Mutton Dressed As Lamb - Co-Manager 84 Lumber Employee Review

1.0
18 Aug 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Training program was a very good experience. You get to go to 84 PA and get pumped up with corporate enthusiasm.

Cons

84's upper management orders employees to write positive glassdoor reviews. That's why the majority of the positive ones seem false. On big jobs where there are multiple loads going out management bills the house account customer more than what's shipped aka stealing. This is encouraged by the company as employees can get bonuses off of 'positive shrink' at inventory. Owner/ceo wants something for nothing as per usual these days. Stores are often understaffed so functional retardation is there. My manager was a 45 yr old coke head/alcoholic who was sadly mistaken he was still in a fraternity. So perhaps my review is unique. He was frequently late and dipped his hand in the register money so at the end of the day as I was closing the store I'd have to call him and hope he'd remember he took some money. No biggie if he forgot I'd just call our driver and he'd remember he was told to get some Timmy Hortons and that the money to do so was taken from the drawer. Company thinks it can make its own rules and bypass state labor laws. Bonus system sounds promising but when put into practice doesn't seem so generous as goals are set too high to be realistic. More to be mentioned but I don't want to write a novel.

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84 Lumber Response
10y
Thank you for your review! 84 Employees and Former Employees are free to write positive or negative reviews at their own will. We appreciate you taking the time to provide your feedback as we are constantly looking to improve.

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5.0
14 Jan 2026
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Pros

Excellent management, people take an active interest in your long term development in house.

Cons

Inflexible corporate expectations, reform and proposals don't appear to travel far past people you can see.

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84 Lumber Response
4mo
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.
4.0
11 June 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

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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