GNC reviews

3.3

46% would recommend to a friend

(4,953 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 4,953 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).

Reviews by job title

5K reviews
2.0
Aug 7, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

If you are a student or in school, it does offer a fairly flexible schedule. In some of the higher volume stores you can make a few extra dollars through commissions on certain products. Store managers are generally pretty cool and laid back.

Cons

You get paid minimum wage, and the commissions are terrible. (Like 10 cents if you sell a certain product.) You will constantly have sales goals to meet. These goals are often geared toward selling GNC's products, which give the lowest commissions, over other products. Higher management (district or regional managers) is constantly riding you about sales. Stores only allow the managers a certain number of hours for employees. This means you will be working alone, opening and closing the store, making bank deposits at the end of the night, and generally being responsible for things that should be a managers job. This also means that you might only get scheduled for 12 hours a week. No incentive program, and no benefits unless you are a manager.

5.0
Aug 7, 2010

Is it a great place to work?

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Look, if you are looking for a company that doesn't limit your professional growth GNC is second to none. I have to say that this is a place that hard work is eventually recognized and since the company is still growing, there are ample opportunities for every employee to rise amongst the ranks. It's an exciting company to work for because it's the leader in an industry that's cool and sexy... being in shape, and taking care of your health is in!!!

Cons

It's a job!!! You get paid to perform a job... if you like to 'not be bothered' and be left alone to do a task at your pace, or want to blend in and perform mediocre work, don't apply here. I am not saying that to be discouraging to anyone but I find that there are two types of people in the work place-- those that want to do a great job and want to get recognized, and those that need a paycheck and only want to perform the minimum-- just enough to not get yourself fired. If you are one of these people that like to relax and kind of waste time at work and look for "down time" opportunities to goof off... this ain't the place to work. The reason is that the work force if very lean, so you are expected to do a lot, I mean every sales associate is expected to do what many Store Managers may do in other retailer environments. That's good and bad... you do a lot for what perhaps some people feel can be better paid.. but the flip side is that you are actually learning to be a part of management without realizing it, and eventually career growth opportunities begin to appear.

3.0
Aug 3, 2010

Not Family Friendly

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good place to learn specialty retail, the field management is good

Cons

Corporate management is out of touch. Lack of communications between departments

Viewing 4912 - 4914 of 4,953 Reviews

Glassdoor has 5,105 GNC reviews submitted anonymously by GNC employees. Read employee reviews and ratings on Glassdoor to decide if GNC is right for you.