Stay Away... - Cashier Michaels Employee Review

2.0
Dec 10, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The pay is good for a part-time job, however, you do not work many hours. Coworkers are fun and the atmosphere is fun for someone who enjoys crafting. Sort-of flexible on hours, however you must be able to work on weekends when traffic is higher.

Cons

There is a reason this company is always hiring. People are constantly quitting because they cannot get enough hours. Another downfall is that management stresses email collection too much. Yes, emails and marketing are important for a business, however if a customer does not want to provide an email, nothing a cashier can say will make them give it out. Employees are constantly being compared to each other on their email collections and are sometimes publicly humiliated (in front of customers and coworkers) when they do not get enough emails. Managers made the employees cry a few times after being disciplined over email scores when in reality, it is based upon luck.

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5.0
Jun 18, 2026
Anonymous employee
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CEO approval
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Pros

Benefits and the people there.

Cons

It was far away from me.

2.0
Jun 22, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Some great co-workers, employee discount, on site office benefits including a gym and cafe for breakfast/lunch, full suite of employee benefits at reasonable prices

Cons

Ridiculous amount of stress. Retail in general is often stressful but the amount of stress at Michaels is unnecessary and over the top. Constant last-minute changes by leadership to creative, promotions, products, and any other kind of changes. Things will be finalized and signed off on and delivered, and somebody will make a change at the last minute and things are constantly having to be redone. People are worn down and worn out. It’s the highest turnover rate of any place I’ve worked in retail at the corporate office. I’ve seen people take jobs and be gone within weeks. Leadership in some departments are extremely micromanaging and controlling even with employees that are tenured and have multiple years of experience. The stress level for both tenured and new employees is very high. Projects get discussed over and over and over again, decisions are made and then revisited again after decisions were made making delivery late and causing people to work unnecessarily in order to fix things that could’ve been done correctly the first time. The company tries really hard to make the workplace fun and offer activities, motivation, and incentives. Unfortunately they don’t offset what the environment is like working inside with some of the teams and expectations to actually deliver the work. Would not recommend.

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