Good place to learn retail management - Store Manager Tractor Supply Employee Review

3.0
Jul 4, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Decent hours, make your own schedule (as the manager), fun customers and team members to work with. Make your monthly sales, you get a small sales bonus to share with the entire team. As the Store Manger, if you make profit plan, you get a substantial bonus, and you add to it by helping your district beat plan and for every dollar you go over plan.

Cons

HARD on managers. My experience showed Tractor Supply has different standards for different managers. What was good for one manager was not good for another; this was across several states and multiple district managers. Mandated to close 2 nights a week, work every weekend, hard to get time off for family vacations. Things that were supposed to happen (one weekend off a month, vacation scheduling, etc) as set forth by the company did not make it to the local level. Very small percent of payroll, we averaged 4% of gross sales and had to cut back on that even when sales were above plan. As the company has grown, it has left behind its best workers. You are now just a number to a large corporation. The CEO used to know everyone by first name, but Jim Wright does not run that style of upper level management.

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1.0
Jun 24, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great benefits, pay is manageable. The store bonuses are incredible. If you are a store manager anything lower it’s not any significance to a paycheck.

Cons

Long hours there is no work life balance. Depending on who your district manager is a lot of them are very unethical. When you do not follow what they say they will find a reason to fire you. The company itself was great, but it’s the people they hire.

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