Working at Menards Inc. — Reviews by Employees

Not bad for retail.....

What is the policy for using equipment that is used for putting away things like windows or doors?
How about for pulling pallets? Do you need a license and does management have and follow a clear company wide policy that managers must enforce for this?
Which equipment requires a license?

I applied at Menards for a cashiering job. A simple part-time job that I had lots of experience in. At my interview, I was so nervous because I wanted the job so bad. What the hell was I thinking? During the interview they asked me, "Do you know anything about power tools?" I honestly answered, "No. Not a THING!" They ask, "Do you know anything about plants?" Again, I said no. "Well, you're hired." I thought I was cashiering in the garden center at first, but no... They were having me on the floor in Hardware and Garden. Two things I know NOTHING ABOUT! At first, I thought, eh, over time, I'll learn it and I'm sure they'll train me nice like all my past jobs! No. They throw you out in that open water and feed you to the sharks. I have never been so unhappy at a job in my entire life. They expect you know everything right away. When I asked questions, my manager was so rude to me because I didn't know the answers. They told me to put the "freight" away. What the FUCK is FREIGHT? It's pretty much stocking the shelves. Well why couldn't they tell me that? It was so boring and "guests" would come up to me and ask me questions about things I had no idea what they were talking about, so I would try to go and find another employee to help them but I could never find one fucking person! I swear I was the only fucking worker in the store! So all these customers are attacking me, I have NO FUCKING headset so I am doing laps around the store. Omg, it's HORRIBLE!! HOURS ARE HORRIBLE!! 11A to 10P every weekend night?? Nooooo fucking wayyy... Sorry!! And with a manager who is a dick and unwilling to help you and when you ask questions, gets snotty with you, yeah.. Not good. I quit on my third day. I hate Menards. I give everyone there so much respect for dealing with it. I have never ever quit a job... And this I knew from day 1 was not going to work out. When I would clock in, all employees were just whining how they hated it and wanted to go home.


Don't work at Menards.

I write this review as a casual-part time team member. I am in school taking 16 credits a semester, while doing this I can work pretty much whenever I want. From working at Menards for the past year, if I were a full-time employee or in any manager position Menards would get near all -5's. All of the reviews on this website are close to accurate. 85% of the store managers are a complete joke. In my opinion, that is part of the reason the turn-over rate is SO high. As a store manager, I would want to take care of my employees... but that IS NOT the case. Management spends SO much time making work for team-members, sometimes I feel the store as a whole is forgotten about. Take a stroll through your local Menards and see how many sharp, bright people are willing to help you out. The answer is not many. As far as the benefits go, forget about it (at least a part-time worker). If I wanted health insurance through Menards, I would be pretty much working every hour just for health insurance. Every holiday each team-member receives a "gift"-- sometimes this gift is a toy car, sometimes a super awesome Menards hat... Thanks for thinking of me but don't advertise the Menards race car to me! JOHN MENARD- QUIT WASTING MONEY ON GIFTS FOR EMPLOYEES ADVERTISING "MENARDS" RACING TEAM! HOW ABOUT INSTED YOU GIVE ME HEALTH INSURANCE FOR A DECENT COST?! Alright, sorry had to get that out. Overall Menards is an absolute fucking joke. Unless you happen to be a part-time employee, or a human-resource manager. Thinking long term career? Stay clear.

It's not a bad job for a while. You don't want to get trapped here for the long hall. The start up pay is pretty decent, but if you move up to a manager's position you pretty much get screwed. I would say for a part-time worker it is ok, but overall they treat their employees pretty bad.

I worked at Menards for over 5 years after I graduated from college with a bachelors degree. I can safely say that I have never been happier to quit a job ever in my life. When I first started I did like my job but that was before I learned what assholes run the company.
The treat their employees like shit on a daily basis by spying on them with the eye in the sky or the camera system installed to keep an eye on theft- Bullshit!!! They installed that camera system to keep an eye on their employees all the time. I have no problem with making sure we are working and helping guests but when it comes to degrading employees that is when I get concerned.
There are many great employees at Menards who are great people but sooner or later we all get cranky and turn into jerks because we get treated like crap by our guest, store managers and general office. So to all those customers who shop their if you ever get a cranky employee please take into consideration that we are overworked and under-appreciated!!! I mean hell they expect their managers to work every other weekend...okay that's fine, but work 14 to 16 hours each day that is just nuts. Plus we only take on average 1 lunch break for 30 minutes and then aren't ever allowed to leave the damn building. I mean seriously what the hell could possibly happen in 30 minutes that someone else in that damn store couldn't handle....I don't know maybe those store managers that walk around the store all the time.
Then you can't even call in sick without a doctors note or you get written up and possibly suspended for 3 days without pay. In addition, we always get yelled at for not making our sales in the department but constantly get yelled at about making payroll, which means send people home. Well how the hell do you sell things to guests without employees there to wait on them.
Furthermore, they expect their store managers to work 55 hours a week. Then they wonder why they have to constantly demote store managers for having inappropriate relationships with fellow employees. Hell I had 2 different store managers and they both had affairs with front end team members in the store. What kind of family company is this to work for, yeah the money might be good but your marriage and family will not survive if you work there.
It's been a year and half since I have worked there and that place still burns my ass. If the general office only knew how to respect their employees they would get such a higher return out of them. They just don't seem to understand that by treating people good they will in return have a happy environment for people to work which will lead to higher sales. The day I walked out of Menards I felt incredibly thrilled to not have to walk into that shithole the next day, but felt truly sorry for those people who were left behind.
So if you are an employee working there right now....I hope you read this and know that there is hope for a better job and life beyond that crappy place called Menards.

I was involved in the manager trainee program. This porgram was a farce. It was nothing more than hard labor and self study. I learned nothing about being a manager, although the program requires a college degree. As a manager trainee you get no repect at all. Each department hates you because they get charged for your salary, and that comes out of each managers bottom line, which reduces their end of year bonus. They treat you poorly because the managers are uneducated and in constant fear of their job. They do not want you to take their job. There is no job security in this company, and they use cameras and microphones to "catch" their employees doing something wrong. It's funny how they don't catch you doing something right. I do not recommend this company to anyone unless you are a student and need a part-time job, until they fire you.

I've worked here for about 5 months and every person i started out working with has already quit or thought about quitting. The place absolutely sucks! I'm a full time student and when i requested my spring break off almost a month early so that i could go home and see my parents my manager said okay you have it off however when the schedule came out i had been scheduled 4-5 days. There are only 2-3 decent managers in the whole store. The General manger is a prick and walks right by you even when you say "hello" and he makes eye contact so you know he heard you. The pay is awful as well for the work i do. i made more cutting grass in my hometown. The mangers act like nazis and think that menards is the almighty and it should be worshiped and you should want to work all the time. They have no regard for your personal life. Getting time off is impossible unless a family member has died. even then you ahve to beg for it. It's a damn joke.

Worst job ever!!! Enough said.

My spouse works for Menards. I can't stand the fact that they do not have a company credit card, yet require their employees to charge company expenses on a personal card and they wait to be reimbursed. That is what you do WAIT. They checks do not come in a timely manner, so if we can not pay off the sometimes hefty balance at the end of the month, we have to pay the interest. This company needs to get with the times.

It's who you know not what you know that gets you promoted. Lots of double standards that management has for its pets and slaves.