True Value Reviews

Pros

Friendly people, management very appreciative or a job well done, understanding when time needs to be taken off for personal reasons.

Cons

Not great pay after working a long time, but all right for starting out. A little bit of drama between people who work here.

Advice to Senior Management

Nothing! You are doing a great job, keep it up! If I didn't have to leave for personal reasons I would love to keep working here.

Pros

Co-workers are friendly, open, honest; supervisors are open to new ideas; great opportunity for advancement and they are generous to contractors, treating them fairly and in most cases like their not even a contractor.

Cons

Sometimes, as with all companies, communication between supervisors and employees could be a bit lacking and there were a lot of meetings, most of which seemed a bit unnecessary.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep treating your employees fairly and with great respect and there won't be a lot of room for advancement - no one will leave!

Pros

Benefits and pay were OK.
Most people were pretty nice, with a few exceptions.
Their redesigned retail concept moves them in the right direction.

Cons

Co-op model makes it difficult to implement anything in a uniform manner.
Seemed like career advancement opportunities were limited.
There is a lot of talk about changing the ways they do business, but I'm not sure how committed they are.
Really outdated technology.

Advice to Senior Management

Find a way to cut back expenses on your bi-annual markets and reinvest that money on your logistics and technology infrastructure, which are both in need of additional capital.

Pros

Good place to work. Become handy lot of opportunity to move within the corporation or become part of the co-op.

Cons

Deal with small accounts. Deal with a verteran account managers who have been their a while. Dealing with competitors ace.

Advice to Senior Management

To establish more markets. Push retail consultants to offer the consumer better benefits. Remove all ties with activant and the high monthly fees.

Pros

Flexible hours, good management, great work environment

Cons

Warehouses not stocked quickly, Favoritism

Advice to Senior Management

Nothing at all to say good or bad

Pros

Very friendly. Willing to work with your school schedule. Get to know the customers really well. Its like home away from how.

Cons

Give workers raises more than once a year

Advice to Senior Management

My boss is awesome and understand I don't know about any other management

Pros

It is the only reputable millwork company in the greater Greensboro area. It is a relatively well respected and established business amongst it's few competitors.

Cons

Physical work environment and infrastructure outdated, counterproductive and unprofessional. Disrespect and disregard for employee efforts and achievements. Employee compensation is not adjusted for inflation/current cost of living. Comprehensive negative atmosphere.

Advice to Senior Management

Unfortunately, it is an undeniable truth that no constructive criticism, advice, or suggestion will be heeded by the arrogant and incredulous individuals that run this company. It is my hope that a potential candidate for future employment with this business, considers the regrettable aforementioned statements and avoids the personal and professional cost and capitulation that I have endured as an employee.

Pros

True value is a fun job you learn a lot but when it comes down to the real deal the job sucked you would sit there for four hours and do nothing. true value and there managers need a hip side

Cons

boring you would sit on your butt all day doing nothing

Advice to Senior Management

yo be nice help out and dont have a poor additude torwards you empoloyies

Pros

Very nice place to work. NOt the most sophisticated environment, pretty old school but laid back and not very corporate in nature.

Cons

Technology and systems are not up to date

Advice to Senior Management

Spend some money to move into the 21st centruy

Pros

Great people, the majority of which have a lets get it done attitude. In the areas I worked in, people in leadership roles were always willing to listen to ideas from the people in the field. I knew I always had the support of my manager and director.

Cons

The salary was a bit below average (but I knew that going into it so that is on me for accepting it). Lots of windshield time.

Advice to Senior Management

The leadership team has done a really good job of navigating through this downturn. Please continue to do what you are doing in order to ensure the company remains an industry leader.