Pros
- great customers
- positive, interesting co-workers from creative fields
- good exercise
- good natural light in stores promotes mental health
Cons
- Pay cuts when your store unionizes
- Hours cuts when your store unionizes
- 4 years to get a contract when your store unionizes
- Union-busting managers sent to fire as many people for minor infractions when you store unionizes
- If your store unionizes, REI will withhold things that other stores get. Like merit pay, Summit pay and raises.
- Hard to get 40 hours a week, even if you are full time
- Hard to survive in a big city
- REI keeps hiring part-time and seasonal workers, when they don't have enough hours to go around to give to veteran workers
- REI Choice health plan doesn't cover many medical expenses, resulting in many medical bills after a visit