Work at menards....when?

its sad to say that because of the all powerful PAYROLL issues and the lack of SALES that i may have to get a part time job just to be a fulltime employee at menards...its funny that there isnt enough hours to go around for the people that have been working there for years but the hr guy is still hiring more people. when your scheduled 40 hours and you end up with less than 20 theres a problem....missmanagement

Its not my fault that the company opens a store at every offramp on the interstate and there are too many stores in the area to support the amount of people that are shopping. (jcp found out how dumb that is years ago)

I guess it just shows that we (the longtime employees) are just needed when times are good.When times get good again MENARDS will suffer more because by then alot of employees (the ones with experiance and good guest service skills) will have been fedup and found a real job.

I cant wait to shop there then when some just out of highschool nobrain tries to sell me something that they have no idea about because they have probably never even looked inside their toilet or nailed two peices of wood together.

Goodluck menards,you will need it in the future i'm sure

Comments (14)

1. Written by Jen, on 08-10-2009 21:08 I hope Menards *** burns to the ground! *** *** company! Report

2. Written by Reply to Working Hard, on 08-10-2009 18:53 Sorry to say this, but Morning Stockers are hired as just that. They are considered CASUAL PART TIME - 20 hours a week. If you didn't like that idea, why did you take the job, or why not see if you can get bumped to a regular part timer. Report

3. Written by Ron White, on 21-09-2009 13:56 You can always work in front end; they ALWAYS need people. Report

4. Written by Be Responsible, on 20-08-2009 09:47 Make yourself so valuable to your company that YOU get the 50 hours a week. Get promoted, take a class, or quit and see that the rest of theworld works the same way. You dont have to work there, youprobably just want to get fired so you can apply for unemployment. Report

5. Written by highrollinwooded, on 11-08-2009 08:47 If your state offers under employment, FT people, get on it! I have resorted to doing it during the winter when hours are cut! Report

6. Written by Highrollinwooded, on 28-07-2009 09:46 Check to see if you can file "underemployment" in your state. I did last winter when our 40 hours dropped to 28-34. Paid my heating bill, and this coming winter other full timers will be taking advantage of it! Report

7. Written by workinghard, on 25-07-2009 09:26 I have worked for Menards for only 4 months as a morning stocker. There is a guy in my dpt sho has roked there for 5 years. He is allowed to work over everyday and gets to work every weekend. I am not allowed to work 1 hour over. I have to go to another dept and hope that they can use me. The dept. manager says that he has always had 1 stocker and likes it that way. I'm not there to take anyone's job or hours, but it is completely unfair that I am not allowed to work over 1 hour and he gets 50-60 hours a week. Every week! Everyone says thats how it's always been in that dept. They have ran off other people, but I refuse to let them run me off. I wrote in to G.O. on my "Confidential From" that was sent with the Wage Increase. Nothing has been done to date. He let me know of this situation on my first day, that he likes only one stocker, and doesn't want me back there. It is really not fair, and I feel a little dicriminated against. I need hours just as bad as him, as I have a family to take care of. I am truly thankful for my job, but just wonder how he can get away with this? Report

8. Written by Tipp City Menards, on 23-07-2009 18:20 I am a full time employee, i am bymyself in my department 90% of the time and have to work till i sweet my butt of and my back aches very bad, but i get paid desent and i have had 50 hrs+ since april per week, i can come in on my weekends off make overtime plus the weekend pay, thanks to this i have saved enough to buy a home, i may get very aggrivated by the job from time to time but every other job i have ever had was like that this one has given me the oppertunity to work as much as i want and make a lot of money, there are no other desent jobs in my area so im glad to have mine and i plan to keep it. Report

9. Written by Your a bunch of whinners, on 23-07-2009 14:26 With the economy the way it is you should be happy to have a job. Most places would rather you not work 40 hours so they do not have to pay benefits. And the comment about a high schooler in his/her first job, really were you not a high schooler once. The fault lies not with the high schooler but with the people who hired someone inadequate to do a job other that what they have the knowledge to do. Find something better to whine about or go out and get a job at a place that does not rotate employees like a revolving door. Life is better when you stop whinning! Report

10. Written by manvo, on 09-07-2009 19:40 Yep sounds familiar. I've got FT team members at my store that are lucky to get to the 30 hour mark. They get scheduled 40 of course, but they are the first to be sent home in the name of Payroll. I understand of course the store has to save costs everywhere by cutting hours, but they also get fined if they dont have their FTs average 40 for the year, And as a PT I was forced into working 75 hours a week. Told that if I didn't do my part to pick up the slack I'd have to find another job.      I feel for ya. Report

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