84 Lumber reviews

3.1

43% would recommend to a friend

(969 total reviews)
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Maggie Hardy

52% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

84 Lumber has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 969 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The 84 Lumber employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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969 reviews
1.0
Dec 22, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

-Pay was better than average.

Cons

-What company asks all it's employees to not have beards (back office or customer facing)? The CEO needs to get over their personal issues with beards. This is 2021 and you should not have to use a religious reason to have facial hair. -Next to ZERO maternity/paternity leave. Company still stuck in the same decade when it was founded and female employment was not widespread. -You have to wear company logo shirts which you have to pay for. -48 hour work week. 7AM-5PM no matter what department -Immediate management is an exclusive club, where members were poached from the same company. If you are not from there then you will not feel welcomed. Completely OK for someone to not even acknowledge your greeting because they were 'busy'. -Getting lunch means a 12-15 mile round trip. -Only people that defend the company are the one's that have not worked for another corporate workplace for decades (or this is their first).

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84 Lumber Response
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Thank you for your feedback about the culture at 84 Lumber. Our team of HR representatives has an open-door policy to listen to and answer associates’ questions, complaints, suggestions, and challenges. We do our best to create the best working environment possible for each of our associates. We remain consistent with our dress code and hygiene policies for each of our associates to be fair to all.
1.0
Sep 17, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Decent coworkers and no traffic around headquarters.

Cons

For guys, you can’t have a beard. Low wages. I mean, very low wages. Long hours. 7-5, M-F. If you work at headquarters you’ll work in the middle of no where. A lot of “politics.” Be prepared to deal with the good old boys club because you’ll never be a part of it. If you’re a woman, be prepared to be doubted and questioned all the time. If you’re sensitive, be prepared to have your feelings hurt often. They will bash your political and social views and mock you. Systems, policies, and entire company outlook is stuck in the stone ages. You’ll probably never work from home. You get less than 10 PTO days until you complete ONE FULL year. Benefits are below average. Little room for advancement and the “promote from within” idea they like to push on new hires is a total lie. High turnover. Poor training. You have to wear a company logo everyday. Seriously, just save yourself the aggravation and avoid the toxic, disgusting nature they try to call the “84 Lumber Family.” You’ll thank me. Oh! And if you don’t want the COVID-19 vaccine don’t even apply because they won’t hire you. Seriously.

5.0
Oct 10, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

If you like a challenge, this place is for you. On your first day you'll get thrust onto the front lines with little/no training or knowledge of what products your selling to walk in/phone customers. If you start in summer you will quickly find out whether you're staying or not as it will feel like you've been tasked with swallowing all of the water in the tub or drowning. Make it past the first three days and you will find that you're learning an unearthly amount of information on everything having to do with building materials. -They will make you work 52-60 hours a week including every other weekend. So, overtime. -There's a decent bonus structure to make the month challenging and rewarding. -Limitless networking opportunities with builders and suppliers. -My location was staffed by the most helpful, hardest working people I've ever worked with. -If you're any good, customers will try to hire you away after only 3-4 months. -All higher positions are internal hires (promotions).

Cons

-They will make you work 52-60 hours a week so. -You're required to stand the entire day less lunch time. -Barebones operation means you offer some of the lowest prices but you end up doing a lot of mundane tasks that other companies delegate to people in other positions i.e. Cleaning, loading, product finding.

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