Decent Job while in school; Don't stay a minute after. - General Sales Associate Micro Center Employee Review

3.0
3 Aug 2014
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Pros

Nice coworkers. They work around your school schedule. The General Manager at my location was amazing. He was very professional and gave all employees a fair chance. In Columbus, you have opportunities to move to Corporate since headquarters are in Columbus as well. Customer Service is their number one priority and most of the customers were friendly. The owner, John Baker, created a solid company foundation.

Cons

Several managers were very passive aggressive. As an aggressive individual who was up front and wanted to be told straight up about issues, this was very annoying. It is also very cliquey. They promoted based on friendship and whom they liked, not who would be best for the position. You get paid decently, but it is hard to make more than 13 dollars an hr. They don't give raises, you get 4 dollars an hr, pooled commission and sales commission. "Selling more is how you get a raise". I can't control customer traffic so it's hard to get a "raise". Yes, you can make more money in the computer dept, but there are several old dudes that have made a career out of sales. It's hard to get back there. Also, many of the employees have settled for staying there forever. Because of this, many were bitchy and found reasons not to like other employees. Some had no backbone and talked behind the backs of other employees. The management makes too much money compared to the sales associates who are actually making the company money. I have so much more product knowledge than management, but got paid a bunch less. Some managers would bad talk employees to other employees. That is SUPER non-professional.

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5.0
3 Jun 2026
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Pros

Really enjoyable work environment with passionate employees. Flexible hours as well.

Cons

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2.0
15 Jun 2026
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Pros

I like the people I work with and the customer interactions that come with the job.

Cons

The management and the pay leave a lot to be desired. I have raised concerns about the department and store as a whole, such as web pick up or the service customers receive from some of my coworkers in the department but it gets ignored. In my opinion, the current GM is too corporate focused and has little concern for associates. My store pays $4/hr during closed hours. If your sticker is not on something, you’re not getting paid. In less busy departments, such as consumer electronics or Apple, I have had days where I’ve spent more on gas than I earned in a day and I’ve had friends say the same. With the way the pay is calculated, whenever you go an hour without selling or are on the clock during closed hours, your average hourly pay goes down. In some departments, it directly affects your commission rate but even in the departments that it doesn’t, your average hourly is used to calculate vacation/holiday pay. That means that just by showing up for an opening shift in a slower season, your PTO value can go down for reasons outside your control. Past that, I was promoted into a department I do not want to be in. I’ve asked to be demoted to something I enjoy more and have been told that it is a “bad idea”. Out of the five sales managers in the store, I feel like there is only one who I can discuss things with and actually get quality feedback from but since they are not my department manager, they can’t do anything. Now I hear the general manager and my sales supervisor tell other associates I am doing bad and I just laugh it off with “well I told them I didn’t want this role, why would I be good at it?”. It’s embarrassing.

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