Working At Hobby Lobby: Company Overview and Culture

Q: When was Hobby Lobby founded?

Hobby Lobby was founded in 1972.

Q: How many employees does Hobby Lobby have?

Hobby Lobby has 43,000 employees.

Q: How much money does Hobby Lobby make?

Hobby Lobby generates $5.0B in revenue.

Q: What industry is Hobby Lobby in?

Hobby Lobby is in the sporting goods and recreation stores industry.

Q: What is Hobby Lobby's mission?

Hobby Lobby's mission statement is "Offering customers exceptional selection and value. Serving our employees and their families by establishing a work environment and company policies that build character, strengthen individuals and nurture families."

Q: What type of company is Hobby Lobby?

Hobby Lobby is a private company.

Q: Who are Hobby Lobby's competitors?

Hobby Lobby competitors include Jo-Ann Stores, Nordstrom, Kohl's, Bon-Ton, Von Maur, SHOE SHOW, Walgreens, Michaels Stores, Dillard's, Kirkland's, Jos. A. Bank, Rural King, Barnes & Noble, Menards, Goodies Etc., Orscheln Farm & Home, A.C. Moore, Harbor Freight Tools, Atwoods Ranch & Home, URBN.

Q: Hobby Lobby Company Values

Hobby Lobby's company values include honoring the lord, faith, respect, generosity, integrity, personal growth, and work-life balance. Hobby Lobby is a retail chain that specializes in arts and crafts supplies, as well as being open about its commitment to the Christian faith.

Hobby Lobby overview

Industry

Sporting Goods and Recreation Stores

Revenue

$5B

Headquarters

Employees

43,000

Founded in

1972

Website

Organization type

Private

CEO

David Green

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Hobby Lobby is a retail company focusing on arts and crafts, home decor, and hobby supplies. Founded in 1970 by David and Barbara Green in Oklahoma, the company originated from a humble beginning of making miniature picture frames in their home. Today, it stands as the largest privately-owned arts-and-crafts retailer in the world, operating over 700 stores across forty-seven states and employing approximately 43,000 people.

The company's vast product range includes picture framing, jewelry making, fabrics, floral and wedding supplies, cards and party ware, baskets, wearable art, home accents, and holiday merchandise. CEO David Green leads Hobby Lobby from its corporate headquarters in Oklahoma City, which houses a 9.2 million-square-foot manufacturing, distribution, and office complex. With an annual revenue of $5 billion, the company remains committed to providing diverse and high-quality products for creative enthusiasts.

Hobby Lobby's mission statement

Offering customers exceptional selection and value. Serving our employees and their families by establishing a work environment and company policies that build character, strengthen individuals and nurture families.

Hobby Lobby employee reviews

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5.0

A zippia user wrote a review on Feb 2025

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1.0

A zippia user wrote a review on Nov 2024

How does your compensation at Hobby Lobby compare to the industry average?

above average

What's the diversity at Hobby Lobby like?

The lack of diversity or wokness is refreshing.

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4.0

A zippia user wrote a review on Feb 2024

Pros of working at Hobby Lobby

Clean environment and high standards for customer service. Great people to work with.

Cons of working at Hobby Lobby

I do not personally stand for all the company's religious affiliation and controversies. Pay raises are very rare.

Hobby Lobby benefits

15% discount on products

What do you like best about Hobby Lobby's CEO and the leadership team?

Nothing honestly

How would you improve Hobby Lobby's culture?

Be less religious

How did you prepare for the Hobby Lobby interview?

Proved that I would have good customer service

How does your compensation at Hobby Lobby compare to the industry average?

Compared to the average, hobby lobby pays pretty well, $18.50 for full time in my state. However, pay raises are very rare.

What brings you the most joy at Hobby Lobby?

I work in framing, helping customers with artwork/photos is very fufilling

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4.0

A zippia user wrote a review on Feb 2024

Pros of working at Hobby Lobby

The coworkers I had when I started and the usual customers we used to get as well!

Cons of working at Hobby Lobby

The working environment is one notion that drew me away from there

Hobby Lobby benefits

We would occasionally have lunch together

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3.0

A zippia user wrote a review on Jan 2024

Pros of working at Hobby Lobby

Closed on Sundays and early evenings.

Cons of working at Hobby Lobby

Pay is a big down fall.

Hobby Lobby benefits

No benefits part time time

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5.0

A zippia user wrote a review on Mar 2023

Pros of working at Hobby Lobby

I always receive 35 hours as a full time employee if not more. Managers can be flexible with your schedule if necessary.

Cons of working at Hobby Lobby

The sale signs. I get told multiple times a day that the signs are misleading. I'm m constantly questioned about sale prices and discounts. I just wish it could be explained better to customers the sales and how certain items don't get further discounts

Hobby Lobby benefits

1 Week paid vacation the first year. 2 Weeks paid vacation second year and so on.

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5.0

A zippia user wrote a review on Feb 2023

Pros of working at Hobby Lobby

Great coworkers and always something new to do. You don’t need a gym membership when you work at HL

Cons of working at Hobby Lobby

Too much freight at once

Hobby Lobby benefits

Always able to do overtime

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4.0

A zippia user wrote a review on Oct 2021

Pros of working at Hobby Lobby

it’s very easy going

Cons of working at Hobby Lobby

it gets boring and sometimes can be too much to handle mentally

Hobby Lobby benefits

15% off

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4.0

A zippia user wrote a review on Sep 2021

Pros of working at Hobby Lobby

Pay well, Good co-workers and management

Cons of working at Hobby Lobby

Inefficiency in several areas that makes it harder for workers, some drama

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5.0

A zippia user wrote a review on Aug 2021

Pros of working at Hobby Lobby

There machines cleanses

Cons of working at Hobby Lobby

There is no clean areas

Hobby Lobby benefits

I get good manufacturing skills

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4.0

A zippia user wrote a review on Apr 2021

Pros of working at Hobby Lobby

I enjoyed the environment as well as the organization.

Cons of working at Hobby Lobby

There was a lot of gossip between co-workers.

Hobby Lobby benefits

n/a

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4.0

A zippia user wrote a review on Apr 2021

Pros of working at Hobby Lobby

Work was my gym.

Cons of working at Hobby Lobby

The waiting for our next assignment to arrive from another building.

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5.0

A zippia user wrote a review on Feb 2021

Pros of working at Hobby Lobby

Customers and employees

Cons of working at Hobby Lobby

Nothing

Hobby Lobby benefits

Helping customers and knowing helped people discover things

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4.0

A zippia user wrote a review on Jan 2021

Pros of working at Hobby Lobby

The atmosphere is very light hearted and family oriented.

Cons of working at Hobby Lobby

The employees can be clickish

Hobby Lobby benefits

The 15 percent discount

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3.0

A zippia user wrote a review on Oct 2020

Pros of working at Hobby Lobby

The location

Cons of working at Hobby Lobby

Doesn’t pay enough

Hobby Lobby benefits

The location. It’s down the street from my house

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5.0

A zippia user wrote a review on Sep 2020

Pros of working at Hobby Lobby

Family atmosphere, great leadership, organized, and friendly. good to customers and employees.

Cons of working at Hobby Lobby

Scheduling can be difficult sometimes

Hobby Lobby benefits

15% off and good pay

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5.0

A zippia user wrote a review on Feb 2020

Pros of working at Hobby Lobby

Flexible schedule Very respectful and amicable management

Cons of working at Hobby Lobby

No benefits for part-timers

Hobby Lobby benefits

Flexible schedule

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4.0

A zippia user wrote a review on Feb 2020

Pros of working at Hobby Lobby

Great customers, great products.

Cons of working at Hobby Lobby

No technology to help do your job better.

Hobby Lobby benefits

Pay and vacation time were great

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4.0

A zippia user wrote a review on Dec 2019

Pros of working at Hobby Lobby

Schedule Flexibility, Helping customers and work place environment

Cons of working at Hobby Lobby

Constant people interaction

Hobby Lobby benefits

Holidays and weekend day off

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4.0

A zippia user wrote a review on Aug 2018

Pros of working at Hobby Lobby

The creative atmosphere, the ability to help customers fulfill their craft or decorative project in a way that fits or exceeds the expected outcome using our products in new and creative ways. Also most of the employees are like minded. Its hard work and demanding, but it is highly satisfying. I love when customers come back and ask specifically for me because they loved how I helped them previously. Its nice to know I helped them and they remembered me.

Cons of working at Hobby Lobby

Policies, procedures, and unrealistic and extremely stressful expectations in a fast paced workplace. You are expected to be everywhere and do everything at once and if you have stuff not finished youre held accountable regardless of the reason. Oh and dont try to think creatively in order to make things go more efficiently, someone in a corporate office makes a list step by step of how you should do something even if doing so ultimately is wasted time and energy and is silly in a store with payroll cuts and not enough bodies to do the average days work let alone extra projects. I was told time and time again dont think outside the box. If they didnt come up with the idea then its not done. You cant even show why its a better idea. Your name is not on the store. Period. And in short "management".

Hobby Lobby benefits

Well it isnt the health care premiums or deductible thats for sure. No I would have to say they do have great life insurance, and medical leave policies and coverage. The pays pretty darn great too for retail without commission.

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A reddit user wrote a review on Feb 2011

What is up with the holiday confusion in your stores? In the fall, the Halloween and Christmas merchandise is displayed together. Right now, the Easter and Valentines Day items are intermingled. Can we have one holiday at a time? Or at least, separate them into different areas of the store?

Most stores have 3-4 aisles by the registers that change pretty quickly. Whatever holiday is next is in the first (or first two) and the next holiday is in the others. As we sell merchandise from the first holiday we have to fill in the empty space with something, so logically it would be whatever the next holiday is. The problem is, when you put two holidays in the same aisle it gets mixed up and the employees that close who are charged with recovery are lazy cashiers and do a horrible job. We can't order 99% of the seasonal merchandise so it's not like we can just order to fill the holes.

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A reddit user wrote a review on Feb 2011

Ok I never heard about Hobby Lobby being that I am from NJ which does not have one of those stores. Reading your Wikipedia page it says that you guys don't have a barcode system because it is considered too expensive yet all stores have the same exact music playing as it is beamed down to the store via satellite. WTF? Care to shed some light on this? How is business? It seems like this company should have gone bankrupt a long time ago. If you guys wanted to implement a barcode system would it be allowed by corporate?

I think we share the satellite with someone else. We just pay them to use it for one purpose. As far as I know we don't actually own any satellites. The company actually had the second highest profit margin in the United States this past year (maybe the year before I don't remember). We were beat by Best Buy who as we all know has one of the if not the highest mark-up on it's products. Our stuff has an extremely high mark-up as well which explains why we were up there. We get a lot of people who are addicted to shopping which I guess could explain why we're not out of business. Since the economy has gone to *** our profits and *** have actually increased. No we wouldn't be allowed to implement a bar code system to one store. I actually had the idea of writing an application with our products and rices and stuff for company use. Or at the very least have a couple employee use only computers to look up prices instead of getting out the book and finding the description which takes forever.

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A reddit user wrote a review on Feb 2011

Are you aware of what your parking lot is used for? Does the management just roll with it or do they not know either?

I don't know what specifically you're talking about. Our parking lot is used for teenagers to make out and have sex in their cars at night. Some people who sell Tootsie Roll Pops for their church that we tell to GTFO. And to park the cars our customers belong to. I'm interested in what your local parking lot is used for, care to elaborate?

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A reddit user wrote a review on Feb 2011

I've read that Hobby Lobby is pretty grounded in Christianity. How does this play out at the store?

Every month we get in a pamphlet that has a biblical story or some story about someone saved by their faith or something along those lines. We carry a lot of 'Jesus material' in our store. There are a couple things in the employee handbook that are based from Christian principles. And supposedly there is a Hobby Lobby ministry for any employee that needs help.

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A reddit user wrote a review on Feb 2011

What is it about Hobby Lobby that people would be most surprised to know?

Lets see, I haven't actually read the book put out by the owner but here goes: We're a Christian owned store, which is why we carry so much Jesus stuff. You'd actually be surprised how much of the stuff is Religion related. Even roosters have something to do with it, though I'm not sure what other than the "When the *** crows three times" story. We open at 9 AM and close at 8 PM because when David Green (the owner) was a teenager he hated having to get up super early for work and staying super late thus ruining his social life. We don't use scanners or an automated merchandise ordering system.My store puts the oder in by Tuesday at 5 or 6 PM and the Truck arrives promptly at 7am Thursday. This gives the warehouse in OK about a day to pick and load the truck. My store is on the east coast if that gives you an idea of how fast this is done. We are going to have to start dressing like Walmart and Best Buy employees starting March 1st. Blue shirt, blue vest, and tan khakis. If I think of anything else I'll update it. There's a ton more.

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A reddit user wrote a review on Feb 2011

best story of a guest?

**The positive** There is a guy who comes in all the time and buys about $500-$1000+ of framed art. He's generally nice and doesn't bother any of the employees. He just gets his *** and gets out. I decided to ask him for help one day and he wanted a flat bed to carry the pictures on to make it easier. I gave him said flat bed and helped him to his SUV. After we loaded everything I got a $20 tip. Total amount of my time taken: 10 minutes. **The weird** This past week a guy came into my store and asked me if I ever plant anything. I thought maybe he wanted to build a mini greenhouse (lots of people come in for that) so I answered yes. He then went into a tale of how his Uncle invented some 'dust' that doesn't get wet, and could save the country. I think he meant dirt but anyway. He put some of this dust in a ditch on the side of a road and two months later two farmers gave him $200 each for saving their crops from being flooded. And that this dust could save the country. He said something about Obama and "the floods" and how this dust could have saved lives and homes but whatever Obama did didn't save lives and homes. I have no idea what floods he was talking about. He then went into the BP oil spill and how this dust doesn't get wet until it's about a mile under water. If we dropped this dust where the oil was leaking it would settle on the hole and clog it up stopping the oil leaks. Then he tried to get me to make this dust for him. I said no and walked away. **My favorite** This husband and wife from my church came in and argued with me over an easel saying it was on sale because there was a 50% off sign in front of it. They failed to read the words on the sign that said wall decor. They wanted to speak to a manager so I called my boss over and he of course gave them the discount. The whole time the lady is telling me she doesn't need some kid reading to her because she has her master's and is working on another and her husband has his master's. What their degrees were in escapes me. I got pissed by the time my boss came over so I decided to be sneaky and call them a moron. I simply said many many times, "I apologize for making you feel like a moron." The End.

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A reddit user wrote a review on Feb 2011

1. How friendly? 2. What stuff?

1. Not sex friendly, or date friendly. I'm a guy and the managers were guys. I was just the favorite for all my hard work so I was privy to information that peons weren't supposed to know. 2. Not going to list it, just answer questions if they come up.

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Compare Hobby Lobby salaries to competitors, including Jos. A. Bank, Nordstrom, and Walgreens. Employees at Jos. A. Bank earn the highest average yearly salary of $35,887. The salaries at Nordstrom average $33,810 per year, and the salaries at Walgreens come in at $31,612 per year.

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1		$35,887	0
2		$33,810	0
3		$31,612	0
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