Your Mileage May Vary - Retail Sales Associate Menards Employee Review

3.0
Jan 6, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Decent starting pay ($14/hr for most positions, +$2/hr extra if you're in a position that uses equipment like forklifts) with many raise opportunities - Profit Sharing at the end of the year, % bonus increases with tenure - Decent health insurance coverage for full time employees - CAN be easy to progress career depending on management and desired positions - Attendance points roll off every 90 days as opposed to yearly

Cons

- Lots of turnover and movement of managers means very inconsistent store management and individual policies - No designated sick leave; it comes out of vacation days or goes unpaid - Current training is VERY dependent on mentorship from department managers; this can be good if they actually train you, but makes it very easy to sign off and not do much. - GMs tend to micromanage departments - No leniency on hour requirements for benefits - if your average hours fall 0.25 hours short of the requirement, kiss your insurance goodbye. - Some department managers straight up just don't do their jobs.

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Pros

40+ Hours per week of work guaranteed.

Cons

A toxic work environment can lead to termination without warning. Senior management prioritizes their interests and the company’s well-being, often disregarding employees’ rights and legal obligations. HR’s role is to protect senior management and the company, potentially at the expense of employees’ rights. Senior management continually chooses to a blind eye to wrong doing of favored employees, while knowingly prioritizing punishment of lower employees using fabricated policies that aren’t actually within store policy and procedures. Lack of accountability, lack of transparency, and lack of integrity run rampant with in the store and company. Unethical hiring practices, and weaponized incompetence to justify the out right gaslighting of your financial income and incentives. Pay deductions common place.

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