Menards reviews

3.5

64% would recommend to a friend

(6,996 total reviews)
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John R. Menard Jr.

49% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

Menards has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 6,996 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
2.0
Oct 10, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

It isnt that hard to get promoted within your current store or to one that is still fairly close. They have enough store close together for that.

Cons

The upper managent at each store has to hound their dept managers because of the higher ups at the general office. They dont care about the well being of the employees, they just want to get sales. If a store isnt making its projections, it is of course the dept managers fault. No reseach is done to figure out the real reason.

3.0
Oct 5, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The hours and pay are great for a P/T job either for a college student or supplemental income. It's actually a great job to be social, good excercise, and allows you to work with cool displays/products.

Cons

The F/T role is a joke. What everybody else has posted is true, Menards exclaims that you will make this amount or this amount; which compared to other jobs is somewhat comparable. The huge difference is about 10-15 more hours a week to get there with the nights,weekends, and holidays. It's very depressing when you see everybody come into the store smiling and laughing around the Holiday's when you have to work. My advice is to only take this role if you have no kids and minimal family, i understand you have to do what you got to do but don't get sucked into the Menards trap. I feel sorry for the F/T that have worked their so long and can't get out due to economical contrainsts. Yes John/Larry Menard the employees chose to work their, but that doesn't mean you don't have to have Corporate Social Responsibility and treat employees like it's a military.

4.0
Sep 19, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

outside all day long its great

Cons

managers are 20-25 yrs old with no college aka they are not qualified to figure out what the hell is going on and they get paid 11 $ a hour

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