Hobby Lobby Reviews

I have been working at Hobby Lobby part-time for more than a year

Pros – good managment
fun work environment
nice coworkers

Cons – There are not really any cons

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Hobby Lobby

Pros – great place to work as a high school student

Cons – no cons at the time

I have been working at Hobby Lobby full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Benefits
Closed Sunday
Cares about employees.
Great starting pay

Cons – I can't think of anything.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Hobby Lobby part-time for less than a year

Pros – I love the customer interaction, lots of fun products, all employees are nice so far- my first week on the job. Love it :-) Super clean store.

Cons – Might not get two days off in a row... part time, seasonal, other employees have been waiting, waiting , waiting to be full time. They keep hiring more and more. Dept heads complain that they keep getting pulled to cashier when they are trying to run their depts, they get in trouble if the floors are not swept and they weren't there to enforce it. No classes can be advertised in store except cake decorating.

Advice to Senior Management – A few people to just be on the floor helping customers find stuff and explain sales. HAVE BAR CODES on all products would be easier for cashiers. Dept printed on products. Ads with bigger type- SO small.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Hobby Lobby part-time for less than a year

Pros – Loved working around the products, selling to customers, hearing about their projects.

Cons – We worked so hard to set up the new store the grand opening. Gave up other opportunities.
We worked hard to make presentable for the owner visit, then no hours. First it was down to 24 hours in 4 hours shifts. Worked every Saturday for 8 weeks, then 12 hours, then 8 hours. Imagine going to check your hours and finding 0 hours.

Advice to Senior Management – You should have looked around more noticed who was working hardest then let people go right based on their work ethics instead of dragging this out. I worked really hard did a good job only to be treated like I didn't matter. Reward people who work hard with more hours. Have fewer part-time employees and offer more than a 4 hour shift to them.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

I worked at Hobby Lobby part-time for less than a year

Pros – Good pay, Good insurance, Only open until 8pm every day, Never open on Sundays

Cons – Hours cut after Christmas, old registers

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Hobby Lobby part-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Holiday Bonuses for all employees during Christmas depending on when hired, work around my school schedule, pay is nice, friends with a few employees, Sundays off and being able to do a lot on the floor.

Cons – Part timers due all the grunt work, hours cut off and on, hard to get a full time position, do not always promote employees already employed within company and too many projects not enough time.

Advice to Senior Management – Could you please try to provide the part timers with a chance to get insurance since we do a lot of work just for being part time if not more than full timers it seems at times.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Hobby Lobby full-time for more than a year

Pros – -Management will depend on your store, I had fair managers with a good sense of humor.
-Very flexible, willing to work around classes or time off without penalty.
-Will cross-train employees in the areas they think they could manage
-Great co-workers, very willing to help if you don't know something.

Cons – -Training mainly consists of on-the-job training and some videos, you aren't taught much about anything outside your department unless you go figure it out.
-You get a wide variety of customers, be prepared for attitudes to run the gamut as well.
-Frame shop workers' sales were kept track of when I left, if you don't up-sell custom frames, you won't stay there long.
-Cashiers have to work with a manual system, knowing what sales are on that week and applying the discounts as necessary, this can be a problem for back-up cashiers.
-It's retail, you will have customers yelling at you or giving you an attitude because they've been piled-up in line for too long.

Advice to Senior Management – Some time for actual training in all departments would help employees rapidly assist customers. Upgrade from the manual cashiering system, it's window dressing that is unnecessary.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Hobby Lobby part-time for more than a year

Pros – If you can actually get full time status it would be the pay.

Cons – Part time is usually less than 18 hours at around 9.00/hr
Management has no idea what they are doing 95% of the time
Holiday hours can be overwhelming(having to work 9 am to 3 am and to open the store at 7 am the next day is horrible!)
Busy work busy work busy work
Truck days are pretty much a 6 am to when it gets done affair. This means you will never have any time to do anything on those truck days as the trucks usually take from 6 am to 10 pm to finish.

Advice to Senior Management – Get real

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Hobby Lobby part-time for more than a year

Pros – Awesome products, and plenty of customers with money to spend on hobbies crafts and other such things. Christian owned, beautiful stores with top of the line retail equipment that always works!

Cons – Hours are non existent, so goes the pay. CEO David Green is getting pinched with political issues and fines therefore employees are feeling it right along with him, which makes for a lot of job security questions. No chance of advancement in a business going under. Middle management is abandoning ship with no replacements. So hourly employees are expected to do double the work load with a third of the hours.

Advice to Senior Management – I believe you have very smart, hardworking employees that love the job and find happiness in the simplicity of helping people. Values are very important, and at some point we are all tested on them. Stand up for them, share them. Please, don't use our God as a platform to fight the health care bill. Personal choice is still personal choice, and most, if not all, of us are intelligent enough to choose what is right by Gods' word.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company