Too much drama - Anonymous employee Bi-Mart Employee Review

1.0
Jul 25, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Store only open until 8, not bad for retail

Cons

If you liked high school drama with the cliques and gossiping and immaturity, then you should work here. The DM is power hungry and it trickles down from there. Managers pick their favorites and bully the rest. They tout safety first but multiple safety hazards exist that they do on purpose like putting heavy objects on headers or placing a stack of disposable propane bottles where they can topple over on someone. Training is awful and if you ask questions they act like you're stupid and they snap at you for trying to confirm something. Management makes fun of their empoloyees when they get injured and talk about your injuries to other employees to have a laugh. The customer first mantra is to the extreme here as they always believe every crazy thing the customer says about you no matter what.

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

The company is gutting their sales floors of labor and management and crew are facing the consequences, 21% down in stock valuation this year is insane. Customer service is first so if you tell a customer "no" or ask them to leave, you have to write a report about WHY you had to tell a customer no or to leave after they screamed in your face for 15 minutes about looking at video you can't release because they want to fire you for daring to ask a customer to leave the building. Unfortunately, this company is likely to go under in a couple years time. Last year it was 10% down, they reduced christmas bonuses and gave 30 cent raises, closed Cascade Farm & Outdoor and unannounced, they closed a Bi-Mart in Vancouver without any notice. Now it's 21% down, how many more people are losing their jobs before they fold entirely?

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