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    Menards Reviews

    Updated October 21, 2018
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    Menards President and CEO John R. Menard Jr.
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    • "Not always the best work life balance" (in 66 reviews)

    • "Long hours and weird scheduling" (in 155 reviews)

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    1. "Sales associate"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      Pros

      Great people, great environment, lots of room for improvement

      Cons

      The people are great and I cant think of anything negative

    2. "Menards"

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      Former Employee - Sales Associate in Chicago, IL
      Former Employee - Sales Associate in Chicago, IL
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Menards full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      - Focus on hiring team members based on attitude, train for knowledge
      - Encouraged team members to learn product knowledge
      - Opportunities for advancement
      - Team members at my location were collegial and pulled together. Fun to be around.
      - Incentive for long-term employment (bonuses and vacation time which build over time)

      Cons

      - Stressful work environment
      - Department Managers were often overburdened by GMs at my store. The attitude of the DMs changed the whole store if they were stressed or happy.

      Advice to Management

      - Take good care of your Department Managers. They influence the store and Team Members more directly than GMs. Happy DM, happy TM, happy Guest.
      -Have corporate re-write their In-Home Training documents. Many of these documents are not well written and can be confusing to learn from.

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    3. "Great Place"

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      Former Employee - Carryout in Homer Glen, IL
      Former Employee - Carryout in Homer Glen, IL
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Menards part-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Good Pay, Gifts, other ways to get compensated

      Cons

      I cannot think of a single con

      Advice to Management

      None

    4. "AGM"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      Pros

      Great Pay
      Great co workers
      Always busy

      Cons

      Tasked to death
      Crazy customers

      Advice to Management

      Nothing to say at this time

    5. "Good College Job"

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      Current Employee - Front End Cashier in Evergreen Park, IL
      Current Employee - Front End Cashier in Evergreen Park, IL
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Menards part-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Weekend Premium Pay, Profit Sharing, Dental Insurance for part-time employees

      Cons

      We have to shovel snow during winter.

    6. "Great company and great coworkers!"

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      Former Employee - Floorcoverings Sales Team Member in Long Grove, IL
      Former Employee - Floorcoverings Sales Team Member in Long Grove, IL
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Menards full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      -Great job security
      -decent pay for retail work with $3.00 extra an hour on weekends
      -Great coworkers
      -Profit Sharing
      -Easy going department and general managers

      Cons

      --the customers can be very difficult and just flat out rude
      --moral can be horrible a lot of the time
      --a company that really needs to do a better job at staffing needs (my flooring department always seemed to be so short staffed the last 2 years i was there, HR/GMs never prioritized staffing my department even when it really needed it, which caused each of us to have to run the department alone quite often which was never fun
      --Busy weekends/holidays can be stressful

      Advice to Management

      --Do a better job staffing departments who REALLY are short staffed and need it, not JUST the departments that get the busiest in the summer and winter (I.e. Hardware, outside yard)

    7. "Solid Company with a Few Setbacks"

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      Former Employee - Sales Floor Team Member
      Former Employee - Sales Floor Team Member

      I worked at Menards (More than a year)

      Pros

      Low level staffers receive good flexibility for schedules and good pay compared to most retail- I would definitely recommend here for high school and college students.

      Cons

      Middle management (department/assistant department managers) are overworked and can be very hit or miss in terms of how effective they are. Issues go overlooked due to mismanaged performance metrics.

      Only one lunch break given for folks working upwards of 12 hour shifts.

      Advice to Management

      Trim down the use of regular meetings which detract from the weekly flow and stop the practice of 12 hour shifts as something normal.

    8. "Great place to work"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Menards part-time

      Pros

      Great pay, great work emvioynment, and customers are nice

      Cons

      You get put everywhere you don’t get to choose what you want to do for the day and they tell you when you can take your breaks sometimes they forget.

    9. "Assistant Manager"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend

      I have been working at Menards full-time

      Pros

      Additional weekend pay, easy work

      Cons

      Not much room for advancement, not a place for college graduates

    10. "Part-time Plumbing team member"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Menards part-time

      Pros

      Good department managers. Decent pay for the work.

      Cons

      General Management is a joke

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