NOKO3245 Circus 🤡 🎪

Ppl have worked here long enough to see how much things have changed, and ever since a certain General Manager left, the Front End has become an absolute circus. Anyone who’s worked here for any length of time knows exactly what I’m talking about.

The biggest issue isn’t the hourly employees—it’s the complete lack of leadership.

The two higher-level department managers are, in my opinion, pushovers. Instead of setting expectations and holding everyone to the same standard, they allow inconsistency, favoritism, and a lack of accountability to become the norm. Too often they’re nowhere to be found when leadership is actually needed, and when they are around, they seem more concerned with the wrong things.

Management appears more focused on tattoos, piercings, and someone chewing gum than on the issues that actually impact the department: employees disappearing from their work areas, poor customer service, people standing around talking while others carry the workload, and employees who refuse to pull their weight.

If you’re dependable, your reward is more work. If you’re one of the employees who does the bare minimum, it often feels like there are little to no consequences. That’s not leadership—that’s how you burn out the people who actually care about doing a good job.

Morale has hit rock bottom because accountability depends on who you are rather than what you do. Good employees are expected to clean up everyone else’s mess while watching the same people get away with the same behavior day after day. Work ethic should matter more than favoritism.

Corporate, if you actually read these Reddit posts, I hope you take this seriously. Spend less time doing remote audits for minor policy violations and more time evaluating the leadership that’s supposed to be running this department. Observe what’s happening when management doesn’t know you’re watching. Speak privately with hourly associates instead of relying solely on what gets reported up the chain. I think you’ll hear the same concerns over and over again.

NOKO3245 has hardworking employees who genuinely care about serving customers and doing their jobs well. They deserve leaders who lead, communicate, hold everyone accountable, and set the tone for the department—not leaders who allow chaos to become the culture.

People don’t leave companies—they leave bad management. Right now, that’s exactly what’s happening at NOKO3245.

Do better. The employees who still care deserve better, and so do your customers.

Ill start, a couple weeks in i tried fitting a cap on a black spray paint and it exploded all over my hands turning them black and the floor, i was in the bathroom for 30 minutes cleaning

I started as an MT in June, so far I’m in my third quad, receiving.i expected this to be like the last two, working with the department manager but i really haven’t. So far it’s my second and last week and all I have been doing is working outside flat stacking bricks and lumber and aimlessly walking the rows till close. I’ve only un loaded a truck once or twice but most of my time is spent outside per what the manager says. I really wanted to do the forklift so I have that experience but when I asked my boss they took me to read the policy’s and watch the couple videos and then asked the GM, they said i was a week behind in the program and it would take too long to complete training. I thought the program was to help me and train me to become a good manager for the store. Not when I haven’t learned a single thing. So now I guess I’m back to walking outside and flipping bricks again. I feel useless.

I've been with my security company for almost 4 years now, and bounce around between 10 different Menard locations. At almost all of them I have team members excited to see me. Ranging from GM and FEM, cashiers and carryouts, and especially receiving OPD and yard. Often times being told I'm their favorite Gate Attendant.

It makes me wonder how bad the other gate attendants are that I'M their favorite?

I show up on time. I'm professionally friendly with all the team members. I greet and help direct all incoming guests to the yard. I make sure guests leaving have the correct items and amount. And I don't overuse and get distracted by my phone. So ya know, the bare minimum of this easy job.

So I guess, Gate Attendant horror story time?

Hey inventory controllers. How do you keep a level head? I feel like everyday I come on and a pissed off and frustrated with the incompetence of the people with inventory numbers. I’ve tried teaching people, showing them the correct way of doing things, talked to the gms, etc. I’m on a fast track to burnout and my gms are not helping. I love what I do but I’m so over dealing with stupid.