Tuff Shed reviews

4.3

79% would recommend to a friend

(518 total reviews)
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Tom Saurey

92% approve of CEO

82% positive business outlook

Tuff Shed has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 518 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Tuff Shed employee rating is 27% above average for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.4 stars).

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518 reviews
1.0
Sep 3, 2015

Avoid.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Virtually none. You are selling a product that can be bought at Home Depot for $500 less, with just a few negligible changes.

Cons

Low pay - in 2014 Tuff Shed had to write checks to many of their retail salesman because their annual commissions DID NOT MEET FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE! They found a loop hole to legally pay their Home Depot salesman LESS THAN FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE!

1.0
Nov 25, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Company appears legit. Great product when built by licensed contractors.

Cons

Misrepresent pay structure on commissions. Commissions seems to disappear into the land of Narnia. With a promise "we will fix it". Yet nothing. Company is constantly hiring new GM(3 in less then 1yr.) new regional managers and area managers. That says a paramounts how the Chicago market operates. Company will pay a few nice checks then checks will be about 300 - 400 per week.

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Tuff Shed Response
11y
Thank you for your review. TUFF SHED finds constructive feedback from our employees (current and former) to be valuable. Working as a commissioned sales person can be challenging and we’re sorry that you were unhappy. TUFF SHED has 42 factories and more than 80 Area Sales Managers across the country – all are paid on the same commission structure. And, our Payroll Team is always available to explain our program or to resolve issues. Regarding your comments about our management team, we’d like to clarify. Saying that there have been three General Managers at our Chicago location is misleading. One of our GMs left the company after 10 years with TUFF SHED and we had an interim GM in place during the recruitment process. We understand that management transition can be frustrating to employees – and, like other companies, we ask for patience and during these times.
1.0
Sep 10, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Working alone in your showroom.

Cons

Lack of Training-Training was just being redeveloped and launched at the end of 2022. Churn and Burn thru the sales team and love bomb new SDC's and ask for indeed and Glass Door Reviews in every meeting (weekly sales meetings, national calls, etc). Skeleton Factories with management that does not work weekends or past 4pm when you do. You do not get holidays off, worked every holiday listed as paid in the handbook and job advert and not able to float these days either. You will be transferred all the leads from last SDC and it will interfere with your KPIs. One KPI is getting a google review when you close the sale. Who in their right mind reviews a product, even if the sales process was awesome, prior to receiving; would you? Social Selling on your personal SM pages, which is against marketplace guidelines as you are representing the sale as being from a person to another person. Adding additional SDC's to stores that can in no way support it while some SDC's are covering retail sales in multiple states and for locations that they do not have anyone. There is no work life balance if you are to be successful in KPI goals. Change bonus and raise structures without notice. Change store hours without notice. A lot of the locations are in industrial centers where they bought out the lease and are not safe. SDC's keep doors locked etc... They will love bomb you. These positive reviews by current employees are because it's drilled into us in every meeting and they are highlighted. Management is replacing higher paid SDC's with ones they can pay less per hour and are not near bonusing out. The factory will not deal with unhappy customers and as an SDC don't expect to be part of the factory team who makes money off of you producing contracts. Were very much out of CPI Compliance until 2022, nowhere on the contract did the customer acknowledge their card would be automatically charged (that is a compliance issue). Not having our contractors license and business license number on the contract oh and not wanting us to give it out either even though it's public record. Drink the kool aid because if you speak up the first mistake you make will get you terminated not any additional training.

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Tuff Shed Response
2y
Thank you for your review. The time for effective and meaningful change needs to happen while in the role. In fact, you were in the role for 3-4 years. This is why we're quite surprised by your assessment received after your Tuff Shed departure. However, we still welcome a conversation to better understand the circumstances behind the discourse. We invite further discussion to benefit the team members who demonstrate a commitment, embrace challenge, and understand the true meaning of collaboration and communication.
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