Decent pay, poor work environment. Management by fear and intimidation. - Associate Buyer Menards Employee Review

2.0
Jan 12, 2021
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Pros

Pay is ok, hourly rate, manager bonus, and instant profit sharing (IPS). Good coworkers. Opportunity for lots of overtime. Skill building and promotion from within.

Cons

Very micromanaged, constant fear for job. Management by fear and intimidation pits people/departments against one-another. Directives from senior management change on regular basis. Lots of office politics. Bare minimum amount of employees for company of that size results in being overworked and high turnover. Poor employee morale. Hourly rate is poor, made reliance on bonuses and overtime which is about 1/3 of yearly pay. Behind the times technology-wise (uses DOS-based systems). Poor employee benefits encourages to work while sick (vacation time is also sick time maxed at 20 days after 5 years). Low level of diversity in management positions (few women or people of color in high-level management positions).

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Pros

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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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