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What is REI?
(Naturally, they're not perfect -- so they're known for putting small shops out of business when they arrive and for becoming more faceless to some of their employees as they grow.)
What is REI?
/shrug
Not tech related.
Consumer spending is getting hit hard and luxury campgear is easy to forego.
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They might call themselves REI "co-op", but a consumers' cooperative is really the polar opposite of representing the interests of workers. It's really just a shareholder owned company with a few steps removed in the middle.
In practice, the “co-op” stuff really just amounts to a run of the mill rewards program. I can’t tell any actual difference between it and various other “loyalty program” thingies, aside from that they force you to join it to buy anything from them.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
They might call themselves REI "co-op", but a consumers' cooperative is really the polar opposite of representing the interests of workers. It's really just a shareholder owned company with a few steps removed in the middle.
In practice, the “co-op” stuff really just amounts to a run of the mill rewards program. I can’t tell any actual difference between it and various other “loyalty program” thingies, aside from that they force you to join it to buy anything from them.
I doubt anyone really cares, and it's not open nominations.
Consumer spending is getting hit hard and luxury campgear is easy to forego.
A Canadian company in the same space, Mountain Equipment Co-Op, was recently acquired by a hedge fund and is in the process of mutating into a for-profit company, to the dismay of many. https://www.outsideonline.com/business-journal/retailers/mec... Is REI being zombified the same way?
Darn. I have always appreciated MEC...
Earlier quoted context omitted.
In practice, the “co-op” stuff really just amounts to a run of the mill rewards program. I can’t tell any actual difference between it and various other “loyalty program” thingies, aside from that they force you to join it to buy anything from them.
The difference is that the company is actually owned by the co-op members, so it’s a co-op and not a rewards program.
A lot of people in that sub say they are part of the layoffs. Maybe they just laid off everyone that goes to that REI subreddit.