Pros
great discounts, you work with amazing people, you get to meet all types of adventurers, great benefits for a part time job.
Cons
terrible scheduling, under staffing, micromanagement down to the exact words and scripts employees have, little rewards for flexibility, slow mobility. there is an over saturation of the REI culture although many of the values are compromised at the flagship store, THIS STORE DOES NOT RECYCLE Working at the newest flagship is less rewarding than working at any other non-flagship store. The flagship is currently under performing and meeting only very few sales goals, so headquarters has reduced the payroll which leads to under staffing, and unfair scheduling practices. Those that get hours, are still expected by management to sell more memberships than other stores that are adequately staffed. The employees of this store bare the burden of the inaccurate market predictions for the DC area. Repeated feedback from employees has not improved the situation of the flagship. I am very disheartened by this store as I used to love working for REI, a value based co-op, but now it has become obvious that their capitalistic practices do not have room for true value based purpose.