Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. Employer Reviews

The people here are great and I love them all. We had lots of great customers and the people that work there are amazing

I like working at Hobby Lobby, however if you are part time it is not an ideal place to work during the slow times of the year. Also, Hobby Lobby employees discuss their religious and political views often. If you're not comfortable with that it may not be the place for you.

Hobby Lobby is a good company to work for. It's christian based and run. They have a problem with getting procedures implemented. Instead of memos, they reley on word of mouth to get the word out to emplyees up front.
Overall it's good and fun place to work in.

Taking money for purchases, doing returns, stocking the front area at night. Management was awesome and the co workers were nice.
the job wasnt hard at all but i would say dealing with unhappy people was the hardest part.
the most enjoyable part was talking to new people on a daily basis.

To work here you must not let things bother you. You must be willing to carry out different types of jobs, as you will not just have one. Be friendly and helpful to customers. In a week: I write an order for my dept. cashier, dust, crush boxes for compactor, clean your own mess, put away new merchandise and set up new shelving for displays or decorate – more... tables. You are expected to be self-motivated but also work as a team. – less

You walk your store and look for opportunities. You set up your game plan on what needs to be accomplished, sit down write the daily schedule to achieve your goals for the day. Your co-manager comes in and you review and assign thier daily tasks and employee follow ups. During the course of the day you are walking the store, talking to your customers, – more... walking your departments and giving clear directions to your employees. You would then review any action or project memos you may need to complete, review any new e-mails that came in for the day, then go back to walking your store and follow up on everything that was assigned earlier that day to ensure tasks are being accomplished. – less

Hobby Lobby was a craft and home decorating store. There were seasonal departments, craft departments, decorating picuteres, glassware, vases, picture frames and much more. There were always new products coming in and helping customers was fun. To explain and teach them about crafts and projects. The Employees worked well together when needed they were – more... happy to assist as a team. Being a retail store there was a bit of turnover which made some times hard working short staffed. – less

hobby lobby is a great company, on a usual day I help customers out , also i make sure that everything is put back to the place they belong. I enjoy my co-workers very much, as well as the management. There is nothing hard about my job, and i enjoy my job very much. Im looking for a new job because i dont get many hours at all.

In order to understand Hobby Lobby you must work an entire year to cycle through all "seasons" of merchandising. They operate their stores unlike any retailer. From stafffing strategy to gross margins. Hobby Lobby has been very successful at what it does (and in the way they do it). They are very reluctant to utilize computer technology, scanning, etc. – more... As a privately owned company, this is their choice. Of the improvements they.need, the training of managers is the biggest. My store manager does not communicate and expects you to become well rounded by reading manuals and doing mundane tasks. While I have risen above and trained myself through utlizing others, I have been driven to seek new employement because of this difficult environment. My upper level management has not reacted to my concerns and I have no other choice. I have enjoyed working with my people and have learned a lot from them. My favorite part of the job is the interaction with my customers and being able to provide superior service to them. – less

I started as a part time cashier at one location where every single person was very friendly and helpful to me as a new hire. A few months later a position at a different store opened up and I was referred by my manager to fill the position. So, I transferred and was very shocked at how different things were because of poor management. My new manager – more... is cranky and demands that I do a lot more work than I am paid for. They do not like if I take a break other than my lunch even though it is in the employee handbook and does not schedule well to work around employees' other jobs or obligations. All around it is a good company to work for. They pay well and have good benefits, but if the store has a poor manager it drastically changes how well you enjoy working there. – less

It is a good place for part-time employment, especially for a student. Each day, one is given a project by management. The projects change almost daily so it does not become too repetitive. I personally learned how to work with others on a project and deal with personality and work-style differences.

I really enjoyed each and every guest that came to our store. Always a pleasant place to work. Co-workers were the best!

I went in to complete an application on the first day of the hiring for a new store. I interviewed and left to go to my job I was working at the time. I got a phone call about 3 hours later telling me I needed to come back immediately and complete my new hire paperwork becuase they were offering me a position. I left my job to go complete the paperwork. – more... When I got there I was told very little about the position, but completed the paperwork. I was told to give my notice because the position started the next week. I tried to ask questions about the position but they managers were so busy interviewing that I left there thinking I must have been offered a full time job because I had not specified I would work temporary or full time on my application. I tried to go back in later in the week and the store manager treated me like I was stupid. She told me that I had not been promised a job and would have to work 12 hour shifts two weeks in a row and prove myself before I was offered any type of position but she already hired 40 people and I would probably not have a job.
How can these people mess with other people's lives like that? If I had listened to them I would have lost my other job and then been out of a job in two weeks.
Be very careful... they will scam you to get the store set up if you are in a location where a store is opening. – less

Did everything that was needed to run the store for a great days goals.

It was a fun store with good qualities and I learned how to order and do refunds but the Management was terrible and irresponsible. Co-workers were okay, some hard workers, some not. There was much favoritism involved. The hardest part was getting paid much less than people you got hired with on the same date and they worked much less effectively than – more... I. – less

Go, clock in. Head up to the front and open your register and count the money in it. Help customers check out and if they need help finding anything, assist them in finding it. Answer phones. The hardest part of the job was trying to organize the clearance wall and the most enjoyable was visiting with customers as they came through.

TERRIBLE management. Scheduling is all over the place and it comes out the first day of the work week so no advanced notice. You have to call the day of to find out what your schedule is and it changes daily. The job itself isn't bad. The benefits are decent and my co-workers are awesome.

This is a great Christian company to work for. If you're looking for a job with a lot of hours and decent pay, this is a job for you.

I worked 8-9 hr days and learned more and more about arts and crafts everyday. The customers were always pleasant to deal with and the managers backed the cashiers up if there were any misunderstandings. I've been doing arts and crafts projects of every kind since I was little and loved being in that environment.

a typical day consists of customer service/interaction with customers, cleaning and stocking of store. Hours have been cut down drastically due to time of year. For the most part management is understanding and helpful. The best part is we have great teamwork. The hardest part is not enough hours.