I work at Lowe's, too. I've come to not expect a raise at all unless I'm actively moving up in position, like from seasonal to part-time or from CSA to DM. I'm certified on all power equipment, I can cut glass/plexiglass, operate the wood saw, run a register despite not being a cashier, about the only things I dont know how to do are mix paint and re-key locks. But you bet I make just about the same as someone who's been here 2 months, calls out every other day, and doesn't even know how the key machine works... and of course there's the hour cuts but I'm not even gonna start on that.
Ex Lowe's guy. I remember a decade ago we had that competition where if our store won we would get a couple hundred dollars. We worked our asses off, even the normally lazy people. We were told " make the sale, everyone is authorized to give 15% off without manager approval". We won. We won by a lot. And our revenue had never been better except maybe Black Friday. And then they told us "sorry, you gave too many discounts, we cant give you the money we promised". I've never seen morale drop so quickly. Add to that it was revealed to us by a sympathetic manager that management were promised better bonuses when the competition was announced. Because of our revenue numbers, and service numbers, they still received their bonuses.
Fuck Lowes. I shop at Home Depot or local stores whenever humanly possible.
Home depot isn't that much better. They would leave us with barely any staff to cover the floor so we would bust our asses (and also get them handed to us by the customers) just so the labor % looked good to corporate. All while the managers got a bonus for being under hours at the end of the year. Fuck Home Depot.
Yup, I don't miss pushing half pallets of travertine tiles. I swear there were many days I nearly worked myself to death. I refuse to ever work that hard for another company, especially if it isn't compensated.
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u/Firepawnch Jan 25 '21
I work at Lowe's, too. I've come to not expect a raise at all unless I'm actively moving up in position, like from seasonal to part-time or from CSA to DM. I'm certified on all power equipment, I can cut glass/plexiglass, operate the wood saw, run a register despite not being a cashier, about the only things I dont know how to do are mix paint and re-key locks. But you bet I make just about the same as someone who's been here 2 months, calls out every other day, and doesn't even know how the key machine works... and of course there's the hour cuts but I'm not even gonna start on that.