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Academy Sports + Outdoors

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Overall positive place to work, some negative stuff - Sales Associate Academy Sports + Outdoors Employee Review

3.0
15 Oct 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Usually very good at working with schedule requests and great for a student's work schedule; most people are very friendly and great to work with, will drop what they're doing to help others. Discount is nice.

Cons

Few real advancement opportunities; frequently cut hours. Our store has a bad favoritism problem; a small group of people who were there when the store first opened can literally do anything they want, be as lazy as they want. Whereas, you work hard completing a project in a few hours and get scolded for saying hello to someone. I have heard of appalling management treatment of front-end employees, but haven't witnessed it first hand.

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21 Mar 2026
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Pros

Nice people to work with, customers are generally good people.

Cons

Not enough opportunities for more hours.

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1.0
20 Jun 2026
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Pros

The easiest thing about job is the work itself.

Cons

The upper management is horrible on every level. They don’t care enough to even give job interviews, so you don’t know what to expect on your first day. Expect someone to not train you, but aggressively micromanage you and let you know what you do is wrong but not show how to do anything correctly. I’ve never seen a retail place operate so “by the books” but will make up rules on the spot when it’s most convenient for them. There is a severe lack of communication and care all around, partly from a lot of the managers being on different parts of the spectrum. The senior employees will also take out their home life problems out on you bc they’re jealous you got more credit card applications than them. Don’t work here unless you enjoy high school petty drama from ladies that have worked 30+ years in retail.

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