Benefits of REI - Software Engineer REI Employee Review

5.0
1 Jan 2024
Recommend
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Pros

-Work life balance was absolutely amazing -As a contractor the base pay was a lot less than what the market I was told was at -THEE best colleague I have every had to date as an engineer -Going into being a SWE with no real world experience, my teams reinforced my learning process and took their time to coach me

Cons

-As a contractor you don't get any benefits like FTE vacation, holiday, PTO, or discounts -As a contractor the pay is less than a FTE even though you are doing the exact same work

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5.0
20 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Fun time with fun employees

Cons

Schedule was tricky to coordinate

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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