First and only job I've ever had (7+ years) and I think that says something. - Anonymous employee REI Employee Review

4.0
15 Jun 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Excellent people to work with, relaxed environment, excellent values, great discounts, and some of the best healthcare benefits around. One of the major reasons I work for REI is because they have great values (sustainability, humanitarian, etc.) and they follow through on them from the ground up. It's very inspiring.

Cons

More than likely you will have to move to a new city if you want to move up in the company quickly. There aren't a ton of regional opportunities for advancement but more are developing all the time.

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5.0
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Pros

Fun time with fun employees

Cons

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3.0
20 Jun 2026
Recommend
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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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