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Academy Sports + Outdoors

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More work for less pay - Anonymous employee Academy Sports + Outdoors Employee Review

2.0
23 Feb 2010
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Decent benefits including tuition reimbursement (reimbursement available for part timers as well), flexible scheduling, plenty of sick/vacation time for full timers.

Cons

Advancement opportunities are biased, managers play favorites, wages are very low and do not reflect amount of work expected of the positions, negative atmosphere. Management will often discipline associates who stand around and talk instead of working, but this is never taken seriously as the management staff does the exact same thing. If you aren't personally liked by your manager, you might as well find another job, because they are very biased and if they don't like you they will cut your hours and overlook you when advancement opportunities arise, no matter how long you've been working there or how good a job you did. There is also a lot of negativity not only between managers and associates, but between managers as well. Store morale suffers a lot when everyone refuses to get along.

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Pros

Nice people to work with, customers are generally good people.

Cons

Not enough opportunities for more hours.

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1.0
20 June 2026
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Pros

The easiest thing about job is the work itself.

Cons

The upper management is horrible on every level. They don’t care enough to even give job interviews, so you don’t know what to expect on your first day. Expect someone to not train you, but aggressively micromanage you and let you know what you do is wrong but not show how to do anything correctly. I’ve never seen a retail place operate so “by the books” but will make up rules on the spot when it’s most convenient for them. There is a severe lack of communication and care all around, partly from a lot of the managers being on different parts of the spectrum. The senior employees will also take out their home life problems out on you bc they’re jealous you got more credit card applications than them. Don’t work here unless you enjoy high school petty drama from ladies that have worked 30+ years in retail.

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