West Marine Reviews
Updated Jan 10, 2021
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Pros
"great work environment and great employee discount and benefits" (in 43 reviews)
"Customer Service Experience, Nice Coworkers, Good discount (when I was working there, it has changed since)" (in 23 reviews)
Cons
"low pay heavy items at a fast pace lots of walking" (in 32 reviews)
"Upper management can be clueless about how stores are run" (in 12 reviews)
Pros & Cons are excerpts from user reviews. They are not authored by Glassdoor.
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- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at West Marine part-time
Pros
perfect you know it is
Cons
there isn't a downside, really they are flexible. I guess it would be how they are flexible
"Store associate"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at West Marine part-time
Pros
Friendly workers loved what I did.
Cons
Low pay other new employees were paid more then we with same job experience.
Continue reading"Down hill but store dependent experience"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at West Marine full-time
Pros
Fun environment, coworkers are great
Cons
Corporate direction is bringing the company down. Private equity firm bought the company out and its been going downhill since. Pay for comparable work elsewhere is way below
Continue reading"Great Learning Experience"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at West Marine full-time for less than a year
Pros
Quality management. Communication between team members is key.
Cons
Always on the move. Boating season can be busy and keep you from being on your own boat
"Sales Associate / Assistant Manager"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendPositive OutlookI worked at West Marine part-time
Pros
nice breaks nice people nice lunch your boss will buy you lunch sometimes
Cons
bathrooms and just certain old people that dont work there
Pros
Associates , Industry, health insurance, Environment
Cons
Retail salaries can be challenging
"Work Life"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at West Marine full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Good Learning Experience and Friendly Staff
Cons
There are no major ones
Pros
Good job great discounts fun place to work
Cons
Pay sucks for what they want u to do
"Learned a lot. Not great pay"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsNeutral OutlookI have been working at West Marine part-time
Pros
Had the chance to work and learn a lot about the marine industry.
Cons
Did not get paid well.
Continue readingPros
Good benefits for part-time employees
Cons
No room to advance. Poor wages. Poor management.
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