For some, a great job, but not for everyone. - Merchandise Planner Menards Employee Review

2.0
Dec 18, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Pay can be good, especially with profit sharing (+17% of yearly income after 6 years) Locations all over, can transfer if you want Little oversight, if you are competent you are a hero Room to grow if you stick it out, brown nose, bleed Menards. Customers tend to be big fans of your store Paid by the hour, so you don't get screwed working more for the same pay If you can fling BS, you will fit right in Less top heavy than most companies, can impress people in the right places more easily. Holiday discount, holidays are closed.

Cons

Long hours are mandatory (50 hrs per week), as is travel. Management seems to never leave, heard of 80 hr weeks! New hires treated like crap, no benefits until after 180 days, no vacation first year or paid holidays, have to sign non compete that lasts 2 years and is effective for 100 mile radius, unfriendly in certain areas. Questionable morals, legally shady owner and company. Lots of people don't do any work, hard to get straight answers, incompetence is tolerated. Have to buy own everything, constantly reminded that company is cheap,even though John Menard is a billionaire. Training is worthless, you will learn almost nothing

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1.0
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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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