Micro Center reviews

3.6

65% would recommend to a friend

(1,559 total reviews)

Richard M. Mershad

71% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

Micro Center has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 1,559 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
2.0
Feb 13, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The discount is helpful Training is paid Helping customers can be rewarding The hours are flexible It seems to attract social outliers who get along well

Cons

The pay is dismal They pay minimum wage for overtime: 4$/hr base pay, 1.5 percent commission on first item, 2.5% each additional item, 10% on service plans. Overtime hours are all given during nonselling hours, before the store opens or after it closes, whereby they can just multiply the base pay of $4 by 1.5 coming out to $6 an hour. Additionally 8-10 you are paid on commission despite the store not being open. Same goes for 9-10 closing. Management is rude and lacks human decency. It's technically a sales position but expect to do a LOT of merchandising. General sales puts virtually all the product up on shelves and pegs twice a week. Truck is nearly an all day event, for which you will still be paid based on commission. A lot of time is spent doing hourly type work for a commission based wage.

1.0
Jan 22, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good experience to help you get out quickly.

Cons

Everything, I had written out a few hounded words but decided that was far too much information to leave on the table and would interfere with current investigations.

4.0
Jan 11, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

1. Most fellow employees are great people to be around. They make the job worth it. 2. Direct supervisors are easy to approach and talk to. Most of them are really awesome people to work with. 3. You can learn a lot from those around you. 4. CSRs can earn an additional commission on top of their regular pay for selling add-ons at the register. 5. Employee discount.

Cons

1. This place doesn't seem to hire very many women, and those who are hired make less than the men. 2. *Most* supervisors are great, but sadly the ones higher up on the ladder can be hugely difficult to deal with. A lot of people have left specifically because of one top manager. 3. There are mandatory monthly e-learning courses that you have to find time to do, often during your lunch break or before/after work, when you're off the clock. 4. CSRs are in competition with sales associates to sell add-ons, which can lead to a little tension. The push to sell add-ons is also very high. 5. The employee discount is really only worth it for smaller electronics. For things like computer parts and computers themselves, there is no discount at all. (But since they're already sold at the lowest prices and you can always price match competitors, that's not so bad.)

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