Michaels reviews

3.1

44% would recommend to a friend

(9,674 total reviews)

David Boone

36% approve of CEO

36% positive business outlook

Michaels has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 9,674 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Michaels 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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1.0
Aug 10, 2010

to much work not enough time

Anonymous employee
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Pros

they will make allowences for the hours and time off you need, and most of the ppl that work their are freindly

Cons

The managment team would not give time allowence for doing work when at the same time making sure you are giving great customer service. the stress of the job and of upper mangment causes undo stress . the work load the workers are given is not resonable.

3.0
Jul 31, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Assisting customers with selecting frames and mats for their art is fun - it's like the art museum comes to you!

Cons

The employee discount is only 20%, which is less than the regular 40% coupon. As with any 2nd job, extended hours during the holiday season and standing on your feet all night make it difficult when working a full-time job during the days. Also there wasn't much sense of community within the store. I did not know most of the employees which was a bit awkward.

3.0
Jul 27, 2010

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Anonymous employee
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Pros

The staff was definately a pro, very friendly and fun to work with. Your co-workers are the foundation to a healthy and positive working environment. I made life-long friends working at michaels. The discount was great, it was a 1/4 off and then once a year during employee appreciation it was 40%. If you are into crafts of any kind it is a good place to learn about all sorts of hobby and crafts you may have never heard of or had any interest in at all. Being able to go to school and having them work around your schedule was a definite plus also.

Cons

Unfair promotions, favoritism and raises. A person I worked with was gone for an extended period of time and they held that persons position until they came back, not knowing if they would come back or not. unreasonable deadlines and corporate expectations. poor scheduling. A person wouldn't know what they were working one week to the next. One week i would have 35 hours a few weeks later 12. Lack of sympathy and understanding for illness or injury by management. Some of the employees had a terrible work ethic. They would do poor sloppy work and it would be someone elses job to clean it up, instead of making them fix it and teach some resposiblity. The uniforms were not my favorite, we had little pay and then were supposed to purchase these uniforms with no help from the company, that was when I took my leave from Michaels.

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