Positive environment - Recensione dipendente - Retail Sales Associate presso Scheels

Scheels was a very positive work environment and most of the people I worked with were genuinely helpful. The job itself was a perfect role for a college student looking to work during school as they offered flexible scheduling. As someone who loves to fix and tinker, a service tech role offered the chance to learn valuable skills and never felt dull as long as their was sufficient work.

The job could become slow inbetween busy seasons but this was normally for only a couple months out of the year. This time could be taken to learn new skills or work on other projects if you were interested in growing in the position.

You get to try lots of cool new shoes, there is tons of entertaining retail drama, you can make a decent amount of money if you are good at sales (I could easily double my base salary on weekends), and the discount is quite nice. Management usually seems to care a lot for employees, and many are very flexible with scheduling and make it easy to work around other jobs/classes. There is room for progression, and I was offered a higher position, but the salary growth wasn't ideal for me in this economy.

You are on your feet A LOT - I often walked 30-40k steps a day during the holiday season or Saturdays (with only a 30 min lunch break), and sometimes you get scheduled for multiple weeks with no days off in between. Getting a good manager for your schedule is also important, because some give only a week's notice before putting out the next couple of weeks, which makes it hard to plan things with friends/family. Part time employees also get no benefits, even when I was consistently working 40-50 hours a week for months at a time. Additionally, there are some unscrupulous characters working there, but most have gotten fired.