Nice Environment, Bad Pay - Sales Associate Ace Hardware Employee Review

4.0
15 June 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The employees are all very friendly, and fun to work with It's a very relaxed work environment Managers occasionally bring in food or buy snacks for all the employees 10% discount when you use your house account. Very thorough training and support from senior staff to teach you the ropes, great first job.

Cons

The manager quality varies a lot, there's some really good managers, and managers everyone hates. When I was hired, I felt taken advantage of, because this was my first job. The head manager got me to agree to 7.25 dollars per hour, which is below Minnesota minimum wage.

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Pros

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Cons

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Recommend
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Pros

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Cons

Long hours; indefinite out times; no flexibility; poor communication; lack of respect for warehouse worker is built into the culture; toxic environment with petty politics and high school type drama; rules applied based on convenience and like ability and not job performance; office management is out of touch with the warehouse environment and work processes, this means implanted solutions are usually underwhelming and off track; continued feedback is requested and given but those issues are ignored over and over. Responses are band aids at best and flagrant disregard is more likely. No planning for busy season- WHERE IS THE BENCHMARKING?!; understaffed, under resourced, and over managed (with about 3 more layers of middle management than is needed). The environment is dirty, not temp controlled, warehouse staff is expected to housekeep in addition to the actual job. This job is incentive based and NOTHING is valued but faster- until you make a mistake and then you’re reminded about safety and quality.

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