Big Lots Reviews

3.2

41% would recommend to a friend

(3,947 total reviews)

Bruce Thorn

27% approve of CEO

23% positive business outlook

Big Lots has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 3,947 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Big Lots 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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4K reviews
5.0
27 Mar 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The people are incredible, I love working mostly because I'm ADHD, so I like a lot of movement!! And when I start something I try my hardest to get it done otherwise it drives me completely crazy.

Cons

There are definitely challenges but your team helps you through it, but if I had to choose one, it would be the rude customers, but everything else is great!!

2.0
20 Dec 2021

Don't walk but run

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Salary/Benefits, you can be creative in your 4 walls as long as you can speak to it. A growing company

Cons

Work/Life balance is whats a life?? DM expects you to work 80 hours a week to get things accomplished in your 4 walls. The training was horrible. There is no reason not to onboard and properly train a member of management. Insufficient support from Leadership. Leadership often threatens your position if you are not 100% in your 4 walls. They expect things done with little labor allocated, or none, for instance we want you to reset 4 aisles this week and they are the most tedious deparment in the store with no extra hours. Or we are going to change all the pre priced christmas stuff to a higher dollar amount with no hours, and you have to do this weekly when putting out new freight when it comes in. OR you are getting 6 trucks this week, we expect everything processed as soon as it arrives also with no extra hours. Outrageous expectations. Yet the seem shocked by these answers when they receive feedback..................And to top it all off the DM talks about other managers behind their backs, way to build teamwork and morale.........

4.0
16 Dec 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Competitive management wages for the industry.

Cons

Continually being advised by shareholders to reduce hours and then they wonder when they actually shop in a store why, no one is around to help them. Maybe one of those shareholders or CEO's might like to see a healthy 23 year old ruin their backs on one fireplace carry out because there is literally no one else in the building to help, but I sure don't.

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