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Batteries Plus Bulbs

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Batteries Plus Bulbs reviews

3.2

40% would recommend to a friend

(778 total reviews)
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Scott K. Williams

35% approve of CEO

29% positive business outlook

Batteries Plus Bulbs has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 778 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Batteries Plus Bulbs 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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778 reviews
3.0
Sep 16, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

- Flexible Hours - Small employee count - Time off is not a problem - Never worked for minimum wage - Helpful Phone Support when needed - "Family" like atomosphere

Cons

- Minimal opportunity for growth - Pays only as good as franchises allow - Vendors with inconsistent stock - Corporate constantly hangs over your head - Poor implementation of processes. - Mandatory buy-ins; can be harmful to business if there is no demand for services/over saturation of services in area.

2.0
Aug 16, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Paychecks never bounced - you will constantly hear about how the company is "growing" at every opportunity. You get to be hands-on with electronics, you'll learn a lot about how electronics work.

Cons

Beware of any co-workers, people with fake names, or your manager asking you to follow them or other co-workers on any social media accounts once you start working for this company - your account *will* be constantly combed through by a hired third party for any data that can be used against you! Office politics invade every single action you have to make, different stores get very different treatment, numbers that don't make sense and serve literally no useful purpose are obsessed over on a daily basis by your managers while you constantly try to put out fires (sometimes literally!) caused by their lack of any logical planning. Poorly thought-out bonus programs are gamed regularly by employees. Most effort by the lower-level employees is spent fudging sales and productivity numbers and making other employees' work look bad than actually putting in the effort to learn how to do good work for the customers. Management actively encourages backstabbing among lower-level employees to keep labor churn high and wages low. Numerous instances of harassment and ageism seen throughout the ranks. Have personally seen other reviews that reference this behavior wiped from other job sites. Hard work was rewarded with minuscule raises despite the above-average starting pay. Benefits were average, and you have to jump through hoops every year for health insurance (if available for your position) to be affordable. You will spend much more time and effort dealing with substandard Chinese-sourced products (batteries, accessories, parts for phone and tablet repairs) than you will spend actually doing things that satisfy the customer. Not sure why anyone would pay premium for such bottom of the barrel products, but to each their own!

1.0
May 22, 2015

Terrible first time business owners

Recommend
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Pros

Flexible hours, pay isn't terrible, line of business isn't bad.

Cons

Poor leadership skills starting with Owners, choice in managers is beyond horrid. Entirely too many tasks placed upon "associates". Lack of respect/appreciation for the very few employees that actually do go above and beyond their job description. Career advancement given to the most under qualifying of individuals.

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