Circuit City Reviews

Pros

Pay and benefits were great. Culture of caring and sharing. People believed in the company and were attached to its success.

Cons

Going bankrupt and having to cast about for work is something i'd rather not repeat.

Pros

Great Training
Fun Work Environment
Exciting Technologies

Cons

Lower Pay
No Commission
Poor Corporate Management

Advice to Senior Management

Restore Commission
Don't Fire Most Experienced Employees

Pros

Career advancement, compensation,envronment,policy,aggressive, and the people. They really were good people to work with and Circuit was really a good company.

Cons

Unprofessionalism,not changing in time,follower not leader

Advice to Senior Management

Change so people would stay with the company

Pros

It was an easy part time job

Cons

The store was mismanaged, but it worked

Advice to Senior Management

Doesn't matter because they don't exist anymore

Pros

There is a variety of restaurants and food to eat from around so u wont get tired of the same thing over and over. People are friendly and try to help when your new.

Cons

People always come to you with problems so u must deal with it as best as possible keeping yourself from going nuts...

Advice to Senior Management

Try to be more lenient towards your workers. Also more meetings about what could be improved would be great too.

Pros

Circuit City had among some of the best benefits of any retailer I had been employed at. Its 401(k) and health plans were great. Plus, the PTO accrual was decent.

Cons

Circuit City was a top heavy company, that relied on a overpaid executive staff. When they let people go, only a few months later executives were given fat bonuses, even though we were told the firings were to save money. They hemmoraged money from a top heavy corporate side.

They also had a major problem with advancement from within. Too often someone from outside the company was brought into a higher position, with higher pay, and they often did not have skills capable to be a leader.

Advice to Senior Management

Don't really need to offer feedback, due to the fact that this company is no longer the same incarnation I work for. I hope Tiger Direct can do a better job with the brand, because it could still shine.

Pros

Loved the job and the people I worked with. It was a good job for that time in my life, and allowed me to get my foot into a bigger IT position elsewhere.

Cons

They downsized their "overpaid" staff. In the process they also got rid of many of their more intelligent employees that really made Circuit City a place people enjoyed shopping at.

Advice to Senior Management

Don't get rid of the people that allow you to have your oversized salaries. The management in the store works too hard, while the people outside of the store are never seen.

Pros

Fix computers, meet new people, family like work environment, good pay, benefits not bad. drove company vehicle. short commute about 10 minutes

Cons

too many bosses. Had to ask a comity to get anything approved. too many sales quotas. unrealistic goals that did not make any sense

Advice to Senior Management

Never get rid of people who actually know the products and how to sell. So what if non management made more than store manager. Thats because he knew the products

Pros

Fun people to work with, decent pay, get to watch football while you work on every sunday, pretty decent discount

Cons

Terrible management, no room for growth, the company did not listen to what employees thought about how the company could be improved

Advice to Senior Management

you should listen to your employees and stop making them do all the work while you sit back and yell when people "are just looking"

Pros

Large IT department offers several opportunities for internal growth and carrer path shifting. Decent salary. Challenging projects when there was something to work on.

Cons

Boring and entrenched management and managers. Not enough to work to do at times. Morale was constantly low with all the layoffs

Advice to Senior Management

See what's working at BestBuy and take it one level up.