Abt reviews

3.9

71% would recommend to a friend

(262 total reviews)

Mike, Ricky, Jon & Billy Abt

87% approve of CEO

74% positive business outlook

Abt has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 262 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Abt employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

Reviews by job title

262 reviews
1.0
Oct 26, 2018

Dishonest and snake-like

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Very good pay lots of overtime

Cons

Inside staff and driver installer staff are consistently on different pages. Upper and lower management are incapable of handling problems in a reasonable manner and make brash decisions in regards to their employees. Hours were relentless as I was working over 65 hours weekly. Bonus fund was used to hold people back rather than being a motivator to do better it was held over our heads as a looming punishment as in a low bonus fund means you don’t get raises.

avatar
Abt Response
7y
We employee over 1,500 people with the average of them being here well over 10 years. Over the last 82 years, our owners and staff are extremely proud of what we have accomplished together. We believe the knowledge our management team and the family has acquired over the years working together set us up to continue our success for another 82 years and beyond. We are an extremely busy store and there is always a lot of work to be done which the majority of our staff is happy with versus being laid off and unemployed. We are proud to say we have never had a lay off in our history. You might view the bonus fund as negative, but Mr. Abt designed it to be an incentive to do the right thing. A couple million dollars is paid out to our staff every four months along with yearly reviews and raises. We focus on the negative only to correct it and constantly improve. We know it might be hard to not be a part of our great company anymore, but bashing us after you were let go won’t help.
1.0
Sep 17, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Absolutely no pros to this job besides Its A Job

Cons

Upper management, HR, pay, everything about this place is a con

avatar
Abt Response
7y
Sorry we were unable to find a mutual fit in your 3 weeks of employment with us. Abt has been in business over 82 years and value our staff and customers highly. We're proud of our many awards and accomplishments we've received throughout the years, including best place to buy appliances from Consumer Reports the last 7 years and the top workplace in Chicago for the last 9 years. we always try to do the right thing and it is never our intention to aggravate anybody in any way. We are an extremely busy store and there is always a lot of work to be done, fortunately for us all. Normally our staff loves the overtime pay. Always looking to hire nice, friendly and smiley people. Our pay and benefits are highly competitive and our strong family culture is second to none.
5.0
Aug 9, 2018

Warehouse

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

I thought it was a great place to work

Cons

Can’t think of anything bad

avatar
Abt Response
7y
Thank you for your feedback!
Viewing 178 - 180 of 262 Reviews

Glassdoor has 276 Abt reviews submitted anonymously by Abt employees. Read employee reviews and ratings on Glassdoor to decide if Abt is right for you.