Sports Basement Reviews

Pros

Great team of employees and even better managing crew.

Cons

There is no cons working for this company.

Pros

Discount, fun people, youthful atmosphere

Cons

Poor onboarding, rushed. , unsupportive leadership

Pros

good benefits for retail job

Cons

retail can be a grind

Pros

Free food, rentals, and great coworkers. Easy to move up in the company.

Cons

Not many pay raises available

Pros

Flexible hours, and managers are willing to accommodate your schedule if you communicate with them properly and work part-time. The staff break room is also well-stocked with food so you don't need to worry about going hungry at work! Race registration and product discounts are also a big bonus. Everyone is really friendly and willing to help if you have questions.

Cons

Depending on the store location and day of the week, customer traffic can be pretty heavy and sometimes you'll be asked to cover multiple areas of the store without having much experience or knowledge. Sometimes the store is pretty understaffed.

Pros

Hefty employee discount (40% off) The breakroom is mostly well stocked Some of the coworkers are pretty chill Relatively easy to get time off

Cons

Absolute lack of leadership, management is never on the same page and often only doing what's best for themselves. Wages are a joke, performance reviews have little effect on your odds of getting a raise. One manager repeatedly said "you don't work here to get rich" at a storewide meeting about moral. Instead of doing anything to address employee moral they'll have pizza parties.

Pros

I've been at this company for well over a decade - this company cares about doing right by it's customers, they trust their staff to make good choices, they try to be transparent and positive as much as they can. They are open minded and flexible, and encourage their staff to go on vacation and take advantage of their benefits (free food, free rentals, great discounts, etc).

Cons

Pay is on the lower end of the spectrum for the Bay Area.

Pros

The opportunity to be able to connect with members of the community and help them with there sporting good equipment is a lot of fun. Being an expert for those who are looking to be active can be easy, if you are active yourself. Great benefits like food, discount, healthcare, and activity reimbursement.

Cons

The only real downside is on occasion you have very unreasonable people, but that is few and far between. Most people are friendly. It's hard to make a career out of the pay.

Pros

Coworkers are great people, most of the time. Free break room food.

Cons

Poor pay and even worse management. Management/corporate change operating procedures every two seconds. Some call that adaptability and others more accurately call it incompetence. Favoritism regarding promotions.

Pros

- Good people work the floor - Food program was great, you didn't have to buy or bring lunch if you didn't want to - 40% off discount goes a long way

Cons

- They promise raises and growth for long time employees then renege - They do not invest time in employees. I saw staffers who were stellar for 6 months, but the second they have a bad week management wants to talk about termination. - During early covid they let go of a ton of their staff due to "budget issues" and wanting to keep "only the best" and the next week announced the second most senior person in the whole company (Aaron Schweifler) got a title bump. I can only assume he got a pay bump with that.