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Lowe's Home Improvement

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Hardware/Tools Associate - Hardware/Tools Sales Associate Lowe's Home Improvement Employee Review

3.0
Feb 3, 2016
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Pros

Good start pay for Part-time. I started out at $11.30 which I think is pretty good for part-time I mean at my last retail position at a different company, I made $8 and after 2 years of hard work, got $8.33 /hr.Every associate is able to get a team bonus, gets vacation and healthcare, part-time included. Friendly and collaborative team environment.

Cons

It's hard to move up the "chain." Almost impossible. As a sales associate your say doesn't really matter. It's all corporate based. Wearing any color vest, customers expect that you know everything about everything in the store. Weekend work little supervision (you pick up the slack of others) you are expected to take of customers and get a to-do list done (sometimes impossible.) No over time and must work a weekend day every now and then without taking a long weekend. Covering other departments due to the lack of scheduling of employees which puts you behind on goals. They say money can be made here, but only if your an Assistant store manager and up. It's like any retail job...

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Some amazing customers and coworkers. Tasks and systems were easy to learn. Sometimes you get lucky and have amazing ASMs and SMs. It's easy to get a good survey when you treat customers like friends, be honest about what you do and don't know, and work to learn what you don't. That goes a long way with customers. I personally truly loved my job and loved spending as much time as I could at work.

Cons

Once you are on someones S*** List they will make it possible to get rid of you. Management only follows policy when it benefits them. Some people get promoted when they have no business working in retail as a leader. The A/C in the store I worked in was always broken during the summer, which made it miserable to work. Some customers are entitled due to they way management will kiss their butts to keep from losing a sale or getting a bad review. Management will make a paper trail to write you up if you mess up or are struggling instead of helping you better yourself. Management does not care about employees' work-life balance. Management does not care if their employees are struggling with personal issues like car troubles, health issues, financial issues, etc. Management will get rid of great employees but keep people who don't pull their weight. Once I hit burnout, instead of helping me, I was punished by my managers. In turn making me hate a job I truly loved.

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