Pay - Sales Associate Columbia Sportswear Employee Review

3.0
17 Jan 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Liberal policies. As a part-time associate you get 30 min of wellness hours for each 20 hrs you work. The pay is better than most retail jobs here.

Cons

I get paid $17 after working for a little less than a year after I was paid $16 when I was first hired. Come to hear from one of my managers that a Columbia Sportswear Store is opening up in Tulsa, Oklahoma and they’re hiring employees at $19 even though down here in Florida our cost of living is higher! I understand it’s because that Columbia store is opening up at a new mall, so they’re offering competitive pay to distinguish themselves from other stores, but it’s still disappointing.

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Pros

Pay is above industry standard

Cons

Columbia has the most toxic work culture of anywhere I have ever worked. Employees live in fear of being fired for the slightest transgression. The company makes it known from day one that they are constantly watching you. Other co-workers will report you for taking too long in the restroom. Managers are expected to sell their souls for thier stores. I was reprimanded for telling my staff that I have a life outside of work. I was expected to essentially be on call 24/7 and instructed to tell my team what time I eat dinner with my wife if I did not want to be contacted then and only then. You will be given a barebones payroll budget and expected to operate a store as if you had 10x the employees on staff at all times. You will have absolutely zero work/life balance working for this company. When District/Regional managers, or any coporate partners visit you will be expected to work unlimited overtime with no recognition for your efforts. Do yourself a favor and stay as far away from this company as you can.

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