Great Learning Experience - Anonymous employee Cintas Employee Review

1.0
Mar 6, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

You get a lot of front line experience and can definitely relate to your employees, because you've literally walked a mile in their shoes. If you are a favorite of upper management, you will go far, as they tend to promote their proteges. As long as you are willing to work tireless hours, for zero thanks, it's a great company to work for. They are definitely an equal opportunity employer. Unless you are white, and then they'll have to hire a minority to make their quota, even if you were the best candidate.

Cons

You will never see your family. If you are a male in management, you better make sure your spouse wants to stay home and take care of everything around the house, because you won't be there to do it. And if you're a female, don't even bother getting married or having kids. You won't see them. You can expect early mornings and late evenings and Saturdays. If you aren't part of the "chosen" you won't get promoted, even if you work your tail off. Also "thank you" is not a word in their vocabulary. Expect to give it your all and only get a "what are you going to do next." It's mental and emotional abuse at it's finest. Like a bad boyfriend that you keep going back to.

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The Commission is great. You can make good money in this place.

Cons

While the pay is good, the culture here is not. It is incredibly restrictive. It is very much a “Do what I want you to do, how I want you to do it, and when I want you to do it” management style. They constantly remind you of how much money you can make there which gets annoying after a while. The service team and the sales team are constantly at odds. Not just Cintas, but the industry in general is very sleazy, much like a car dealership. They screw over their smaller customers with enormous year over year price increases. I know a particular salesperson who is having a lot of success their who has no problem lying to his customers, and never answering their calls when the problems come. As long as he keeps the deals coming Cintas does not care. Corporate greed is on full display at Cintas. The Management Development program for college graduates seems like a great opportunity. If you are a young college graduate and you get the opportunity, I would recommend that.

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