If you want overtime, experience, and little work/life balance, they may be for you.
Pros
I worked for Menards for over 13 years. The Pros: Any employee that works over 1000 hours, part time or full time, gets a profit sharing bonus the following Feb. If you quit before the end of the year, you lose it. If you're in management, you are paid hourly, plus overtime, plus weekly payroll bonuses, plus yearly bonuses based on the department's profit. For an assistant manager, this equals out to be around $30-40k depending on how long you've been there. A department manager makes $40-55k, depending on how long you've been there.
Cons
They are a VERY performance-based private company. If you are not on time, driven, and successful in management, you will be replaced or demoted. If you quit before Dec. 31st, you lose all profit sharing and department manager bonuses. This company expects you to spend more time here than with family and as a manager, you are required to work at least 2 nights per week and every other weekend. Vacations are scheduled in November for the following year, and it is first come, first serve. If another manager that has more experience than you requests Christmas week off, he/she gets it. Also, if you want to get into store management, you MUST move to another store and they give you no options. It is their decision, and if you take it, great. If not, you'll be stuck exactly where you are. Corporate operations has built a network of fear around all of their employees that anyone can and will be fired. John Menard has a strong track record of firing people close to him that may be a threat to his position..........
