Hobby Lobby Reviews

3.2

47% would recommend to a friend

(4,926 total reviews)
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45% approve of CEO

45% positive business outlook

Hobby Lobby has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 4,926 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Hobby Lobby 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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1.0
12 Dec 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Not much, Store is closed on Sunday. That's about it.

Cons

If you are a retail manager who takes pride in your leadership skills than this is not the company you want to work for. Managers, Co Managers are just glorified stock persons. It is solely grunt labor from 8:00 until close. Daily workload is shifting seasonal gondolas, moving aisles almost daily, with no people or management skills needed. Truck day is a grueling physical disaster. As a manager first you unload a full trailer, by hand with nothing more than a hand truck. Then it's a 10 hour shift of unpacking and de-trashing freight. The rest of the week is spent putting out the freight and moving and condensing aisles. Then, you are asked to leave your family for up to 3 weeks and travel to a distant store that is broken, or work 21 days straight of 12 hour days to prepare for a corporate visit or a new store opening. Ridiculous. A very backwards company, no POS or inventory control system which leads to a very disorganized retail operation. Leaving this company was the best thing that happened to me. I now work for a retailer who values professionalism and I am thriving in my position. I do want to add that I had the misfortune to work with two other co managers that were the most unprofessional and negative people I have ever worked for in my long retail career, and the DM just looks the other way. I urge you not to join this company no matter what they offer you. You will be miserable.

1.0
20 Oct 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Pros are only the pay, paid vacations after maintaining full time status for a year etc., and the insurance is widely accepted.

Cons

You will have your schedule altered at the drop of a hat, or vacation changed. You may do more than your share frequently, while only receiving more duties/ office fill- ins, while the flat full time rate allows other coworkers to slack. Lots of opening after closings- often not enough time between shifts. This is good job for the physically active. We build, arrange, and condense daily. You will only get a 30 min lunch on a truck day even if you work 12 hours! Advancement is based more on who thinks you are cool than actual merit QUITE often. We do not drug test unless an individual gets injured on the job. Background checks are mandatory for certain positions, but if for instance, you work enough long hours at store relocations, etc., for a certain mgr at a given time, you might get a felony "erased". Yes, the pay is good, but the dishonesty can be disheartening, and often personal employees duties and expectations are disproportionate.

5.0
27 Aug 2020

Amazing company

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The corporate leadership of Hobby Lobby is dedicated to running their business in a radically generous way. Their commitment to serving their communities and the world at large is impressive and unlike any other company I have ever seen. They do all of this quietly, not advertising any of it. They do it because they believe it is the right thing to do, not for the accolades. This sets them apart and made me proud to work for them.

Cons

Companies are, of course, made up of individuals so I certainly had experience with managers and district managers his attitude did not align with that of the leadership of the company. That was disappointing.

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