Is Micro Center a good company to work for?

Micro Center has an overall rating of 3.6 out of 5, based on over 1,577 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 65% 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 6% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Micro Center?

65% of Micro Center employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Micro Center 3.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.2 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 (55) , 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 101 reviews)); "The people that I work for are just great and the people I work with are equally awesome." ((in 96 reviews)); "benefits were good and sufficient" ((in 57 reviews)); "Can make good money considering it's retail" ((in 34 reviews)); "They have flexible schedules and are willing to work" ((in 30 reviews))

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

"bad management for the entire store" ((in 178 reviews)); "Managers don't take complaints to heart." ((in 67 reviews)); "Long hours for low commision" ((in 45 reviews)); "Hourly pay for all sales members is $4/hr + commission." ((in 38 reviews)); "Ive worked there for 3 + years and work life balance is terrible!" ((in 19 reviews))

What Micro Center locations have received the highest employee ratings?

Santa Clara , Charlotte , Mayfield Heights , New York , Westbury , Cincinnati , Overland Park , Saint Louis , Columbus , Cambridge

Micro Center reviews

3.6

65% would recommend to a friend

(1,560 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

3.2

Career opportunities

3.1

Work/Life balance

Micro Center has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 1,560 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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2K reviews

5.0

Oct 14, 2009

Recession!.....Not at Micro Center.

Anonymous employee

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Pros

What better reason to be positive about one's employer when it continues to grow during an economic downturn (2008-09). Founded in 1979, MC continues to outlast its retail competitors. After establishing one's office creditability, executive management allows freedom for creativity and flexibility. This allows for personal job satisfaction that is high on everyone's priority list.

Cons

As there exists in most mainstream employment, office pressure is present. As the company grows, office goals per desk also grows. These are sometimes over-bearing and can affect one's basic character traits. One needs to adapt to these pressures to assure job security.

5.0

Oct 12, 2009

Micro Center a Great Retail Opportunity

Anonymous employee

Recommend

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Pros

Customer Focused, Great Co Workers, Professional but Conservative Environment, Family Oriented, Fair Compensation, Finacially Sound

Cons

A very conservative mid west organization. Turn over is very low, possibly limiting HUGE career advancement anticipation

4.0

Oct 8, 2009

Feedback.

Manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Steady/Stable growth. Clear company focus/direction. Good work environment. Good executive management team. It's exciting working in our company that is growing and opening new stores. I have worked for this company for several years and still enjoy the new challenges and opportunities each day brings. How many associates can say that about their company after working there several years?

Cons

1. Sorry, but our gaming buyers are out-of-touch with the market in the Gaming arena. It's truly embarassing to our associates in the stores. In my opinion, we need to either be as good or better than our competition (EBGames, GameStop, etc.) or get out of gaming entirely. Micro Center is not a mediocre company, yet our gaming department is mediocre at best. Ask a gaming associate at any store to get a good, detailed read on this one. 2. To be fair to our traveling associates, we really need to have company credit cards assigned or allow them to be signed out for useage, at a minimum. The current system of travel advances and carrying large sums of cash on a plane or paying on our own credit cards and waiting for reimbursements, etc. is not beneficial or convenient for the company or the associate. It also requires more of the finance and travel departments with the use of advances.

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