The Brick Warehouse Reviews

Pros

if youre a good sales person.. sky is the limit

Cons

you need at least 6months to build clientele

Pros

nice place to work, good commission paid, good training

Cons

should have atleast basic salary even if you don't earn enough commission on regular basis.

Advice to Senior Management

i may post later

Pros

Vacation time is offered immediately, benefits are adequate but no eyecare. Sales managers are excellent, however regional managers are downright abusive.

Cons

Hours are awful, expect to work all holidays, all weekends. Pay structure is unfair. Supervisors support only top money makers. No room for advancement due to removing of lower management positions (you'll be about 200th in line...seriously). Theres a reason the majority of new hires do not stay longer then 3-6 months.

Advice to Senior Management

Hourly wage should be increased. Upper management should have more expirience on the sales floor, maybe this would give more respect for the lowly sales people that make this company exist

Pros

-The pay is OK.
-Sadly that is it.
-New CEO may change this disaster around enough.

Cons

-Too much work.
-Management simply evolves from lower level positions throughout the years.
-Absolutely zero leadership.

Advice to Senior Management

Fire most of yourselves as you are essentially incompetent. Stop simply promoting internally. Hire talent from outside the company with valid credentials and leadership skills. The culture (if there is any) that currently exists in the company is 'do you job good enough to get by'. Almost no one in the company wants the company to succeed, all they want is to stay under the radar and keep the pay coming. This ranges from front-line worker to middle management. The upper management is stale, very stale. These people have been with the company for 30 years and simply do not have sweet clue about how to manage and run a business.

I hope that Mr. Gregson realizes that the people that are surrounding him are incompetent and changes the situation around.

Pros

If you are good in sales...you can make decent pay...i average about 50k annually.
benefits are ok
employee discount is good.

Cons

if you are not a good sales person..this is not the place for you, its fully commissioned.
politics in management and favouritism.
No pay for training, and force you to go on your off day for training.
Management sucks.

Advice to Senior Management

stop favouritism, be honest about employee benefits.

Pros

I am a home delivery driver, and we get paid very well for what we do. We have a very good benefit program, staff purchase privileges and generous holiday program. Our uniforms and safety shoes are provided, including gloves and winter jackets, and shorts in the summer.there is a defined contribution pension program to which the Brick contributes fifty or more ( depending on length of service) per cent of employee contributions.

Cons

The work is very strenuous, delivering furniture and appliances by hand to people's homes. Dealing with customer complaints while actually on their home, and bearing the brunt of mistakes by sales staff and customer service staff can make for some stressful days. Also, we sometimes have issues with not enough equipment, truck and dollies, etc.

Advice to Senior Management

Since the company went public there has been more emphasis on paying dividends and less on customer service and employee satisfaction, both of which have been very important to the company's success in the past. Also, most of our stock now comes from China or other parts of Asia, if we sold more Canadian made furniture, it might be a selling point, even if it is a bit more expensive.

Pros

Great commission sales in Fort McMurray
Easy and laid-back Job
The sales make themselves (only in Fort McMurray)

Cons

Sharing commission sales when someone else takes your client
The tension of making commissions

Advice to Senior Management

Its a good place to work.