Is Micro Center a good company to work for?

Micro Center has an overall rating of 3.7 out of 5, based on over 1,579 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 64% of employees would recommend working at Micro Center to a friend and 52% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Micro Center have been left by employees working as Manager , Retail Sales Manager and Technician .

Does Micro Center pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Micro Center employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.4 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Micro Center. This rating has decreased by 4% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Micro Center?

64% of Micro Center employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Micro Center 3.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Micro Center?

Sales Associate (188) , Customer Service Representative (177) , General Sales Associate (116) , Customer Service Representative (CSR) (84) , Retail Sales Associate (56) , Service Technician (45) , Systems Sales Associate (35) , Sales (26) , Warehouse Associate (23) , Computer Technician (17) , Inventory Specialist (16) , Technician (16) , BYO Sales Associate (15) , Manager (15) , Cashier (14)

What are the pros of working at Micro Center according to real employee reviews?

"Good Pay if you are good at sales" ((in 106 reviews)); "The people that I work for are just great and the people I work with are equally awesome." ((in 94 reviews)); "benefits were good and sufficient" ((in 64 reviews)); "Good money available if you are good at talking to customers" ((in 38 reviews)); "Fun work environment" ((in 32 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Micro Center according to real employee reviews?

"bad management for the entire store" ((in 185 reviews)); "Managers have no organization and no favor for old" ((in 68 reviews)); "Long hours for low commision" ((in 40 reviews)); "Hourly pay for all sales members is $4/hr + commission." ((in 34 reviews)); "Ive worked there for 3 + years and work life balance is terrible!" ((in 18 reviews))

What are the top reviewed Micro Center locations?

Columbus , Dallas , Houston , Fairfax , Tustin , Madison Heights , Hilliard , Duluth , Rockville , Yonkers , Paterson , Westmont , Cambridge , Westbury , Denver , Marietta , Chicago , New York , Overland Park , Sharonville , Brooklyn , Flushing , Saint Louis Park , Brentwood , Minneapolis , Saint Davids , Baltimore , Towson , Mayfield Heights , Saint Louis

Micro Center reviews

3.7

64% would recommend to a friend

(1,562 total reviews)

Richard M. Mershad

71% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Diversity & inclusion

3.8

Culture & values

3.4

Senior management

3.4

Compensation and benefits

3.3

Career opportunities

3.2

Work/Life balance

Micro Center has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,562 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Micro Center 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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Reviews by job title

2K reviews

4.0

May 5, 2015

Checking out customers and checking in machines.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

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Pros

The people are generally nice, and it's great to work if you like technology, computers, and anything with a chip or a bit. I feel like a kid working at Toys R' Us. There are opportunities for advancement, either into management or sales, I've seen people go both ways. They are closed for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and have limited hours on some other holidays.

Cons

It's retail, so it has the same pitfalls. During the Summer, because of less customer traffic and college students opening hours, hours become competitive, where they are plentiful between November and April.

1.0

Apr 22, 2015

Tech Dept which included sales, stocking and running register.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Decent employee discount, especially on cables. Meet many different wonderful people from all walks of life and made some life-long friends.

Cons

Always understaffed with revolving door syndrome. Human Resources is not for the employees, rather for the company's reputation. "Open Door Policy" means nothing ever since they eliminated local HR, and even then it just meant that the door stays open so everyone can see/hear you raising concerns so management can be petty and vindictive. The only way to move up is to have 100% open availability and being willing to lie to/mislead customers. Business model is to hire management (including district level and up) from companies that were ran into the ground due to poor management and yet expect higher returns. Many shady, unethical and borderline illegal activity has been overlooked as long as the employee is a star in certain numbers. Every position is a sales/stocking position, even the cashiers and technicians. Over the years it became less of taking care of the customer and more of take advantage of the customer

3.0

Mar 20, 2015

All about computers

Sales associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Friendly staff to work with Helpful Management Work hard and get Commisions

Cons

Very low pay other than the commission Variable Hours every two weeks

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