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Lowe's Home Improvement

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good place to get training before leaving for pricate showrooms - Sales Specialist - Cabinets Lowe's Home Improvement Employee Review

3.0
Feb 14, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

foot traffic = more opportunity to sell spiff programs offered by the cabinet manufacturers

Cons

Schedule - depending on the store manager you might have to come in at 6AM store opening when kitchen customers don't usually arrive much before 9AM and you may be stuck with a closing shift until 11PM when the store closes at 9PM. You are expected to get power equipment license to downstock the instock cabinets even if you are the design "specialist" Management sometimes pesters you to pull a sale out of your hat even when there is no foot traffic to even get a lead. Rotating schedule (opens, ,mids, closes) and just one weekend off a month. You can not schedule an outside life since what you expect your schedule to be can change No one in management really understands how the kitchen design business works - it is really a separate store onto itself

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Cons

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Pros

Some amazing customers and coworkers. Tasks and systems were easy to learn. Sometimes you get lucky and have amazing ASMs and SMs. It's easy to get a good survey when you treat customers like friends, be honest about what you do and don't know, and work to learn what you don't. That goes a long way with customers. I personally truly loved my job and loved spending as much time as I could at work.

Cons

Once you are on someones S*** List they will make it possible to get rid of you. Management only follows policy when it benefits them. Some people get promoted when they have no business working in retail as a leader. The A/C in the store I worked in was always broken during the summer, which made it miserable to work. Some customers are entitled due to they way management will kiss their butts to keep from losing a sale or getting a bad review. Management will make a paper trail to write you up if you mess up or are struggling instead of helping you better yourself. Management does not care about employees' work-life balance. Management does not care if their employees are struggling with personal issues like car troubles, health issues, financial issues, etc. Management will get rid of great employees but keep people who don't pull their weight. Once I hit burnout, instead of helping me, I was punished by my managers. In turn making me hate a job I truly loved.

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