If you are going to work in retail management, this is a good place to be.
Pros
Michaels offers a competitive wage to its salaried and full time employees. It is a great place to work if you are into crafts as the company offers a good employee discount. The company tries to promote from within for full time and salaried associates. Michaels opens new stores each year and currently has over 1000 stores in 48 states and Canada. Michael's management is attempting to keep ahead of economic conditions by introducing new product lines and testing new promotions to draw customers into the stores.
Cons
Upper management continues to squeeze hours out of the payroll budget while expecting more work from those still in the stores. It continues to try new in store promotions such as free make it take it crafts but does not adequetely account for the time needed to continually perform these tasks. They tell you that the "hours are built into the schedule", but they really are not. Only a select few managers are asked for their input or suggestions.
