California Closets reviews

3.4

50% would recommend to a friend

(395 total reviews)
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Charlie Chase

70% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

California Closets has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 395 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The California Closets employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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395 reviews
1.0
Mar 6, 2017

Nyet

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

It may not be a great job, but it's a job!

Cons

This is not a "quality of life" company. No vacation. No sick leave. You work far, far more than forty hours a week. You will put an enormous amount of mileage on your own car. Management is not helpful. It's all on the designer.

1.0
Sep 11, 2017

Installer

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

I worked at the Texas Hill Country franchise, and they bought your power tools and provided a truck and gas card. Training pay was hourly with overtime pay, I was fortunate to be paired with an Installer awaiting promotion, who had already transitioned back to hourly pay.... I banked. Major pro for me, personally, was getting those checks knowing people were hating so hard.

Cons

I didn't particularly fit in, so I was pushed out. Coming from a construction background I feel this shop is mostly underqualified. Most installers weren't carpenters prior to working here, and because installers work on commission and want to get it done and run, they do a terrible job in training. The production line was also poorly trained, resulting in lots of incomplete jobs and those unpaid "go-backs". The woman who was in charge of us installers gave out jobs based on favorites, sent long winded and passively threatening group texts - and usually did so in the late evenings. Many of the people involved with the process of developing and editing prints, were in experienced resulting in lots of "go-backs", alterations, frantic texts from said boss, and more of a headache than you would get if you worked with people who were experienced/qualified. As an installer, you are the last in line to handle the job before its complete. When you're dealing with this level of incompetence, there's a lot that falls into your lap, and unfortunately your pay is affected by other's mistakes.

2.0
Jan 28, 2017

Design consultant

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

You can somewhat make your own schedule. There is a base salary and management is pretty good ( well some)

Cons

Having to hit a certain number just to get commission and then having to wait months just to get said commission. It can become stressful and what is promised in the beginning is not what it's like in the end. You will literally eat and sleep this place just to.make any money.

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