GNC reviews

Some of the downsides of working at General Nutrition Center was having slow days. The store manager would work on the "super Tuesday", and this was when the most products were sold. This would mean the store manager would get all the commission. The part time help would get the slower days, and the commission wouldn't be as good. Also, we had to wipe down every single product and every single shelf once a month.

High turnover rate in part-time employees. Most stores run shorthanded when an employee quits or is fired. No lunch hours. Because GNC gives each store so few clerical hours, it is almost impossible to eat, go to the bathroom, etc. The management levels above store managers are so overwhelmed that they do not have time to deal with issues on a store level. If you need to even speak to upper management, you may wait days for them to answer your calls. As a store manager you might think that I simply manage...no, I do everything from waiting on customers to putting away freight, mopping and waxing floors and washing windows. GNC refuses to pay for those things. Too many cheifs and not enough indians. I will have one person in upper management tell me to do something one way and then am told by another that I did it wrong. One hand doesn't know what the other is doing. Very few woman in upper management. That may be because woman are too smart to be as overworked as men will allow. The longer you work and the more you prove yourself, the smaller your yearly raises are.