (advantageous to them given the gradual pay, benefit and policy changes)

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