Just your average part time guy. What kind of benefits/perks do they get too?
Just your average part time guy. What kind of benefits/perks do they get too?
Dont make much money non manager type work, discounts are very good though. Up to 40% at some places.
average part-timer about $7.50 per hour. You do get 45% discount on pretty much any product made by any vendor the store carries. Also sales representatives will sometimes give you free sample shoes, particularly those from lesser-known companies.
such highly skilled labor, i'm not sure
Job seeker wrote:
Just your average part time guy. What kind of benefits/perks do they get too?
Working at running specialty pays significantly more than coaching at d2 or d3 colleges. And a lot less headaches.
The running store I worked at for three years paid college grads about $10 an hour, while the manager got paid $30k per year with health insurance coverage and a few other perks provided.
You get make minimum wage and the knowledge that fat americans want "cush" in their shoe that will save them from the dreaded shin splint or that planter whatever-itis. You will cry with what you make.
cheap gear. For my ten hours a week in grad school, it was definitely worth it.
$8/hr
I'm honestly surprised that running stores even exist. Every time I go in a running store it's completely dead and I wonder how they can keep their doors open with so few customers. "Real" runners are the only people who wear running shorts, and they usually don't go through them very fast. Most normal people who run are content to do it in some nikes they picked up at footlocker and some sweatpants.
Taking that into account, I would think general employees make shit. Like others have said, you get some good discounts, but it might not be worth it when you could go across the street and get a job that pays several dollars more an hour.
Ninja runner wrote:
I'm honestly surprised that running stores even exist. Every time I go in a running store it's completely dead and I wonder how they can keep their doors open with so few customers..
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I agree. Soon, these specialty stores will be a thing of the past. I mean, I only go to the local running store because a friend owns it. Otherwise, I could order my shoes, etc. right here on the internet.
the thing that most of you don't realize is that a lot of people out there have problem feet. if someone with a wide forefoot goes into a footlocker and says that they need a stability shoe, do you think any of them would have a clue what to do? no way in hell. also, specialty shops also can carry way more technical apparel. run groups help bring out crowds. also, there are enough people out there that want to try on their shoes before they buy them, so internet buying isn't an option there either. running shoes have a decent enough margin on them to make it by, and the same applies to the apparel. all in all a fair trade.
would that really be that hard to figure out -'i have a wide foot and i need a stability shoe'surely a footlocker boy could point the person to a stability new balance shoe (new balance comes in various widths don't they??)besides - how many people actually know what is best for themway, way too many people believe they need to be running around in clunkers when they should be handed a nice pair of minimal trainers
fadsf wrote:
the thing that most of you don't realize is that a lot of people out there have problem feet. if someone with a wide forefoot goes into a footlocker and says that they need a stability shoe, do you think any of them would have a clue what to do? no way in hell. also, specialty shops also can carry way more technical apparel. run groups help bring out crowds. also, there are enough people out there that want to try on their shoes before they buy them, so internet buying isn't an option there either. running shoes have a decent enough margin on them to make it by, and the same applies to the apparel. all in all a fair trade.
Specialty shops are useless. I did fine before I ever started going to them for their advertised "custom fittings." And I do fine now that I buy my shoes from Zappos and Eastbay. It was for the couple of years that I bought into the hype and went to specialty runner shops that I had a variety of problems. All shoe related.
You think that those lazy losers you employ to sell shoes actually give a rat's ass about a shoe functioning properly? You know they're just there to push the $130 shoes out the door.
I like to try on shoes before I buy them... and that's the only time I set foot in specialty running stores anymore. I try on a couple pairs, thank them for their help, and go order them online.
When useless running stores go the way of the dodo, no problem. Several Internet stores allow customers to return and swap shoes that don't fit. Zappos is especially good in this regard.
Sorry, bub, but your outmoded store with its collection of surly slacker employees who specialize in putting people in the biggest, most expensive shoes possible are being outcompeted. So long!!!
Got to agree with most of the above. However, if you feel that way, don't waste their time trying on their merchandise so you can buy from their competitors online. Doesn't show a lot of class, know what I mean?
Ninja runner wrote:
I'm honestly surprised that running stores even exist. Every time I go in a running store it's completely dead and I wonder how they can keep their doors open with so few customers. "Real" runners are the only people who wear running shorts, and they usually don't go through them very fast. Most normal people who run are content to do it in some nikes they picked up at footlocker and some sweatpants.
Taking that into account, I would think general employees make shit. Like others have said, you get some good discounts, but it might not be worth it when you could go across the street and get a job that pays several dollars more an hour.
You've obviously never been to the BRC in Boulder then. That place is packed from open to close on a daily basis (which I guess is why it was named the top running specialty store in the country). And, oh by the way, it is employed by "real" runners who are truly concerned about proper fit and injury prevention, not just slackers earning a paycheck. As a matter of fact so are their other locations (Littleton, Colorado Springs). Actually, come to think of it most of the running stores (i.e. Runners Roost, Colorado Running Company, Bells Running, Foot of the Rockies) in the Denver Metro/Front Range area are good, if not excellent, running specialty stores. I guess it pays to live in the fittest, most active state in the union!
In my experience more and more customers to running specialty stores are affluent, educated, married women with kids who want to remain fit and wear nice, comfortable, wicking clothing in doing so...oh wait, again I forget the majority of our country is composed of a bunch of fat-asses so many of you wouldn't realize that. Yes, women, and a lot of them, actually work out in Colorado!
And to the poster who goes in to running stores to try on shoes then purchase them online...you sir, are a dick!
Ninja runner wrote:
I'm honestly surprised that running stores even exist. Every time I go in a running store it's completely dead and I wonder how they can keep their doors open with so few customers. "Real" runners are the only people who wear running shorts, and they usually don't go through them very fast. Most normal people who run are content to do it in some nikes they picked up at footlocker and some sweatpants.
Taking that into account, I would think general employees make shit. Like others have said, you get some good discounts, but it might not be worth it when you could go across the street and get a job that pays several dollars more an hour.
You've obviously never been to the BRC in Boulder then. That place is packed from open to close on a daily basis (which I guess is why it was named the top running specialty store in the country). And, oh by the way, it is employed by "real" runners who are truly concerned about proper fit and injury prevention, not just slackers earning a paycheck. As a matter of fact so are their other locations (Littleton, Colorado Springs). Actually, come to think of it most of the running stores (i.e. Runners Roost, Colorado Running Company, Bells Running, Foot of the Rockies) in the Denver Metro/Front Range area are good, if not excellent, running specialty stores. I guess it pays to live in the fittest, most active state in the union!
In my experience more and more customers to running specialty stores are affluent, educated, married women with kids who want to remain fit and wear nice, comfortable, wicking clothing in doing so...oh wait, again I forget the majority of our country is composed of a bunch of fat-asses so many of you wouldn't realize that. Yes, women, and a lot of them, actually work out in Colorado!
And to the poster who goes in to running stores to try on shoes then purchase them online...you sir, are a dick!
Ninja runner wrote:
I'm honestly surprised that running stores even exist. Every time I go in a running store it's completely dead and I wonder how they can keep their doors open with so few customers. "Real" runners are the only people who wear running shorts, and they usually don't go through them very fast. Most normal people who run are content to do it in some nikes they picked up at footlocker and some sweatpants.
Taking that into account, I would think general employees make shit. Like others have said, you get some good discounts, but it might not be worth it when you could go across the street and get a job that pays several dollars more an hour.
You've obviously never been to the BRC in Boulder then. That place is packed from open to close on a daily basis (which I guess is why it was named the top running specialty store in the country). And, oh by the way, it is employed by "real" runners who are truly concerned about proper fit and injury prevention, not just slackers earning a paycheck. As a matter of fact so are their other locations (Littleton, Colorado Springs). Actually, come to think of it most of the running stores (i.e. Runners Roost, Colorado Running Company, Bells Running, Foot of the Rockies) in the Denver Metro/Front Range area are good, if not excellent, running specialty stores. I guess it pays to live in the fittest, most active state in the union!
In my experience more and more customers to running specialty stores are affluent, educated, married women with kids who want to remain fit and wear nice, comfortable, wicking clothing in doing so...oh wait, again I forget the majority of our country is composed of a bunch of fat-asses so many of you wouldn't realize that. Yes, women, and a lot of them, actually work out in Colorado!
And to the poster who goes in to running stores to try on shoes then purchase them online...you sir, are a dick!
I don\'t know what shop you went to but half the people that come in to the shop I work at never try on a shoe over a 100$. Not every person needs the 130$ shoe. I am not sure how it works in your town but the local shop I work helps put on almost 90% of the in town races and provides the high school kids with equipment that they moght not beable to have if it werent for the local running shop.
spoken like an owner wrote:
I like to try on shoes before I buy them... and that's the only time I set foot in specialty running stores anymore. I try on a couple pairs, thank them for their help, and go order them online.
That is a really jerky thing to do! Buying replacement shoes online is one thing, but if you don't even have the decency to buy your first pair from them after they helped you out.....
Also, if you succeed in your goal of running them out of buisness, where will you try your shoes on at?