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Abt has a great community of workers, but and awful selection when it comes to who they choose to lead… You will find yourself working 6 days a week but not allowed to work over 40 hours to avoid Overtime Payment, not only is that just demanding to a person’s schedule but the retail setting that Abt sets also takes a toll on the worker, Abt has a “customer is always right” mentality with the quote “The answer is yes to any reasonable request” being stretched as far as it can possibly go, and sometimes going too far, I worked for Abt for 3.5 years and enjoyed my time but also hated my time, I refused to work 6 days a week for 40 hours, it’s ridiculous and demanding. When being in situations with customers whether it’s a disagreement over what they paid for and what they wanted to buy, sales people and warehouse staff are guilty until proven innocent, while Abt runs like a very efficient machine human error happens and those errors are punished instead of learned from with a forgiving attitude, instead of learning from the mistake and becoming a stronger employee you are docked from your bonus without question. It’s quite a toxic culture when it comes to management and customer base at Abt, but it’s truly the working people that make Abt great at the core, not the management, there are some gems from management, but they are few and far between.

I normally don’t leave reviews, but I feel it’s important to share my experience working here. In my time with the company, I worked hard, consistently showed up, and even earned a promotion—something I was proud of and believed reflected my performance. However, only a few months after being promoted, I was unexpectedly let go without any real explanation.

From my perspective, the environment in my department was extremely unbalanced. There was clear favoritism, and some employees were treated very differently than others. It became obvious that my department manager simply did not like me, and I strongly feel that this bias influenced how I was treated. I later found out that things were said about me to upper management that did not reflect my work ethic or behavior.

What was most disappointing is that none of the higher-level management ever spoke to me directly about any concerns. I never had a chance to explain myself or even understand what the issue supposedly was. Instead, HR was sent to terminate me without providing any meaningful reasoning. It felt unprofessional and unfair, especially considering I had just been promoted—if I was good enough for that, it makes no sense to be fired less than three months later.

Overall, my experience left me feeling undervalued and misrepresented. I hope the company eventually addresses the favoritism and communication issues within management so that other employees don’t go through the same thing. 

they train you for about a week then send you out on the road with a lead driver. Before you know it, you're getting bounced around with everyone. making it difficult to pick up on what you'll need to know. eventually you'll learn the way around. The lead installers don't have the time to help you learn nor do they have the patience for you. manage plays favoritism with certain people. while some get paid well and have easy work days...the guys that aren't their favorite guys DONT. Your work load and days won't be fair nor easy. theres no consistant schedule on when you get off, if you finish early, they make you go back out and help someone else who has a long day. so what would've been a 2pm day for you is now 8pm day. The injury rate is extremely high. not a job you'd want to remain at forever. 

I was basically let go without giving a legitimate reason after bussing my a** there for years at the peak of covid.  they don't care about you and It shows. theres so much more that went on at that place, I could go on but this is basically the gist.

Abt is the worst company I have worked for in my entire career. Everyday you come in and everyone seems so dead to the world and depressed and unhappy to be there. Co workers talk behind your back. Managers act like they are the kings of the world. It’s all trash. I’ve never seen a manager put in actual work besides talk amongst each other. Now the Abt family in general, very kind hearted people. I give them a bunch of good reviews. But their name is being tarnished by the things that go on behind the scenes in the workplace. It’s quite sad. If it’s not managers being useless and coworkers talking. Maybe it’s the “in office hookup”. I’ve seen and heard plenty of stories lol. My point is, the pay is decent, the hours are meh. But if you want to survive in this job.. you need to put a fake smile on your face and get on your knees and listen to whatever they say. They treat new hires like a piece of clay and try to mold them to be the best and follow the “Abt way”. I compare it to North Korea very often. If you are reading this take this as a warning and do not make the mistake I did. Beware. 

A typical day would start off with me counting my cash draw and make sure all the money was balanced. Once that was done I was available to assist with customers and ring them up for their purchases. In the middle of that the phone would ring and I would assist with a service drivers and help ring an order for them or help them locate needed information. Management was helpful and assisted on the floor when we got busy. Co-workers helped also when questions needed to be answered. The hardest part of my day would be not really something each day per say but when we would have big promotional sale weekends those days would be hard, because there was not really time to do anything else but to assist with customers. The most enjoyable part of the day would be the same day just because there is a lot of excitement in working in a fast-paced busy environment.

The work itself is stressful intensive and occasionally overwhelming, but managements agenda can be  a major issue. Rey and Rigo tend to judge people quickly once they have a perspective of you no changing it no matter how hard and efficient you work.they can run the warehouse in a very strict micro management style. There is clear favoritism, which affects morale and integrity. Pay is lower than it should be for the workload, and once you’re placed in a department, it’s very difficult to transfer out but they will transfer you unwillingly. Without you knowing. Overall, the company and employees would benefit from fairer management practices, better pay, and more flexibility for employees. Very stressful beware also no overtime if you are an employee that’s not on trucks 

My immediate supervisors could not write out work schedules and daily duties without the help of myself or another individual because they lacked proper English skills. Upper management from customer service was bloated and lazy from years of complacency, Upper management showed a lack of professionalism and courtesy often times passing bodily gases and not even properly excusing themselves, they talked down to most people who where not in management often times humiliating there employees. If this company was to shutter there doors forever the world would be a better place and  most people could make due with Best Buy, Walmart and Amazon.

My experience here was terrible. I was treated unfairly because I didn’t know the Abt’s personally or wasn’t apart of their family. My coworkers in that department didn’t want to train me at all. Anytime I’d ask anyone a question, they’d roll their eyes give me a half-assed answer and then go about their business. The managers weren’t any help either. They spent all their time talking about the latest Scandal episode or whatever was on TV the night before and didn’t help train me at all. This place claims they’re “family oriented” and “understanding” and that’s all a lie. The only family they care about is their own. The only reason one of my department managers was a manager is because she used to babysit for one of the Abt’s. This place is a terrible place to work.

Abt is a great place to work if you intend to work and leave without speaking to anyone.  The pay is higher than most places offer, but the trade off is a gossipy, toxic work environment. 

Management is chosen through nepotism, upper management has few qualifications to be in their position.  The owners hold personal grudges and favoritism against employees.  HR offers no support, as they’re largely internal promotions that operate directly under the owners’ thumbs. 

The work culture is very much like a high school; everyone (including management) is gossiping about each other and out for themselves.  It’s a great place to collect a paycheck if you can somehow avoid getting involved with anyone. 

The good part of this job is that it pays very well and offers raises and bonuses throughout the year. 

The bad part of this job is that it takes up much of your free time. You work long hours (up to 16 hours/day). Typical work week is Monday-Saturday (Wednesdays off during the slow season). Management is unorganized/unprofessional. If you have a problem you need to constantly reach out to them until something gets done. There are many times that they send you out to do a job that is not within your skills and will tell you to "figure it out" which leads to a sloppy job and unhappy customers. They do not care for the safety of the employees. They will work you until you brake (literally) which is why there are many injured workers. This seems to be an ongoing problem but nothing is done about it.

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