Don't work here. - Store Manager GNC Employee Review

1.0
Oct 25, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Discount. Discount. Discount. 30% is great. Commission(for managers) and PM's that makes you feel like scum but you have to pay the bills. That's it.

Cons

Everything. Training? What training? I was handed a key and expected to manage a store without training. You receive secondhand training from someone who received secondhand training. The stress is unreal. They brainwash their employees into believing people need ALL of these products. And they are good. I can sell but rarely did I feel GOOD about a sale. It's all about the numbers. Avg ticket (above $50), sales comp(beating prior year sales, actually easy), loyalty(minimum 50%, goal of 70%), pro access (minimum 3%, goal of 4%) I do love the new reward program. Not the culture of let's force it down customers throats, however. Company promised Wall Street 1.5 million pro access members. Sitting under 500k as of the end of Q3.

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5.0
Oct 6, 2025
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CEO approval
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Pros

did a good job keeping training up to date.

Cons

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3.0
Jul 3, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Generous discount, flexible hours, laidback

Cons

Colleagues will often fall to their lack of thorough training and lack of pay. Career progression is also a dead end when you hit store manager unless you want to give 5-10 years of your life to the company for hardly any pay.

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