My fiance worked for Big 5 for almost 8 years. That was up until recently when he quit. He was a first assistant manager and got crap from the area supervisor Joe. This guy has picked on my man since the day he started. My fiance's work was never good enough or done right. All his co-workers have said nothing but great things about him and why doesn't he move up in the company? Why isn't he on the list for a promotion when a store manager position opens up? Because Joe shmo hates his ever being. This guy Joe is a bald, egotistical ass. He breaks a TON of rules and never gets in trouble. He drives the company vehicle for pleasure! He was going to fire my fiance, saying that he is more of a liability than an asset to the company. My fiance was so upset and worried that he just put his two weeks in to get it out of the way. That company doesn't care for it's employees or how long you work there. It's bullshit.

I am writing this so no one gets in the same situation I was put in. About 3 months ago I had a $50 purchase that I needed to return to Big 5 Sporting Goods . A younger girl helped me with the refund, and gave me a receipt print out that she said I needed to bring back when I wanted to use the store credit. Two weeks ago I went in and found something I wanted to purchase with the credit, and I was informed that the piece of receipt looking paper I had was not valid. I got very upset and asked to speak to the manager. He told me that whoever helped me months ago should have given me a gift card with the money loaded on it. We went back in forth, with me saying "I never got one" like 10 times. He said, "That is impossible because she couldn't have printed this out without first issuing the card." It came down to me finally saying "what can you do for me because I am owed this money?" He took my receipt and told me that he would call me back after he looked over the security tapes to find out who it was that had helped me because I couldn't remember. Needless to say...it has been many days now and he never called back. I have gone in several times as well and the manager is always gone.