Michaels reviews

Assistant Managers at Michaels were hired on at a low hourly rate due to being guaranteed five hours of overtime every week. However, the company just decided to help with 'work/life balance' assistants are no longer allowed to work overtime, which means we are being paid a measly hourly amount for essentially running a business. When confronted with promises and offer letters, DMs and HR run away, tail between their legs. The company is owned by a debt business, they owe so much to them that it only hurts stores on a deep level. BARE minimum hours for everyone except SMs and ASMs (even if your store is raking in cash and making goals left and right), comically low starting pay for associates which is minimum wage in my location, unrealistic expectations to do everything in one day which includes running register, doing reports, down stocking, fulfilling orders, watching the framing counter, recovering the store, office work, etc. The company just introduced a credit card (like it's 2003) and is really pushing people out the window with it. I suspect the company won't last another 1-2 years at most. They roll out programs freely and do not anticipate the long lines of errors that come with them (the self checkout machines are a huge example). I suggest only taking an Assistant Manger job here if you have no other options, but be warned, they will lowball you until you accept.