Big Lots Reviews

3.2

41% would recommend to a friend

(3,946 total reviews)

Bruce Thorn

27% approve of CEO

23% positive business outlook

Big Lots has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 3,946 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Big Lots employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail and wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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4K reviews
3.0
16 Nov 2025

Not bad

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good supportive place to wokr

Cons

None can think of really

3.0
1 Aug 2025

Very good

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good pay, breaks, nice people

Cons

nothing everything was very good

5.0
6 May 2022

Great

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

One of the most famous brand

Cons

No downsides of the eorkplace

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