Columbia Sportswear Employer Reviews

This company uses mostly temps. Great for a first job or if English is your second language.

The company has management problems and high turnover. Culture has changed dramatically over the years.

Start off the work day by sweeping, mopping and dusting the entire store and fixtures. Open store and wait for customers. When customers arrive i had to greet them, ask what they were looking for and told them to ask if they needed anything. if a customer needed another size or style i would look it up on the computer to see if we had it in stock. if – more... we did i went outback and got the item, if it wasnt in stock then we offered to the customer to call our other store and see if they had it. had to get customers to sign up for columbia greater rewards. finally i ran cash register, it was normally very busy and fast paced. Management was horrible! 4-5 managers working at once and not communicating with eachother. most of the time i was told to do something by one manager then told to do something completly different by another one. i ended up leaving the job because my hours were cut drastically (36-45 hrs/wk) to about (8-12). – less

Seldom have I seen so many incredibly talented people under one roof. Unfortunately, the management has absolutely not one clue how to successfully utilize the level of raw ability present under Columbia's roof.

The morale is the lowest of any place I've ever worked, the flat organization pretty much guarantees no advancement unless an employee is – more... sychophantically compelled to become best friends with leadership, and the promise of a work/life balance is as empty as the glassy, lifeless eyes of the dedicated, 55+ hours a week employees...

On the plus side, the pay is reasonable and if you can fly under the radar for a while, you will pad your resume quite nicely. – less

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This was my first job and i loved it so much, unfortunately it was seasonal but my manager was extraordinary and my co-workers were a joy. i wanted to go to work on my days off!!

It was an okay place to work for discount was nice, made over minimum wage but there were no raises allowed apparently.

Some of the managers were very clique, there was a pay freeze so there was no chance for raises. But it was a good place to work overall nice people and alright environment.

Fast day always on the move. Inventory checks as well as quality checks. I learned to manage people and quality checks on the products.

Management staff tends to contradict themselves and not conduct in a way that is typical.
I enjoyed making the store look nice, but did not enjoy being talked down to and being disrespected by majority of the staff.

Overall this is a typical retail job. you typically get about 30 hours a week . the managers are great but the supervisors and leads take their jobs more seriously than the managers

I've worked in Ellenton Columbia. This one was pretty good with a good work environment. The managers were good at what they did and treated me like an employee. Moving to the LA Columbia, the management is a little iffy. I feel they make there own rules here as opposed to what's really suppose to be, compared to the one in FL.

NICE HISTORY. TYPICAL RETAIL ENVIRONMENT. APPLY IF YOU LIKE EXTREME SPORTS

I loved helping customers get what they came in for. Many customers are easy to satisfy. Flexible breaks and the atmosphere was very relaxed. Don't bother working here if you're with a temp agency. Columbia WILL NOT keep you, even if they say they will.

It's really a good place if you're willing to flow easily with constant change in a retail enviroment

great place for people who love customer service. management pass awkward comments towards each other. co-workers are rude about management. nothing hard about the job. flexible hours. but don't ask for a day off they get on you about being sick.

It was a good store, I enjoyed the work assigned to me. But there was too much personal I did not like the he say, she say behind others backs. The pretentiousness was overbearing.

Regular fast paced job located in a tourist area so 98% of the customers were from out of town who did not speak English. It was always busy but due to the co workers and management it was always a fun place to work.

Great customer base and enjoyed all my accounts
Learned how to multi-task and learn to maximize productivity
Very dynamic management team.
Thoroughly enjoyed learning more about clothing, apparel and footwear

On a daily basis my job duties range from working in the back stock area to performing on the sales floor. While in the back, processing product from shipments, maintaining a very organized stock room, keeping inventory and prices up to date. Duties on the sales floor differ in that I act as a cashier, also return cashier and overrides for other associates. – more... Among other responsibilities, I provide great customer service which has been recognized as both employee of the month as well as for the west coast district of Columbia sportswear stores; and Very high ratings on customer secret shops. I am lucky to have a great environment with support from the management team, with open lines of communication that keep the store running smoothly. One of the most challenging parts of my job is balancing myself between objectives in the stock room and those on the sales floor. – less