Circuit City Reviews

Pros

Average salary with consistant raises. Managers were nice but it just depends on the location. Lots of foot traffic and lively.

Cons

Outdated products or products that was not in stock. Seemed to be not managed very well. Hours were not consistant.

Advice to Senior Management

Better integration with the website and the store. More training in regards to sales tactics. Better lighting in the stores.

Pros

Circuit city was decent to work at. It's a shame it was closed down because I enjoyed working there. Management was friendly, however lacking.

Cons

No real drive or ambition.

Advice to Senior Management

Create challenges for employees.

Pros

Great company, always gave proper tools to help advance. Strive to help employee's better themselves inside and outside of the workplace. Always showed appreciation for the employees and made it well known when someone was going above and beyond thier jobs.

Cons

The greatest job I ever had... no longer exists.;(

Advice to Senior Management

Shouldn't have hired a CEO from Best Buy.

Pros

The managers rewarded you based on your sales and work ethic. Although it was not commission if you sold more you were compensated better.

Cons

The company was not able to stay in business. They business model slacked behind the competitors and it was not able to survive.

Advice to Senior Management

Innovation is key to the success of companies in all industries. The services of Circuit City lacked to those of its competitors.

Pros

Decent pay, good management, good hours, they are very open to suggestions about how to improve the work environment at the store.

Cons

When they think that you don't know what you're talking about when you make some of those suggestions it can be very frustrating.

Advice to Senior Management

Remember that you are the leader but you don't know everything. Admitting that will help a lot with the running of the store.

Pros

kloved the overall disposition and energy of the store.

Cons

didnt really enjoy it. kept employees in the dark about foreclosure.

Advice to Senior Management

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Pros

great environment, empowered associates, led a structured basis for store standards, provided each individual with the ability to grow and become part of a team

Cons

closed down, took too many price cuts, layed off too many people at one time and took away too many job titles

Advice to Senior Management

next time decide better on what stores to close and what stores to leave open. so that it doesnt cause your revenue to suffer

Pros

friendly atmoshere, good training program

Cons

terribile structure, and now out of business

Advice to Senior Management

listen more

Pros

There are great people to work with and they are very flexible about days off, especially if pursuing school at the same time.

Cons

Management doesnt seem to care about certain departments as much...its all about the entertainment department for most of them

Advice to Senior Management

Don't forget that there are other departments as well, who works just as hard, if not harder than the appraised department of entertainment

Pros

Co-workers were committed to taking care of customers
Comp and Benefits were good for a retailer
Products were fun to work with

Cons

Shoot from the hip mentality
Directional changes were constant
Culture feel apart after the Best Buy group arrived
No real strategy to compete

Advice to Senior Management

Should have stuck to the original course and let associates take care of customers. Switch to an all hourly environment and the elimination of truly competent sales personnel hurt the company.