MSI reviews

3.5

61% would recommend to a friend

(468 total reviews)

Manu Shah

90% approve of CEO

73% positive business outlook

MSI has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 468 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The MSI employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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468 reviews
1.0
Jan 9, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Ability to move massive quantities of granite at very low prices. Largest stone importer in North America

Cons

The worst customer service in the industry, especially regarding tile. They had no idea how to service tile accounts accurately and they didn't care to make it better. While their granite slab business is very successful moving truckloads of low-priced, sub-par commodity material that doesn't require much service, their tile business is anemic due to constant mistakes and a "take it or leave it" attitude. Your life as a salesperson is spent dealing with hundreds of accounts, constant emails and phone calls with customers screaming at you about orders coming in wrong, broken, missing, etc. And you? Unable to resolve issues due to a strange system where no warehouse or support staff needs to listen to you to correct any problems. Consequently, the next day all the screaming starts again. Generally laughed at in the industry as selling cheap, lousy material... however, with over 20 branches and hundreds of millions in sales, I guess there's always a market for cheap crap.

1.0
Sep 12, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Overtime was a plus, and depends of your manager, it can be pleasant eviroment. You can get material with good discounts if you are remodeling your house. If u want to learn about the indrustry is a good place to start but not stay !!!

Cons

No place to grow, I had a bs and aplied for different positions , never got it. Instead i got to train, new Indian CSRs who after 6 months were senior CSRs, got to train sales representatives and asistant manager .. i had a very bad experience with an asistan manager who used to go to work drunk, or in drugs . What the manager used to do is hide him in his office all day or sent him home ...

1.0
Jul 30, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Very few people were fun to work with. Company BBQ. Employee Appreciation day. That is all.

Cons

It's a very toxic, hostile environment. Leadership are very condescending. They are disrespectful and unprofessional. You cannot have a conversation with them as they will not listen to your concerns. They will jump to conclusions and assume everything you do is incorrect. Supervisor has no management skills and doesn't know how to communicate with people. In the company, there's harassment, discrimination and racism. In the csr office, there's drama and gossiping. It's like the 13th grade. You have grown women that act like two year olds. You will be overworked with low pay. VERY STRESSFUL. You think you're strong? No, you will you cry. Rules and procedures are constantly changing. Some sale reps are difficult to work with or have no idea what they're doing. Standard amount of reps to have are two but they will give you 3-5 while others have one or two and claim they are low volume. No, you have to check orders, do AR, keep up with high volume of emails/phone calls, do weekly reports, and follow up constantly. The more you are good at your job, the more they will take advantage of you. If you feel overwhelmed, they won't care. They do not expect a no from you. There's no training whatsoever. New hires will struggle and be set up for failure. You're thrown into it and will hop around to sit with different CSRs for training. They'll claim two weeks is enough time to train (even though it will be two days) when in reality a good three months is realistic. Turn over is very high. Employees quit constantly because of so many issues. There's NO GROWTH. You will be stuck as a CSR unless you demote yourself to front desk or work in the warehouse. The only way up is being a sales rep which is more stressful. There's probably a lot more issues I haven't addressed but please DO NOT work here.

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