Good ideas, bad executions - Assistant Department Manager Menards Employee Review

3.0
Jun 2, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Training on paper is the best I've seen in retail. Good pay. Lots of opportunities to move up. Company values are great

Cons

Menards is great on paper in every category. However EVERYTHING lives and dies with upper management. Most GM's play favorites, and will only promote based on this, so if you don't have brown lips you probably will stall. The epidemic of undermanagement in this company is due because there is a disconnect between general office, and the stores themselves. There is just not enough focus on the GM's to see if they are actually doing their jobs (which is being a leader to a team) It's very buddy buddy, and if your not in the clique at that particular store, you will be blessed to survive by the grace of God. While the company has great values, and I am sure some people live up to them, most do not. More arrogant, and narcissistic people get promoted, than humble, kind, and hardworking people. GM's cannot admitt when they are wrong, nor do no wrong for that matter.

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Cons

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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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