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      3.5

      64% would recommend to a friend

      (6,994 total reviews)
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      John R. Menard Jr.

      49% approve of CEO

      58% positive business outlook

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      3.5

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.5

      Career opportunities

      3.3

      Culture & values

      3.2

      Work/Life balance

      3.2

      Compensation and benefits

      3.1

      Senior management

      Menards has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 6,994 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Menards 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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      7K reviews
      1.0
      Sep 30, 2013

      Shop? Absolutely. Work? Run.

      Assistant manager
      Recommend
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      Pros

      I wrote a lengthy review a while ago, but apparently I was too honest and it got deleted... This one will be far shorter. Only pro: You can wander and chit chat with people.

      Cons

      By far the worst employment experience of my life. If you're thinking about getting a job there, run, run, run. Don't ruin your life. - Managers don't know how to manage. At all. - GM's are completely worthless - They do NOTHING. Ever. - The hours are complete trash. Good luck having a social life. Or a life at all for that matter. - I could find more money in my couch cushion than the man that's worth $7 billion is willing to pay his employees. - You work a 12 hour day and only get a half hour for lunch. - 10-12 hour days are your normal work days. - Anything the guest wants, the guest gets. (If you want to shop there, do it. You'll get anything you want. Products discounted to at or even below company cost, free products, special treatment) - Guests are beyond rude; if you were in the electrical dept, they think you're a licensed electrician. If you work in the plumbing dept, they think you're a licensed plumber. Etc. And they will get mad at you for not knowing. - They come up with bogus excuses not to pay you your SPIFs that you EARN... I had to fight with them over $80. And they still wouldn't give it to me. Not that I even cared about the money, its the principle of it at that point. - I went through the Manager Trainee program, which is a paper-filled joke. Hope you like reading hundreds upon hundreds of policies for 3 months straight. Got offered a job upon passing all of my tests with flying colors, told the GM of that store that I know nothing about that department. To which he responded "that's fine, you'll learn." So I was hired on as that Assistant manager. Proves they hire managers and assistant managers with zero knowledge of products/departments. I wish I could go on, but unlike Menards, I have a life and don't want to sit on the computer forever. Just wanted to save some people who read this, some time and sanity before applying for a job at Menards.

      1.0
      Mar 28, 2013

      Could use some improvement on their employee policies.

      Early morning stocker
      Recommend
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      Pros

      You get $2.,50 extra an hour on weekends. In home training on the computer which they dont tell you about.. Also every time you should get a raise you have to take a test in order to get the raise.

      Cons

      Insurance is extremely expensive employees cannot afford it, low hourly pay, standing alot, hard floors, there are rules they never tell you which you must follow. No proper training, its learn as you go,. You may not be absent unless you bring in a doctors note otherwise its points taken off which means after a certain amount of points you get fired, this means if you have the flu either you come in or you will be fired if there is no doctors note, same for lateness, they dont listen to employee problems related to weather conditions. Menards policy says if for unforseen circumstances you cannot come in you cannot be taken points off but they take points off anyway and dont listen to their employees.

      3.0
      Mar 17, 2011

      Good part-time job, look elsewhere if you are a college graduate

      Department manager
      Recommend
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      Pros

      If you are a manager you get alot of bonuses, payroll, inventory, Instant Profit Sharing is good, starts at 2.5% of your salary if you work over 1000 hours and goes up 2.5% each year to a max of 15%, this compounds each year. Weekend pay for all employees is $2.50 extra an hour over base wage same goes for holidays, if they let you work weekends and holidays. Christmas bonus starts at $11 and goes up $22 every year to a max of $230 Full-time pay is maxed out around $12-13ish, general managers are about $15-16. This does not include management bonuses. Most managers will make about $45,000-55,000. Assistant General Managers are around $75,000-85,000, General Managers $120,000-150,000. Average full-time employee is about $35,000-40,000, Part-time pay is maxed out at $10/hr, forklift license gets you extra .50 an hour. Very flexible hours for part-time workers especially if you are in college or just want to work a few hours a week, not so much when you are full-time. Weekly paychecks are good.

      Cons

      Health insurance is costly here up to $5,000 gross a year and switching carriers is common. They do not match their 401k, hours can be irregular, vacation requests denied, writeups are common and for small infractions, managers will leave you with a mess to clean up, payroll is constantly being brought up, some lower management is egotistical, too many policies being implemented, store managers look for something to complain about. They want more work in less hours, with less people doing the work.

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