Michaels reviews

Nobody knows what communication is. Nobody knows what work life balance is and you get worked to the bone. Also, payroll is extremely messed up. You will not advance up in your career. 3 years and I was in the same position. Awesome right? If you really had a problem HR would side with the person who was causing the problem. Sadly I have nothing good to say about this company. The manager's who worked in our creative department were very "clicky". People who were best friends with the managers got the promotions - not you.

Oh boy. I was in charge of a framing team but because there were managers who kept on quitting I had to help out more and more with the store. I was either a good framing manager or a good store manager. It's hard to hire for framing because it's so detail oriented and people can really mess up artwork if you hire wrong but also no one knows about framing so no one applies for it. So if there is a vacancy it's rough and it takes a long time to hire someone (and train them). Corporate would keep coming in and telling us to do more and more and we didn't have enough hours to do everything they made us responsible for. Online ordering was also added and managers (at least when I left) were in charge of fulfilling them instead of hiring more people. I was paid NOTHING, it's retail so it sucks but when I tell people in office jobs everything I had to do they tell me it's crazy how little I was paid for everything I had to do. Corporate can tell us we are appreciated but at the end of the day managers and associates in the stores actually have to face customers who complain about the lack of people in the stores and things we can't control and we are the ones who are paid nothing. I loved framing, loved the artistry, the art itself, and the people I helped out and worked with but when I had another opportunity I took it and didn't look back. Living in poverty for corporate profit is not worth it.