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Sportsman's Connection

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Sportsman's Connection Reviews

2.0

24% would recommend to a friend

(4 total reviews)

24% positive business outlook

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4 reviews
1.0
29 Apr 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

There aren't really any Pros I can think of. They are a family owned business if you see that as a positive.

Cons

They steal software to make a profit. They lie to their employees and promise benefits that are never actually fulfilled. They often pay late and when questioned they say its no big deal when they move the payday around. They do not communicate when pay is late and are often hard to track down until they get the pay checks out. This was brought up several times and they were offended that the employees know they are scared to show their face when they couldn't pay us. They use people until the employees can't take it anymore. They claim they don't take a paycheck as if that is somehow an excuse for the way they treat their employees. They obviously pay for their BMWs, classic cars, trucks, and motorcycles with the company accounts. The owners said I got a bonus and he was grateful for my hard work - turns out it was an accounting error and they took back the money in the next pay period without any communication. They still owe me well over $2,000 and they owe my old supervisor (Chief Technical Officer) that was fired the same week as me over $8,000. The owners justify unethical business decisions as just the way small businesses are run. They essentially run a Ponzi scheme by continuing to take hundreds of orders while being well over 5,000 orders behind with no funds left and no feasible plan on fulfilling all of the orders. They make the orders for the people that threaten to contact their banks for a refund or sue.

1.0
2 May 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

A paid 30 minute lunch is literally the only pro I can think of.

Cons

This company runs its employees into the ground. They are extremely scammy in the way that they run their business, and promise customers they are working on their order when in reality it has never even been looked at. The only orders that have been getting worked on for the past 6 months are orders that have disputes or complaints with the BBB. The pay is extremely subpar with no benefits, and far below standard for the field. Management is manipulative. After my old boss that I enjoyed working with was fired for defending our team, they hired no one to fill in his role and avoided discussing the subject for a month. Eventually they just shifted his responsibilities onto the rest of the team with no promotion. I did the job of about 3 people for 16.50 an hour and no benefits. When I asked about a promotion or a raise I was given a 50 cent raise and told that I couldn't be asking for more money because the company was doing bad financially and the owners weren't taking a paycheck. The management is extremely dismissive and has no idea what is going on. They started outsourcing work to India even though they claim to be a small family owned business all made in the USA because they didn't want to pay higher wages.

1.0
23 Oct 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great coworkers in the design, accounting, sales, customer service, and marketing departments.

Cons

Disorganized and not honest. Made false promises about the company and benefits. Poor company structure, a lot of the workers were not paid often and actually never got their last pay checks. The owner of the company was not honest or direct with company shutting down or going down hill. Pocketed money and told everyone else they were basically screwed. Also lots of customers were angry and never got their product or refund. Had multiple chances to make this company thrive, and they chose the wrong decision, everytime.

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