Does GNC pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, GNC employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at GNC. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at GNC?

46% of GNC employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated GNC 3.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.0 for culture and values and 2.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at GNC?

Sales Associate (1616) , Store Manager (690) , Manager (249) , Retail Sales Associate (175) , Part Time Sales Associate (105) , Assistant Manager (97) , Sales Representative (73) , Sales (70) , Senior Store Manager (51) , Retail Store Manager (49) , General Manager (45) , Sales Associate/Cashier (34) , Sales Manager (32) , Assistant Store Manager (31) , District Manager (27)

What are the pros of working at GNC according to real employee reviews?

"and the commission was good" ((in 219 reviews)); "easy and flexible hours also mgmt easy to work with" ((in 207 reviews)); "Commission and helping people get fit." ((in 164 reviews)); "Flexible schedule and hours." ((in 94 reviews)); "Employee Discount and flexible schedule" ((in 78 reviews))

What are the cons of working at GNC according to real employee reviews?

"Two of the major cons of this position are low pay and working alone for the majority of your shift." ((in 508 reviews)); "Failure to adapt and poor management" ((in 224 reviews)); "Managers do not get regularly checked on and can basically do and say what they want while leaving associates to do all the work." ((in 144 reviews)); "No training as promised" ((in 81 reviews)); "Senior Store Managers and regional sales directors never have a clear idea on what to agree on." ((in 48 reviews))

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What are the top reviewed GNC locations?

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GNC reviews

3.3

46% would recommend to a friend

(4,954 total reviews)

Michael Costello

51% approve of CEO

33% positive business outlook

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GNC has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 4,954 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

2.0

May 13, 2011

Not a good place to work

Retail store manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Employee Discounts on supplements Flexible work schedule

Cons

Pay is pitiful. Weekly sales goals on everything. Here is a sample: P3 - 30%: These are premium GNC products. You must sell to 3 out of every 10 customers. At times very difficult. Gold Cards: 11%. You must sell a GNC card to a minimum 1 out of every 10 customers. Difficult. Multi-vitamins: 20%. You must sell multi-vitamins to 2 out of every 10 customers. Extremely difficult. OMS (one more sale) 5%. After customer has finished purchasing, you are supposed to add OMS which is a specific product that changes every week. Extremely stressful job. Mandatory conference calls for managers twice a week. The purpose of this call is to berate, goad, insult, humiliate managers to sell more. No respect for employees. Store Managers treated as slaves.

3.0

May 2, 2011

Fun industry, Not the best company

Store manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

It was fun to work in a vitamin retailer. Nice to have the ability to help people with health related goals.

Cons

Extremely Sales Driven atmosphere. Uncompetitive pricing. I was promoted internally to store manager and the pay was horrible for the work required. A large portion of the customers were people looking for a product to beat a drug screen.

4.0

Aug 3, 2009

Great place to work...3 years ago that is...

Assistant manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Fast (i mean really fast) promotion if you have that silver tongue ready to sell sell sell. Decent commission on items that sell themselves. I was the best at this job for 5 years that i was there. I made 40,000-55,000 a year just selling,cleaning a bit,and hooking up with the mall girls.

Cons

Most likely your boss is going to be some 21 year old idiot who is on a power trip because he makes 900 every 2 weeks. No overtime here..only half time. If you do not meet the sales percentages on a consistent basis be prepared to be replaced by some other monkey that can run a register but can outsell/lie better than you can. They keep lowering Pm's (promotional money) on Gnc brand products (which is now 1% now---used to be 3-5% when i was there). You have to sell their brand or your out.

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