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Hobby Lobby is the largest privately owned arts-and-crafts retailer in the world with approximately 32,000 employees and operating in forty-seven states. read more
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Q&A With Hobby Lobby Employees

We offer exciting career opportunities for bright, energetic and talented individuals in a stimulating, fast-paced and team-oriented culture. There are many reasons to choose to start a career with Hobby Lobby! We have a “World Worth Exploring.”

How employees describe working at Hobby Lobby

Treat loyal employees better and pay them better

I love the tasks and duties I have as a stockman but many times I'm asked to do things in a time frame that are beyond capable of being done. I've come to love most but not all managers and assistant managers. Plenty of occasions I'm being yelled at and treated poorly over simple miscommunications.

The quality of the products for the price.

Having a nice selection of items

They are cordial and mostly positive.

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What it's like to work at Hobby Lobby

  • Hobby Lobby employees generally work 8.2 hrs a day
  • Employees at Hobby Lobby report the work pace is extremely fast
  • On a typical day, employees at Hobby Lobby have 0 meetings
  • 77% of Hobby Lobby employees look forward to interacting with their team every day
  • Hobby Lobby employees most often take 0-10 paid vacation and sick days each year
  • 35% of Hobby Lobby employees report they are happy with their work life balance
  • Hobby Lobby employees typically get valuable feedback on how to improve at work Every Week
  • 56% of Hobby Lobby employees call their work environment negative

Q&A With Hobby Lobby Employees

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  • Full time employees generally do not have a very high opinion of upper management. FT emp. are expected to do the work of 2 people.

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  • If you are a full-time employee, you are expected to be available at all times for any schedules. Different managers may work with an employee, but that is not a guarantee.

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  • They promote new store managers from already trained co-managers in other HL stores when possible. Typically, they will hire managers who have strong retail background from Lowe’s, Home Depot, Kmart, etc. But the asst. mngrs in the Store is usually a glorified dept head who might make 25-50 cents more an hour than a full-time employee.

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  • After 2 years you get 1 week paid

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  • Their servant leadership style!

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27% of Hobby Lobby employees would encourage their friends to become coworkers, whereas 14% are neutral and 59% would not recommend working at Hobby Lobby to their friends.

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