Waste of time - Manager Trainee 84 Lumber Employee Review

1.0
1 Dec 2019
Recommend
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Pros

No pros come to mind

Cons

Pay is below average starting out around 11 an hour granted you can get "bonuses" but first must complete online test to be allowed to receive said bonus. Computer systems and general policies feel like they are from 1984 as well as the dress code. Must be clean shaven. Long shifts with a half hour break. First day I went felt like a bad joke and dont get me wrong I can get along with people but this felt more like a frat house. I asked several times if there was anything to do or learn and was told no. The 2nd day I hoped it was going to be better, but no the same thing happened so after 5 hours of doing nothing, I left and did not come back. Also it is required to put a 84 lumber sticker on your personal vehicle like what.

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84 Lumber Response
6y
I’m sorry that you did not have a good experience with 84 Lumber. We will follow up to see what went wrong with the training at that store. 84 Lumber believes in presenting a professional impression to our customers through our dress code. While other companies are working to limit associates hours and benefits, over 97% of 84 Lumber positions are full-time with benefits. Most of these positions work more than 40 hours per week.

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Cons

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84 Lumber Response
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Thank you for taking the time to review 84 Lumber. We are happy to hear that you have had a great experience with the company and we appreciate your feedback on work / life balance.
4.0
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Good benefits, pay is decent. If you work from home FT as a Manager , you can also run your own business while on the clock get paid for it. Who wouldn't want to work there.

Cons

You can work your butt off, put in more hours than you should and get no respect in return.

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84 Lumber Response
2w
Thank you for your feedback. We appreciate you taking the time to write a review. We take all associate feedback seriously, and we'd like to address the concerns you mentioned in your review. Our HR team has an open-door policy to listen to and answer associates’ questions, complaints, suggestions, and challenges. Please contact us at hr@84lumber.com to discuss further so that we may improve our working environment in the future.
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