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Camping World Inc
2.6 of 5 27 reviews
www.campingworld.com Bowling Green, KY 1000 to 5000 Employees

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Updated May 16, 2013

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Marcus A. Lemonis

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39% of employees recommend this company to a friend
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Lincolnshire HQ - good for some, not for all

Anonymous Employee (Current Employee)
Lincolnshire, IL

I have been working at Camping World Inc full-time for more than 7 years

ProsFriendly environment
relies on self-motivated people to get the job done
somewhat flexible schedule
paid volunteer days

Conschaos / constant lack of planning
can be stressful at times
It's a small family company that hasn't quite managed the transition to "Big" yet.

Advice to Senior Managementit would be helpful if you would provide a little more direction and career path options to your talented employees. I have been here multiple years and have never discussed anything like annual goals with a boss.

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Not a good place to work...

Anonymous Employee (Former Employee)

I worked at Camping World Inc

ProsDecent sick/vacation benefits, coworkers are great

ConsBenefits are outrageous, upper management do not care about employees, everyone regardless of time with the company are expendable

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

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Too much to do, not enough time to do it!

Anonymous Employee (Current Employee)

I have been working at Camping World Inc full-time

ProsPeople are great!
Customers are nice.

ConsSr. management doesn't know what's going on day to day

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

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Great Company that cares about its employees

Anonymous Employee (Current Employee)

I have been working at Camping World Inc full-time for less than a year

ProsEveryone is extremely friendly and excited about their jobs. The management team is actively engaged in helping its employees, as well as the community. I genuinely look forward to coming into work everyday.

ConsNo cons that I've experienced so far.

Advice to Senior ManagementKeep doing what you are doing.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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It's OK

Anonymous Employee (Current Employee)

I have been working at Camping World Inc

ProsThe people that work here are amazing in almost every department. Its a great, family atmosphere.

ConsWay too expensive healthcare coverage, lack of retirement contributions, and nowhere to go career-wise. They have attempted to deal with this fairly by having the health insurance premiums weight based upon salary; however, this is still a great deal of inequity here.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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Complicated.

Service Writer (Current Employee)
Winchester, VA

I have been working at Camping World Inc full-time for more than a year

ProsBetter than 'average' pay & decent benefits packages. Friendly atmosphere & capable co-workers with 'can-do' attitude. Great services & products offered at very reasonable prices to the public.

ConsDisorganized senior management and internal procedures are convoluted or overly complex. Internal systems are redundant and inefficient, leading to confusion & needless duplication of straitforward tasks at hand.

Advice to Senior ManagementWorking together to solve issues/problems would certainly bring greater resolution, as opposed to working against each other or 'passing the buck'! Simplifying internal systems into one integrated master system, rather than having multiple 'sub-systems' would simplify tasks, minimize redundant paperwork, and boost overall efficiency of employees and of couse, the bottom line!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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Used to Love my job there

Service Advisor (Former Employee)
Fort Worth, TX

I worked at Camping World Inc full-time for more than 7 years

Pros"Helping" new RV'ers... Educating folks. Hearing about new adventures... meeting all kinds of folks...... Setting them up with upgrades.... Helping them out... All the people I worked with....

ConsSenior upper management.... Office geeks and pencil pushers. Absolutly no concept of the day to day operations... Just watching $$$$ graphs....

Advice to Senior ManagementManagement: Do yourselves a favor..... Go to one of your stores and "work" the service counter for two weeks... not two days... TWO weeks... Understand your products and your floor plans. Appreciate the people that work for you. Show some respect. Stop worrying about lining your own pockets.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

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It's okay, but I'm a career

Anonymous Employee (Current Employee)
New Braunfels, TX

I have been working at Camping World Inc full-time for more than a year

ProsEasy work and management doesn't really care what I do all day. As long as I can find financing for buyers and make my spread, I can survive at this job.

ConsRV sales are slow so it is hard to make my commission but I get some time off.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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Decent place to work

Sales Associate (Former Employee)
Tallahassee, FL

I worked at Camping World Inc full-time for more than a year

ProsProducts are good, most easy to sell, most of the employees are nice and treat you as an equal. Good benefits, nice environment.

ConsThe pay is not condusive to the amount of work that's put in. Dealing with some managers who are on power trips. Some employees are thought of as "teacher's pet". Not enough training on the products. Too many up-sells.

Advice to Senior ManagementYou should give periodic random drug tests to all employees, including management. Give more raises. Make sure all employees are knowledgeable in all the products. Cut back on having to push so many clubs, because the customers tire of that quickly.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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Overall, Camping World was one of the greatest companies I have worked for so far.

Service Writer (Former Employee)
Oxford, AL

I worked at Camping World Inc

ProsFun, exciting, educational, great benifits and great customers.

ConsThe only downside I had working at this particular Camping World when I worked there was the Store Manager.

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Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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