Academy Sports + Outdoors Employer Reviews

Being right across the street from the beach we were busy. It made the time go by fast since we were basically a huge surf store.

great place to grow and work while in school, they work with your schedule and try to accomedate you, the two years I worked there I grew as a person, I learned people skills and how to be a diligent and hard worker.

Standard workplace with the usual middle management issues.

Greeted customers, processed customers purchases and accepted payment. Love customer service.

Academy Sports & Outdoors has been a good job. I learned a lot about helping customers and how to deal with people. The managers were very helpful. Some of the co-workers were great and others not so great, but most kept it professional. I enjoyed helping customers the most.

Good place to work and they also take care of you as much as possible. Not good on raises or employment advancement.

I have worked in retail for seven years with Academy Sports and I enjoy my job. I have learned beneficial people skills and how to be organized, improved work ethic, and working well with others. The management has always been very helpful and fair in all circumstances and I am comfortable talking with them about issues and other work related topics. – more... This job is not very difficult, but if I had to choose a difficult aspect it would be dealing with all different types of people and how to maintain a level head with everyone. I am very people-friendly and I get along with everyone I have worked with and it makes my job enjoyable. I actually look forward going to my job. – less

a typical day would be doing your job
co-workers were fun
nothing was hard

Depending on the day and attitude of the management staff with make the day good or bad, the management shows favoritism to certain employees as same race or friends.

Customer service, stocking, maintaining the appearance and quality of the department. Occasional rough customers but at the end of the day usually ended decently.

A major amount of knowledge about footwear products and customer service skills.

Management is pretty good, the last manager that was place in the footwear department before I left was not – more... reasonable and would lie a lot.

Co-workers were awesome, great to talk with and learn from. Helped most of the time when a major project needed to be done.

Hardest part was working for such long periods of time without any break. 7 hour work days were required to qualify for any kind of break.

Working with great people, also getting to know different customers and lifestyles. – less

My co workers were awesome, everyone makes you feel welcomed when you are new. The most enjoyable part were the different deparments to work at. Management was awesome. I learned the difference of Licences for fishing and hunting.

Many people love shopping at Academy where you can find the right stuff at a low price everyday which is wonderful, but being an employee is a different story. There is a lot of favoritism between management and associates. Also a total lack of respect for employee's personal life. If you are sick or have a death in your family no one cares. They expect – more... you to get over it and come to work. Many of the employees there are college students and at times management was unwilling to work with a student's availabiltiy. Other than all the bad there was plenty of good there as well. I enjoyed working with my co-workers we all made the bad days turn into good days no matter if we were dealing with a rude customer or whatever else came our way. I think working in retail is something that everyone should experience, You learn a lot about how stores operate and the marketing aspect of things also. After working in retail it will change the way you shop. Being that I know how it feels to be the person who has to pick up behind a customer and constantly refold things, I try my best to put things back in the proper place when shopping and just overall respect the store and the employees. – less

Worked over night, managers were very nice, learned how to stock shelves and stack pallets. All co-workers were extremely friendly. The hardest part of the job was staying up working over night. I enjoyed working with other employees and helping customers. It was a very fun place to work.

A typical day at Academy is pretty slow but great customers. I learned how to use an assembly and printer. The management was great. All the managers had great attitudes and were very understanding. Also my co workers were nice, friendly, and very helpful. Nothing at my job was hard. I think i caught on real quick and was ready to work everyday. I most – more... enjoyed having all different types of customers. They all had different backgrounds and was really easy to talk to and make conversation. – less

I worked 12 hour days. I learned to multi-task, having to work on my on. My district manager came in twice a month for maybe two hours for a quick walk through. The hardest part of my job is that I gave 110% with no thankyou. The most enjoyable part were the customers.

Provided the best customer service when customers needed help within the department .Back-up cashier when the store became very busy Helped adjacent departments during closing time.Sold watches and sunglasses whenever needed at the front counter .

i would say good pay long days you have to be a hard worker i love working there the money was good every two weeks but good

A typical day would star by entering the store to be greeted by the co-workers, then leave my stuff at the locker and continue to clock in. I would walk to my department while saying hi and asking customers if they need assistance. Once in my department i would look at the action list to see what my duties for my shift would be

awesome company to work for. they were very friendly and care about there employees

Academy Sports and Outdoors allows for the development of an individual within the parameters of Customer Service.