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    Bob's Discount Furniture Reviews

    Updated July 26, 2017
    183 reviews

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    Bob's Discount Furniture President and CEO Michael Skirvin
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    48 Ratings

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    Pros

    • Good Benefits and nice co-workers (in 10 reviews)

    • Great pay, family friendly, great managers that cared about their employees (in 8 reviews)

    Cons

    • If you are not an upper management you cannot make ends meet even after working there over 18 years (in 9 reviews)

    • sales associates, store should close earlier) (in 9 reviews)

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    1. "Rich in Culture ... Honesty & Integrity"

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      • Work/Life Balance
      • Culture & Values
      • Career Opportunities
      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - General Manager in Cockeysville, MD
      Current Employee - General Manager in Cockeysville, MD
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Bob's Discount Furniture full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      The core values of a company speak volumes about them. At Bob's ... Honesty, Integrity, Community and Fun are just a few... It feels great to work for a company that cares as much about it's employees as it's customers. I am honored to be part of this team!

      Cons

      I wish there was a faster way tonlet more people know what a great organization this is!

    2. "Great Place to Work"

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      Former Employee - Sales in New Haven, CT
      Former Employee - Sales in New Haven, CT
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Bob's Discount Furniture full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      I really enjoyed working there.

      Cons

      Liked everything, except the free cookies made me gain a few :/

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    3. "Sales"

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      • Work/Life Balance
      • Culture & Values
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      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Sales in Vernon Hills, IL
      Current Employee - Sales in Vernon Hills, IL
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Bob's Discount Furniture full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      There are some great core values that Bob wants to teach every employee so that every customer experiences the bobs way . Higher management is perfect to those values. There are some amazing benefits and there is enough opportunity to sell. The protection plan is really good in my experience both personally and from customer reviews.

      Cons

      Not everyone follows all the guidelines so meeting your monthly goal can be hard sometimes with the competition. Trying to keep a positive attitude while others micromanage can be difficult at times.

      Advice to Management

      Remember all the core values, especially fun because customers don't want to walk in and see on a slow day a bunch of defeated salespeople. If the sales floor gets along, the store can do a lot better. Although it's a sales floor, the opportunities are there for a team to succeed.

    4. "Love being a part of the Bob's Family"

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      • Culture & Values
      • Career Opportunities
      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Store Manager in Chicago, IL
      Current Employee - Store Manager in Chicago, IL
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Bob's Discount Furniture full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Worked there since August 2015. Fast paced with rapid growth opportunities. High % are promoted from within. Benefits are excellent. Very diverse in people.
       Love the culture and the professional environment. Executives are smart, positive and very supportive. I have grown a lot professionally and Bob's Discount Furniture is the company I would like to retire with.

      Cons

      Can't really think of any. It's nice working for a company that has such a solid business model.

      Advice to Management

      Keep that personal one on one feeling as we grow to over a 100 stores in the upcoming year. And definitely keep the fun!

    5. "worker"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I worked at Bob's Discount Furniture part-time

      Pros

      great guy to be around and always takes care of his workers. he gives long breaks and lunch is sometimes provided in the lounge.

      Cons

      the work is hard. it pays off but it is still pretty hard. this is why he gives you long breaks so you can rest and recover from the hard work.

      Advice to Management

      do not get caught up trying to make money but trying to make your employees and customers happy and satisfied. this will bring in the money quickly.

    6. "great place to work. i love it"

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      Former Employee - Crew Member
      Former Employee - Crew Member
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Bob's Discount Furniture (More than a year)

      Pros

      great people to work with and fun place

      Cons

      long hours sometimes with no breaks

      Advice to Management

      good job

    7. Helpful (2)

      "Selling cheap furniture , They only really care about getting the protection and credit cards."

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      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Sales Associate in Jersey City, NJ
      Current Employee - Sales Associate in Jersey City, NJ
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Bob's Discount Furniture full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Because of the prices you can make some serious money, but they really only depends on the location you are in. If your in a high traffic area they'll have more customers.

      Cons

      The delivery teams mess up a lot and that can lead to cancelled sells. Furniture arrives damaged about 50% of the time which can lead to cancelled sells. No room for advancement unless your kisses a lot of butt!

      Advice to Management

      No advice really it's retail, they are only following orders from emails they receive from upper management.

    8. Helpful (1)

      "Almost got a full time position, but the environment is too toxic"

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      Former Employee - Office Assistant in Worcester, MA
      Former Employee - Office Assistant in Worcester, MA
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook

      I worked at Bob's Discount Furniture part-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Learn a lot of improvising, learned to deal with data entry, learned phone etiquette

      Cons

      No time for training and won't fire bad coworkers, same position different pay isn't fair

      Advice to Management

      If someone is coming in drunk all the time just fire them. If you have to pay them bc they worked there for 20 years so be it. Its a hazard to customers and coworkers to keep them on the staff. Same with people coming in high off of heroin. Please hire POTHEADS, they don't drool. Also more sexual harassment psa/ have an HR person at the location. Some male workers and managers were VERY forward with their crushes on younger employees. This was such a gross place to work.

    9. "Excellent Company, amazing manager!"

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      • Work/Life Balance
      • Culture & Values
      • Career Opportunities
      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Bob's Discount Furniture full-time

      Pros

      Great company to work for, numerous opportunities for success. Excellent motivation from the manager.

      Cons

      Not much to mention, great company!

      Advice to Management

      Expand!

    10. "Great place to work on the story"

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      • Culture & Values
      • Career Opportunities
      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Sales Associate in Woodbridge, NJ
      Former Employee - Sales Associate in Woodbridge, NJ
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Bob's Discount Furniture full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      Great commission structure for new sales associates. You get what you put in if you were card you can make a lot of money. You will meet great employees that you will keep in with touch forever.

      Cons

      Majority of the stores are overstaffed. A lot of downtime in between customers. Micromanagement at its finest. Trickle down blame from the regional manager all the way down to a sales associate.

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