Long hours, ok pay, constant threat of being terminated - Assistant Department Manager Menards Employee Review

3.0
May 30, 2012
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Pros

Pay is fairly good, but you definitely need to put in a lot of hours for it. Having a profit sharing program is amazing, and it definitely benefits the people who put in time with the company. The more years you work over 1,000 hours, the higher your profit sharing percentage is.

Cons

Retail in general these days is awful. Speaking in generalities, customers treat you like garbage, have little to no patience, expect everything for nothing, are extremely rude and believe they know more than you do constantly. Again, with retail the hours are very inconsistent. For instance, you work 12 hour days sometimes until 10 pm, only to work at 6:30 am the next day. Average for a manager is about 46-50 hours per week...minimum. The constant threat of visits from the corporate office, secret shops, and being caught by cameras is nerve racking.

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Cons

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Pros

40+ Hours per week of work guaranteed.

Cons

A toxic work environment can lead to termination without warning. Senior management prioritizes their interests and the company’s well-being, often disregarding employees’ rights and legal obligations. HR’s role is to protect senior management and the company, potentially at the expense of employees’ rights. Senior management continually chooses to a blind eye to wrong doing of favored employees, while knowingly prioritizing punishment of lower employees using fabricated policies that aren’t actually within store policy and procedures. Lack of accountability, lack of transparency, and lack of integrity run rampant with in the store and company. Unethical hiring practices, and weaponized incompetence to justify the out right gaslighting of your financial income and incentives. Pay deductions common place.

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