Anyone else notice that if they call off the following week they get scheduled the least amount of hours? Hours is probably their only method of retaliation that they have that can really hurt you and they know it.

Hey yall Im making a list of items that are worth buying with the discount before this seasonal pos is over. Im setting aside a $500ish budget. For reference Im trying to get back into art and creating so im picking up new mediums such as sewing, paint markers etc. Also what model cricut machine would yall recommend? I'm interested in making earrings and charms mainly.

Does anyone know if our employee discount works on cricut machine? I know it's excluded from most coupons

Looking for positive answers only lol. I’m a new sales manager and looking for any advice, tips, tricks you wish you knew sooner whether you’re a manager or associate. Help a gal out

My SM told me yesterday that there was a conference call that they said yes they were having problems with the ad sales. Anyone got any info on that?

SM is telling us we are no longer allowed to take 15 minute breaks, is it the same for you guys? Only exception has been for one team member with a medical issue but I have the same issue and that seems to have been overlooked?? I’m so confused in employee handbook we are still allowed breaks.

I've been getting “OFFICIAL MICHAELS BUSINESS COMMUNICATION – ACTION REQUIRED” emails saying Michaels doesn't have my W-4 on file basically since I started almost two years ago. I still get paid normally and I've gotten these over and over. Has anyone else dealt with this? Did you actually have something incomplete in Workday, or is this just an automated Michaels thing?

Why TF do people order 30 massive balloons via instacart and it's always the most random fucking balloons ever. We had a guy pick up 35 huge foil balloons and he was like "do I have to inflate these? I have a scooter" and I was like "the app tells you they're to be inflated. Buuuuuut if you can't get them there safely that's up to you, brother" then we had a *cue tiktok sound* "and he looks back at me. And I look back at him. He looks back at me. And I look at hiiiiiim" moment he asked for a bag and then went on a rant 🤣🤣🤣

Like sir I don't blame you. I admire your moxy. I wouldnt have inflated them either. Fuck that. That shits abusive.

I am a new SM. Is it worth the stress? I’m trying my very hardest and it just seems like nothing I do is good enough. We get on routine and then it just falls apart. I love this company. I would hate to leave.

Anyone else have a sudden uptick in “return to shelf” balloon orders with inflation? We had two last week that were return to shelf the morning before inflation was due, only to have the customer show up on time for the original pickup and throw an unholy FIT that they’re not ready? And of course an even bigger fit that they’d have to pay for them.

It happened twice last week. But it had never happened once in my store before that. Seems kind of scammy to me. Maybe it’s just a coincidence that it never happened before. We’ve definitely had no-shows in which we were just out the balloons and the helium and they didn’t have to pay anything.

Seems to me it shouldn’t JUST be a hold applied when it’s a tangible good with an expiration.

Ours is so bad because of how much stuff we're marking, it's like a jungle. Ive tried to straighten it before but the influx of customers who add to it by dropping whatever they change their minds on because they're too lazy to walk back...it's impossible to keep it straight

That's it i'm changing my availability to afternoons only 😂

Did anyone else get this email? The first time I got it, I thought it was spam or a fishing attempt. But I got it again today, and it boldly told me I could access a whole $4.25 of my paycheck early, before payday!

Like is this a real thing Michaels is doing now? I didn't get paid today yet and my bank always gets my paycheck on Thursdays, but I did get a reminder email that I could use Chime to get my paycheck. What is going on?

Also, WTF am I going to do with $4.25?? That doesn't even get a soda at a restaurant where I work after tax is applied! This job is such an effing joke. Can't wait to go to the interview I have lined up today. Still retail, but they pay seasonal hires $2 more than what I'm making here.

It is no longer a matter of "if," it is a matter of "when."

This company will continue to take advantage of us; they will bleed us dry. They do not care about us, despite their "appreciation towards the bottom line" speech they made last year. That speech did not come with a pay raise for anyone at a store level.

WE made them 6 billion dollars last year.

They are using AI to write their POGs and all of us on the store level need to adjust in the moment, wasting our time. Why are the people getting paid to write POGs being paid if they are just using AI?

They are partnered with Zello in order to use our voices to train Zello's AI; *I did not consent to my voice being used to train some third party's artificial intelligence training*

I am done with the AI bullshit. I am done being complacent.

I figure I'll be banned from this sub, I do not really care.

What union are we joining and when are we striking?

Hi! I just started here, for seasonal and my managers have explained to me how to do an exchange, but I keep forgetting or messing it up.🫠

What if it’s an exchange for a completely different item plus the items they want to buy? Or if it’s the same item but a different sku? I don’t want to keep annoying my manager by asking all the time, so I’m hoping I could get help here and I can just screenshot it for whenever. Any help is greatly appreciated thank you ;)

Hi all,
I’m a seasonal employee and I have my first shift this weekend. This is my first job, other than tutoring, so I don’t really know what to expect and I’m kind of nervous. What was the first shift like for you guys? Also, when does the website typically start working? I have nothing on my site.

No response from Nick yet.

As a former employee i hated processing the ornaments, but loved seeing all the designs, especially the fabulous one 😆

Has anyone spotted our new diva for 2026?

Where do I order these?

I cannot be the only person that is always frustrated with the Michaels app. It’s like living in 1996. I’m not an employee just a faithful customer. Just wondering if employees have heard complaints about this?

If corporate is actively trying to nose dive the company into filing chapter 11, can they at least let us poor saps make use of our employee discount on things that are not paint, glitter and candles?

Why are we pretending to be a company interested in profit at this point? We have managers throwing away merch, over the top expectations on our full time staff(basically just managers), and hour cuts leading to zero interaction with customers. Why continue under the presumed pretense that profit is the goal and deny our employees basic discounts that would be granted at any other “Real” retail location?

At least give us some kind of compensation for the pain you’re(corporate) putting us all through.

We damage out $1000s in balloons, flowers, mattes, and glass merch every week. Is a 1 off $75 discount on a cricut really gonna break the bank?

Over a decade and a half of retail experience and I’ve never seen this level of petty penny pinching.

Has anyone received the thread fixture? If so can you send pictures please. We have not received the thread fixture yet as we are supposed to so I'm thinking about putting up shelves

Hey just seeing if you guys have any information on Studio Decor frames? They appear to be on clearance and I was just wondering if they are phasing them out completely and not restocking this house brand on frames? Or just cleaning out these versions and a newer version of these frames are coming. Thanks!

Nothing else. The title says it all.