Bass Pro Shops reviews

3.4

56% would recommend to a friend

(2,674 total reviews)

John L. Morris

66% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

Bass Pro Shops has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 2,674 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Bass Pro Shops employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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5.0
Aug 17, 2025

Great Company

Recommend
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Pros

Great discount this location had great management

Cons

Really enjoyed everything about the job

2.0
Aug 20, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Employees, customer service, great products

Cons

Recent cuts do not go along with company vision, a lot of valuable employees were let go, to give double/triple work to those remaining, with lesser salaries. But new stores continue to open. The decision to make the numbers look good on paper for going public has superseded previous values.

2.0
Sep 12, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

They give a you a good discount

Cons

-understaffed (to keep costs down, believe it or not, at the HQ level some people still make less than $40,000) -overworked (most of the time you have one person managing a couple hundred million dollars in projects alone) -no process (no clear job descriptions, i.e., doing work well outside your job role) -no space (how does a company this big not have room??) -no career path (they suggest lateral movement - not advancement) -bad managers, it's a 'good ole boys' club at the top and most lack the management skills required -high turnover (over a third of my department has left in under a 2-year span) -no work-life balance (mandatory outside of work volunteer-told duties) -owner operated in which he cares more about NASCAR than the quality of his product -work culture is abysmal (most don't care, have lost all their passion, and actively hate their job) Teams aren't set up for success. Leaders in position come from an old-school way of thinking and aren't adaptive to today's climate. Odds are you will get burnt out and leave in a year, because Springfield, MO is in the middle of nowhere.

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