Is Menards a good company to work for?

Menards has an overall rating of 3.5 out of 5, based on over 7,172 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 63% of employees would recommend working at Menards to a friend and 58% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Menards have been left by employees working as Order Picker , Night Stocker and Wallcoverings Team Member .

Does Menards pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Menards employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Menards. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Menards?

63% of Menards employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Menards 3.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.2 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Menards?

Sales Associate (637) , Cashier (531) , Department Manager (221) , Stocker (175) , Front End Cashier (156) , Morning Stocker (148) , Assistant Department Manager (129) , Assistant Manager (119) , Sales (112) , Head Cashier (99) , Sales Associate/Cashier (99) , Manager (96) , Retail Sales Associate (85) , Outside Yard Team Member (80) , Sales Team Member (77)

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

"Fun when you are working with someone who is good at their job and the pay is good" ((in 889 reviews)); "The people on my level are great and fun to work with." ((in 377 reviews)); "Flexible hours and easy to learn" ((in 288 reviews)); "Great coworkers and an easy enough job" ((in 260 reviews)); "Very flexible schedules and easy to use systems" ((in 189 reviews))

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

"Poor management and some of the customers will catch an attitude with you every now and then.They expect you to do in" ((in 508 reviews)); "some managers don't have common sense as to what would be more efficient to get job done" ((in 313 reviews)); "one of the worst offenders of stacking more work on workers that complete tasks with no benefit to work hard" ((in 178 reviews)); "Poor upper management." ((in 97 reviews)); "There is no training what so ever and they make it seem like you should know everything." ((in 93 reviews))

What are employees saying about Menards layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Menards layoffs and their outlook for job security at Menards in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Menards locations?

Eau Claire , Chicago , Indianapolis , Fort Wayne , Plano , Madison , Columbus , Milwaukee , Minneapolis , Omaha , Lincoln , Saint Paul , Appleton , Kalamazoo , Normal , Iowa City , Saint Louis , Green Bay , Lansing , La Crosse , Mankato , Muncie , Wichita , Springfield , Glendale Heights , Morton Grove , Hudson , Portage , Lewis Center , Melrose Park

Menards reviews

3.5

63% would recommend to a friend

(7,013 total reviews)

John R. Menard Jr.

49% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.6

Career opportunities

3.5

Diversity & inclusion

3.2

Culture & values

3.2

Compensation and benefits

3.1

Work/Life balance

3.1

Senior management

Menards has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 7,013 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Menards 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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7K reviews

4.0

Jan 18, 2013

Idk

Plumbing

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Plenty of room to grow and move with company

Cons

It's retail what else can I say

4.0

Jan 15, 2013

It's fun if you make it that way

Cashier

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

As a high school student who works part time as a cashier and at service desk, I really enjoy this job. It's different than just working at grocery stores like most of the people my age. Thanks to my coworkers, it's fun and some of the returning customers are fun to interact with also. I work at the Ankeny location and my manager is very understanding about hours and it's pretty easy to switch shifts as necessary. I also enjoy the little holiday gifts they mail us because it's always a surprise.

Cons

The store was way too hot during the summer which gave me headaches. Minimum wage except for weekend and holiday pay (less than students my age get at the grocery stores). Long shifts where you basically never get to sit. Points disciplining system. At times, the customers are just extremely rude. As a cashier, my biggest con is probably the outdated equipment at the registers. I don't like the systems (they lack some basic things that would be beneficial) and I constantly have customers complaining about not being able to see the screen/not knowing what they're supposed to do because of the confusing prompts when entering their credit/debit information.

1.0

Jan 9, 2013

menards is the wost company to work for

Anonymous employee

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there is no good reason to work for menards it is the worst place that i have ever worked

Cons

all menards cares about in money they dont not care about how they are to the people that work for them if you can find some where else to work and shop some where else also

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