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).

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5K reviews
1.0
Apr 18, 2013

Worst job I've ever had!

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

I like my co-workers, helping the customers get the best out of life and the 30% employee discount.

Cons

I will be putting in my 2weeks notice and have only worked for the company for 5 months. Extremely unorganized company with no room for growth. They force there ppl to lie to customers in order to achieve sales goals. There is NO support for sales associates who are only getting paid minimum wage. We are constantly are being threatened to lose our jobs if we fail to meet sales goal, yet the training is horrendous at best. They don't care at all about the ppl who work for them and because of that there is high turnover. Upper and senior mgmt are far removed from what's really going on in the stores. GNC will never be a top 500 company to work for.

1.0
Aug 25, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Minimum freedom to make commission sales(avg $1 a transaction).

Cons

You will do the work of Barristers, package shipping/handling, laborers, and lost prevention inventory; all while having daily sales requirements that restrict(if not completely destroy) your opportunity to make extra cash through commission sales, and inconsistent shift scheduling; all on a 7.15 an hour pay BEFORE TAXES!!! If you are into working out, and want to abuse the 30% employee discount(which is STILL not cheaper than ordering over the internet) then go ahead. ABSOLUTELY EVERYONE ELSE; STAY AWAY!!!!!

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.

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