Terrible - Anonymous employee 84 Lumber Employee Review

1.0
Feb 18, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

If you are in a store in a good location with a competent manager it is great. Unfortunately there are more that do not meet this standard. You will meet a bunch of good guys along the way and learn a lot.

Cons

The company is terrible. Simply put they don't care about you as an employee at all. It is all about them making more money. You will work very long days and be expected to stay steady and most of the time forget about lunch. I was 5 years with the company and trust me....you better be an butt kisser if you want to be promoted beyond the Co-Manager position. They will lie to you every chance they get and treat you like crap. Bonuses are a joke if you are in a smaller store. That is their justification for lower hourly pay but trust me the bonuses sound better then they are. Sales goals are very unrealistic if not in a good market. I had been in both the good and bad. Bottom line is this....the company as a whole doesn't give a crap about the employees and unless you are willing to bury your head in their butts every time they are around you will go nowhere. Run like hell and don't go through the hell that they will put you through. You've been warned by a guy that spent over 5 years here.

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84 Lumber Response
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Thank you for taking the time to review 84 Lumber. We are happy to hear that you have had a great experience with the company and we appreciate your feedback on work / life balance.
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Good benefits, pay is decent. If you work from home FT as a Manager , you can also run your own business while on the clock get paid for it. Who wouldn't want to work there.

Cons

You can work your butt off, put in more hours than you should and get no respect in return.

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84 Lumber Response
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Thank you for your feedback. We appreciate you taking the time to write a review. We take all associate feedback seriously, and we'd like to address the concerns you mentioned in your review. Our HR team has an open-door policy to listen to and answer associates’ questions, complaints, suggestions, and challenges. Please contact us at hr@84lumber.com to discuss further so that we may improve our working environment in the future.
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