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 for experience/semi good for pay" ((in 107 reviews)); "The people that I work for are just great and the people I work with are equally awesome." ((in 97 reviews)); "benefits were good and sufficient" ((in 65 reviews)); "Can make good money considering it's retail" ((in 35 reviews)); "Fun work environment" ((in 31 reviews))

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

"bad management for the entire store" ((in 182 reviews)); "Managers don't take complaints to heart." ((in 67 reviews)); "Long hours for low commision" ((in 42 reviews)); "Commissions are based on in" ((in 35 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

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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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Reviews by job title

2K reviews

5.0

Oct 6, 2009

Overall a GREAT Company to work for

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Wants to be the best in the world - Strives to deliver an excellent Customer experience - Maximizes the lifetime value of Customers - Truly cares about it's Employees - Believes in promoting from within - Excellent benefits package - Excellent training program - Challenging work/projects

Cons

- Compensation is inconsistent throughout the entire Company - Interdepartmental communication needs improvement - Poor 401k program - No Stock options

4.0

Oct 6, 2009

Summary - A great company to work for.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits provided by the company Advancement opportunities within the organization Training and career building Customer oriented company Focused on success

Cons

No 401K matching offered Timely reviews and pay determinations Communication from the top is not always communicated down the chain

4.0

Oct 5, 2009

Micro Electonics is a fast paced, dynamic place to work, you will never get bored working here.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Micro Electronics is a dynamic, fast paced company. A work place where you are allowed to express your creativity, a place where you are given the freedom to explore opportunist approaches to expanding and growing the business, a place that puts the customer before everything else.

Cons

Many times there is a lack of teamwork between departments. Often one departments objectives can be implemented without consideration of the impact to the entire organizational structure. A lack of effective cross departmental communication fosters these conflicts, many times the organization is moving so fast the communication issues are more a lack of time than consideration.

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