Is Menards a good company to work for?

Menards has an overall rating of 3.5 out of 5, based on over 7,158 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 64% of employees would recommend working at Menards to a friend and 58% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Menards have been left by employees working as Order Picker , Night Stocker and Wallcoverings Team Member .

Does Menards pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Menards employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Menards. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Menards?

64% of Menards employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Menards 3.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.3 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Menards?

Sales Associate (635) , Cashier (528) , Department Manager (221) , Stocker (175) , Front End Cashier (156) , Morning Stocker (148) , Assistant Department Manager (127) , Assistant Manager (119) , Sales (111) , Head Cashier (99) , Sales Associate/Cashier (99) , Manager (96) , Retail Sales Associate (84) , Outside Yard Team Member (80) , Sales Team Member (77)

What are the pros of working at Menards according to real employee reviews?

"Good pay for not super hard work just gotta learn the computers and learn to operate equipment" ((in 884 reviews)); "The people on my level are great and fun to work with." ((in 377 reviews)); "Flexible hours and easy to learn" ((in 289 reviews)); "Great coworkers and an easy enough job" ((in 251 reviews)); "At the time I was making ok pay for weekend work and somewhat flexible schedule for school." ((in 199 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Menards according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management and some of the customers will catch an attitude with you every now and then.They expect you to do in" ((in 511 reviews)); "some managers don't have common sense as to what would be more efficient to get job done" ((in 323 reviews)); "one of the worst offenders of stacking more work on workers that complete tasks with no benefit to work hard" ((in 184 reviews)); "Poor upper management." ((in 98 reviews)); "There is no training what so ever and they make it seem like you should know everything." ((in 95 reviews))

What are employees saying about Menards layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Menards layoffs and their outlook for job security at Menards in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Menards locations?

Eau Claire , Chicago , Indianapolis , Fort Wayne , Plano , Madison , Columbus , Minneapolis , Milwaukee , Omaha , Lincoln , Saint Paul , Appleton , Kalamazoo , Normal , Iowa City , Saint Louis , Green Bay , La Crosse , Lansing , Mankato , Muncie , Wichita , Glendale Heights , Morton Grove , Springfield , Portage , Lewis Center , Melrose Park , Hudson

Menards reviews

3.5

64% would recommend to a friend

(6,999 total reviews)

John R. Menard Jr.

49% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

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Menards has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 6,999 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

4.0

Oct 13, 2014

Decent part-time work, full-time hard to come by unless you want to be a manager.

Wallcoverings team member

Recommend

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Pros

Flexible scheduling as a part-time employee. The ability to take "classes" on your own time to train for your job and earn raises that way. Profit sharing is nice. Menards sends employees gifts for all kinds of holidays - usually they are things like a coffee mug with the menards logo or a t-shirt you can wear to work but its nice that the company thinks of you. Work days are shorter in winter as the store closes earlier. Extra pay for working Sundays.

Cons

The base pay isn't great. The only way to advance is to become a manager with long hours and rotating shifts. Often times you will have to be willing to relocate just to advance your career. Full-time spots are hard to come by and usually are already filled by career-Menards employees so starting out part-time your only option for advancing is usually to become an assistant department manager

3.0

Oct 10, 2014

Like the job but kinda confused. In data entry

Anonymous employee

Recommend

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Pros

Its easy and the people are nice. Great training and good benifits

Cons

My pay? Everyone in my building starts at $9.85 but just cuz I'm in high school I can only make $7.75. I don't understand. I'm 18. I'm an adult

3.0

Oct 8, 2014

Distribution center, alright sometimes, frustrating others

Forklift driver

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Flexible hours Weekend pay bonus +2.50 per hr gifts mailed to you for every holiday (sometimes cool stuff) chance to win prizes for working safely lots of mandatory overtime (if you see that as a pro) 1 to 2 times a year to make bonus cash (Menards gift check) just for not calling off and meeting hour requirement

Cons

Very bad communication between departments/supervisors Starting pay is very low and maxes out well below what other similar jobs in the area pay Sometimes set productivity goals that are impossible to achieve, fail to realize the factors that affect reaching them Often have to fix problems caused by other people's laziness Health insurance is very expensive for little coverage Not very much appreciation for your hard work They play favorites, you'll have it super easy if you are buddies with the management, if not your out of luck

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Decent part-time work, full-time hard to come by unless you want to be a manager.

Like the job but kinda confused. In data entry

Distribution center, alright sometimes, frustrating others

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