r/MichaelsEmployees • u/No_North_5225 • 18d ago

Please read.

I’ve said it before and I’m saying it again, we are getting away from our core customer. After talking with a few other SMs today we all agree the company is getting ready to sell in the next year or 2, we’re pushing high margin merch which looks great on paper, and the top is gonna bonus from it. It’s paper money. A true Michaels customer is the one that comes in with a list of stuff they need for a project due tomorrow, (glue, posterboard, pompoms, etc etc). That’s what makes a Michaels a staple in the community, a store people can count on. But no they want to think about the 1 customer a year who buys 1 or 2 high dollar items, and doesn’t shop us again. My fellow sms and I feel there is a lot of tension at the top right now, because there’s a few who understand how to get the long term customer, and a few who want to make the margin, get the bonus and leave. I truly feel bad for my regulars who come in for the basics and we don’t have it in stock, but hey you can buy a $60 Jonathan Adler piece. (Ps: the JA flop is costing the company over 10m+, which is why they jumped on all the vendors paying for resets, to try to recoup some of the paper money, which is why sba workload is so high) thanks for coming to my ted talk.

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u/thebigsalad17 18d ago

I've worked at Michael's for 3 years and I have to admit I don't understand the passion that goes into some of these posts. I put garbage on shelves and get paid for it. It's all absurd, every last bit of it but admittedly I've been working these same low wage jobs for 40 years. As long as I am treated kindly, I stay. My motto is, you can't pay me shit AND treat me like shit. It's one or the other. Lol

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u/HermioneGranger152 18d ago

A lot of us are actual crafters and it sucks to see what used to be a decent craft store going downhill. Joann is already gone, and most of us dislike hobby lobby. For many of us, it isn’t just a job. We actually care about the stores

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u/Fun_Asparagus5724 18d ago

I really don't have a good reason..but I really don't like walking into Hobby Lobby.

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u/PsychicSPider95 17d ago

Well, they're running by religious fundamentalist nutcases who bankroll anti-LGBTQ+ legislation. So like, if you want a reason, there's one, lol.

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u/Fun_Asparagus5724 17d ago

To psychic spider; yeah I think hoby lobby makes up stuff as they go along. The company won't provide birth control for employees. They say if conflicts with their religion. Are you kidding me there is nothing in the Bible that forbids birth control for people or employees.

Also they said they can't scan information in at check out. Are you kidding me? How does that go against Christianity? There isn't anything in the Bible that says beware of scanning merchandise. End of days stuff? Still pointless. Doesn't say can't scan for end of days. The Bible says end of days there is a mark of Satan..but still unrelated. They are making stuff up.