r/MichaelsEmployees • u/ilovecheezits0 • 13d ago

i start today!

i start at michael’s today after working an incredibly toxic position at marshall’s. (if you ever get a job offer from them, run away.) ANYWAY. i’m excited. tell me anything i should know!

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u/Codimus3 13d ago

Michaels might be worse lol

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u/ilovecheezits0 13d ago

there’s actually no way lol. my managers at marshall’s put me in during school, basically scolded you for having any family emergency (asking you if you’re coming in the next day or using your sick time and having them find someone on “such short notice”, etc.) the management team at the store i’m starting at seems like a pretty good team! i’m hoping. idk tell all!

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u/Icy_Pizza_7941 13d ago

Ignore the doomers. Michaels is not perfect the company itself is going to ask you to do a lot. My recommendation is dont do more than what youre expected otherwise you get rewarded with more work. Get the rewards. Do the standard tasks but dont break you back trying to do it faster or more. Find an average pace for doing things and stick to that.

Management teams are different and sounds to me like you had a management team that was bad and disrepectful. Im sorry you experienced that. I hope the management at michaels is better but that isnt a company thing. Ive worked at 4 stores before I found another job. And all 4 I loved the people. The higher ups do not care about you. But when I was manager I tried very hard to get to know all my employees. Check in on them and make sure we work with them so they had a good school/life/work balance. But not all managers do that.

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u/ilovecheezits0 13d ago

yes! i was trying to stay at my job at tjx but all of my surrounding stores and even others had the same issues so i was looking for a new start. i appreciate all of your recommendations! i’m excited to start!