The pay was terrible. 9 dollars an hour plus a dollar a stop. I was a Product Technician who moved furniture and appliances all day. The dollar a stop incentive is a joke. That means they pay you a dollar for dropping off a laptop and a dollar for moving a living room, fridge, range, bedroom and TV into one house. The incentive isn't worth it. You MIGHT make an extra 50 bucks a month. My paychecks were 275 a week. The only person in the entire store who gets paid fairly is the general manager. Even then, 50k for what they put up isn't really worth it.
My region was terribly run. Our regional manager simply hires current employees into the GM spot based on their numbers as other positions. If you're an awesome customer accounts manager, you'd get hired to be a GM with ZERO managing experience. It leads to micromanaging and TERRIBLE turn over for general managers.
I was moved 3 times in the 7 months I worked with them. I was driving a half hour to work every day for 9 dollars an hour. The raise was a simple 25 cent raise. Our regional manager gave everyone a 25 cent raise. Working harder doesn't pay off.
You will do other peoples job. As a PT you're basically expected to deliver and help out. Management makes you stage all your deliveries and doesn't understand how much work you actually do.
There aren't opportunities within Aaron's. The only single one is becoming a GM. Other than that, moving from PT to any other position only will MAYBE get you a buck more an hour. It's not worth it.
The hours were trash. One day I'd work 12-9 and another I'd be working 9-8. Typically, I'd only work 4 hours on Saturday.
As far as cultures and values, it's really a joke. Every day I expected sending out broken furniture and appliances. I've been told numerous times to hide a giant dent in appliances when delivering. All of the PTs have been told to do this at least once. Management doesn't understand that we deliver to people. Delivering broken things means that a PT has to put it in then go back and take it out and put something else back in.
Expect to work harder than smarter. Nothing is done right. Everyone is concerned about short term monthly numbers. Most of the times, returns are from simply screwing over the customer with broken or wrong merchandise. Sales staff never checks things over before they sell them. They also stock the floor with broken things and sell them to people. The quality of furniture at Aaron's is terrible, especially pre-leased. Expect merchandise rigged to look nice at delivery, but not to last. We sent out broken things to customers houses daily.
