GNC reviews

-very little growth potential -work comes in waves, could sit around for hours with nothing to do during a shift, then two days later work like crazy to get merchandising done on time -very low pay -they took away commissions for new employees, but didn't raise the starting hourly rate, cutting earning potential way down

Base Salary is insulting. Only if a manager is in a high volume store where commission can double your pay is it worth it. RSDs (Regional Sales Directors) can be extremely helpful or incredibly useless. It is amazing to see the kind of people who hold upper management positions in this company and witness thier lack of work ethic. The number of incompetent RSD's easily outweigh the number of under performing managers. The company recruits RSDs from outside the company who have never worked in a GNC store, hence the lack of overall experience. Career advancement is used as a "carrot on a string" in order to get the managers to do the most work with the least amount of compensation. Some managers are lucky to make the jump but they do so blindly (RSD's refuse to discuss salary associated with promotions.) Becoming an RSD is the end of the road although they are promised the world. Raises are decided based on a combination of sales figures for a particular store. So if the stores business has declined (competition, close proximity to another GNC) then the manager is penalized by receiving less of a raise.