Fast paced but little to no work life balance - Department Manager Menards Employee Review

3.0
19 Apr 2022
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Pros

Menards is an excellent place to work if you’re single and want to make a decent living. However, if you have loved ones at home, your relationship with them will suffer. You’re anticipatedto work long hours and and at least 2 weekends a month. You’ll also most likely close 2-4 nights a week, meaning you won’t be home until 11pm or later. You will work a minimum of 42 hours a week and sometimes upwards of 60. Expect to miss holidays, birthdays, and anniversaries. But like I said if you have no one at home and don’t mind working a lot you can make good money. Easy to promote from within.

Cons

Menards does not offer good benefits, not even matching a 401k. They do offer a yearly cash bonus, though. I recommend this as an excellent first job to someone first starting to establish their finances. However, Management positions at Menards do a very poor job at maintaining a work-life balance. It's not uncommon to have to close one night and open the next morning.

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Cons

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2.0
22 Jun 2026
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Pros

A few of the people are nice to work with.

Cons

A store manager who talks down to employees like they're children (and apparently gets promoted for it). A store manager who acts like employees are idiots for calling him to ask questions. Raises are pathetic. Understaffed because the store manager won't allow enough labor hours to do the job, particularly on Sundays when there's a lot of freight.

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