Hobby Lobby reviews

Manual cash registers Understaffed EVERY shift Too much work to complete with not enough people or time Closing shifts on truck days are impossibly understaffed Managers feel the necessity to treat employees like scum because they are constantly treated badly by upper management Two-faced managers Far too much emphasis placed on achieving perfection when the emphasis SHOULD be on customer service and providing a positive environment Manager's favorites and long-time employees get the more desirable hours, even if they are lazy and incompetent. If you call out honestly sick (which I have done only twice in a year), they become very suspicious of you and guilt you over it. NO recognition given for good work Managers place impossible work loads on employees and embarrass them in front of customers Managers gossip constantly about employees and other managers (where others can hear) but threaten to fire employees if they gossip "because we're a family here" Life revolves around a sense of fear that an upper level management person will arrive because the focus is never what is being done right, but always the tiny nit-picky things that are HORRIBLY WRONG

Where to start... Payroll: The requirement of $12/hr has made most stores unable to achieve payroll without working their FTers under 30 hours a week and letting their PTers pick up the extra hours. On top of this you are required to complete massive relays with your limited staff. If it's not done on time, no big deal, just let our salary management work open to close all week, 14 hour shifts are the norm to spend time with your family right? Conflicts between upper management: One week we are told to add fluff(greenery) and grapes to all of our tables and build displays on all drive aisle topcaps. The next week we get in trouble for overstocking our greenery and grapes and are told to have no displays because it too causes overstock. A month later the VP comes in and tells you to have more displays. This is one example of upper management not communicating or seeing eye to eye. Never satisfied: You could run a beautiful store, all freight out and processed, great scores on all tests, increase in sales, make(or at least get close) in payroll, and RVP/VP will come in and beat you up for tape residue on fixtures and base boards that need painted(which is 75% of the store every quarter). Which also results in 70 hour weeks for management(or again blowing payroll) Promotions: I read one review that talks about great opportunity to promote within at this company.. really? Co managers become store managers usually then they get fired or quit. The ones that stick around if they know someone can become DMs eventually. Assistant Managers used to could do the "Ladder program" to become a Co-Manager, that program has since been done with and Assistants are stuck at that position for life or until they find another job. If you are single and have no need for anything in your life besides work and don't mind being constantly knit picked and never complimented then this is the job for you.