GNC reviews

3.3

46% would recommend to a friend

(4,957 total reviews)

Michael Costello

51% approve of CEO

33% positive business outlook

GNC has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 4,957 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The GNC employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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5K reviews
4.0
May 27, 2012

GNC (CORP)

Recommend
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Pros

Great discount, a ton of product, supplement and overall health knowledge available to those who want it, and can be a fun job if working with the right people.

Cons

Constant stressing about performance, unrealistic expectations and a certain feeling of disconnect from management on the corporate scale can lead to serious employee disatisfaction over time

1.0
May 22, 2012

Worst Job

Recommend
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Pros

-Employee Discount -Somewhat decent comission - Helping people and seeing their lives change was the only part that kept me working for this piece of crap corp.

Cons

- You are pushed to sell P3's, Multis, Vitapaks, Amped Vitapaks, OMS, and you always compete with other stores - Barely get customers and RSD is very impatient and pushy....how do I sell stuff if no one comes in???? - You lie to customers that GNC is the best- when it isn't. - You never get what you need in a shipment... for example: you get stuff that no one buys..but the stuff that sells out fast you are always out of and have to do DC delivery - customers get very verry mad! - GNC is greedy.... they want you to get good numbers but have NO COMISSION on GNC products, only on third party products, and you get in trouble when you sell them which is b.s. why do we have it in the store if you dont want me selling them????? - You always have to block & face!!!!! - You have to do manager's job of counting money but you don't get paid any extra! - Sales tags are always always messed up! Customers always complain - GNC is way way overpriced - They don't care about customers- only about making money - You always worry about losing your job if your numbers suck - Very stressful Hated working here. Employees have to know so so much and do so much work for lame pay.

2.0
May 16, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Like with all retail, if you've got a good manager, life is swell. Also, like with all retail, anyone higher than your manager is a tool. I had a phenomenal boss (seriously, this guy actually came back to work, after having clocked out four hours previously, just to give me a ride home when my mom went to the hospital) who was astoundingly knowledgeable, and listening to him talk may as well have been a college lecture on the subject. If you know how to manipulate the commissions system, you can make quite a bit of money, that's really the only benefit compared to other retail positions. Well, that, and a 30% discount.

Cons

You have less rights than the customers. Don't like a product you purchased? Oh well! Returning it could mean a visit from Loss Prevention, just in case. Good job, you're selling 87% GNC products... but you're not selling any premium products and you know the company's goal is to make sure all of our customers get the PREMIUM products. Hey, it's not our fault you work in a mall and your "regulars" come in solely for energy shots, protein bars, and RTDs, nor is it our fault that your other regulars are lactose-intolerant and can't enjoy our PREMIUM whey protein without dying. When they're in the store, they're yours, Mister Associate. Absolutely no reward for doing well in the company's eyes. If you meet and exceed every sales goal set by even triple (as I've done many times), even if you're in the top 10% of the region as a salesman (as I've done many times), the other employee who's coasting by on minimum numbers, but selling commission items (yeah, you don't make commission on those premium items, only on third-party swag), makes more moolah than you.

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