Menards reviews

Overall, Menards is a dead end job unless you advance into corporate. The working environment was hostile, negative, & stressful which led to low morale & workers just doing the bare minimum. There were blatant examples of favoritism, fraternization, verbal abuse of employees by customers & co-workers, state/local laws being broken, and OSHA laws being ignored. Management was ran by people with no degrees or any knowledge of business what so ever. Managers rarely held anyone accountable for their actions or mistakes. They were either one to all of the following: on a power trip, rude & unprofessional, young & inexperienced, lazy, lacking leadership, no business sense, played favorites, provided no direction, and didn’t appreciate their employees’ hard work. The negatives outweigh the positives for moving into management. Management has to work 55+ hrs every week, must relocate stores to move up, and follow ridiculous policies & rules from corporate, no thanks. Corporate micromanages everything by stores visits and spying on employees using the cameras in the store. They used the fear of losing your job to motivate employees & demotion to punish them. Corporate was out of touch with reality on the daily operations of a store by the suggestions they made during visits & the tasks they assigned. The policies & procedures changed constantly & were vague and open to interpretation by managers. As a result, there was never a consensus on how anything was to be done which led to much confusion. Corporate also had set up some of the craziest, write up happy rules I have ever seen for a workplace. The point system for enforcing these rules was ridiculous. Training was a learn on the fly style with little to no direction and an in-home training program with info for a 1st grade level instead of a 12th grade level. They played musical chairs with the staff, so no one knew anything about the department they worked in. All this led to terrible customer service & poorly runned stores. The stores are understaffed due to high turnover & low store payroll. This led to the overworking of employees and them trying to keep you after you’re done with your shift & tasks. It seemed the more hours you put in is more important than the quality of work done in their eyes. The scheduling program is flawed and would have you work 8-10 days in a row & 10+ hour shifts. FT must have an open schedule meaning a no work/life balance. Their technology & equipment is severely outdated and constantly breaking down. Benefits stink such as expensive health insurance that covers little, no 401K match, and too few vacation days.

Ask about turnover. It says it all. 243%. That is not a typo. A 300 employee store needs 729 bodies to replace all the disgruntled newbs that quit in disgust EACH YEAR! I was one of 12 the week I was hired. Customers volunteered that they once worked at Menards years before. As a manager trainee, I decided to take an informative poll. Why did you leave? I have never heard of a large group of random people ever give the exact, same answer to ANY question before. “Management sucks!” was the universal reply. My manager hated me. A career man of 17 years, he knew how to play the game. He NEVER got commendations as a result. I lasted 21 days. Managment ran out of a sale item BEFORE the sale even started. HUNDREDS of angry customers milling around the store when my Sunday shift started. Read about all the pollution they get nailed for. It is far worse in reality. Read about owner John Menard. None of the articles seem exaggerated in any way, sad to say, personal AND professional behavior is sadly deficient for a leader of America’s 3rd largest home improvement chain. Er, wait a minute. They sell milk and greeting cards?!? Will you ever last long enough to collect your retirement? Bwahahahahahah! Dream on, babe! But hey, YOU might be the one to change it ALL around... Not holding MY breath. Company tried to swindle me out of a measly $10 bucks for a duplicate W2. I pointed out that since I never GOT my copy, I was only asking that they forward my returned one. Don’t expect a refund on your mandatory tool kit when you leave however... Just sayin’ New York to keep Glassdoor from letting them find and sue me. Very litigious company. Google that too!