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I worked for this company for years and eventually became a dept manager only making 12.50 an hr. Barely ever had any help in my dept so it was mostly just me doing everything when there should be at least one other full timer and a part timer in each dept. i was also expected by the store manager to do the work of three people and many different things outside my job description and was talked about and wrote up if I couldn’t accomplish those tasks even if they weren’t do-able by myself. Eventually pay went up a little but new managers were still being hired in at $13 while I wasn’t even being paid that. Also many employees in the store are overworked as well because of understaffing. They also hire in new people and pay them a bit more than people who have been there for years. The management is poor at best, somewhat disrespectful and very unorganized. Corporate had to be called multiple times by different employees because of issues. Corporate also caused issues for employees and management. Management has extremely high expectations for the pay and understaffing situation. I honestly wouldn’t recommend working here. If you’re in high school and needing a starting part time job it’s not the worst. If you need to pay bills and possibly support a family find some place else to work. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
Store was close to where I live.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
 Company does not keep their word to their employees. Hiring agreements are verbal. Promises on scheduled work hours are not kept. The Company Owners are very greedy. Required weekly training does not work, training links are out of date by 6 or more years. Daily safety is required, but many do not apply to the actual area the employee works in. Management requires them to be 100% completed, which is asking the employee to lie on the form and digitally sign each day.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Very stressful. The "very old" computer system used by this company is difficult to learn. Many quit in 3-4 weeks because of this outdates register system. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Great if there are no customers in the store. Simple things at most stores require a manager or someone who has been there 3+ years to answer "correctly". Most employees just guess, so they don't have to call someone else and bring attention to themselves.

The pay is here is laughable. Be prepared to feel resentment because a new hire is making the same or more than you, even if you hold a higher position over them. Bare minimum of employees scheduled to save that dollar, yet management expects all freight to be put away in a timely fashion, keep check out lanes moving, bring carts inside and answer the store phone every 3 minutes, yet there’s only 2 cashiers scheduled at opening and 2 for closing. The phones ringing at the checkout lanes is highly inconvenient and rude for the customer you are checking out. You will battle with the old janky shopping carts daily. The point of sale system is ancient, be prepared to step back into the 90’s. Half of your day is trying to find sku #’s for product that won’t ring up. Pricing signage is constantly off or confusing to customers, therefor it’s the cashier’s fault and whom gets the backlash from the customer. I get along well with the other employees and some of the regular employees are very friendly. I would look elsewhere if I were you, and that’s precisely what I’m doing.

A day at work as a Delivery driver was Rush rush rush and safety was last , trucks wouldn't get repaired in a timely manor tires blowing left and right no matter how many times you wrote them down on safety inspection. Run them till they blow, brakes failing and truck rolling off unoccupied.  Most in the office thought they were your boss and single-handedly  made the deliveries  with a phone call and you were just the driver. Would micro mange you to death and not allow you to use tools that made your job easier. lots of work drama and a chosen few could do anything with no disciplinary actions taken even if you told management .  They expected you to run when carrying drywall or someone from office would call you and be rude asking what is taking you so long with attitude . High turn over rate before and after my employment , i did not feel appreciated or like a team member here as did previous employees before and after my employment

A typical day at work felt like i was at home. i loved knowing that i had to wake up to go to work. The people there are very kind and welcoming and they will help you no matter what. i learned how to work a cashier and i leaned how to do things at the service desk like how to place fish orders or how to do lay-a-ways  and i learned how to do a shop repair order. the management there was really good the managers where on top of everything there where there right by your side anytime you needed them. The hardest part of the job was learning how to deal with a rude and crude costumer. It took me about to weeks how to take them. The most enjoyable part of the job was being around people who cared and helped you when ever you needed the to be there to help you

Zero training is given to new hires and there are no job outlines or expectations given to employees.  SOP's are outdated by years, so is the equipment and technologies used for all store processes. We deal with frustrated customers because items can not be priced or the sales ads and online pictures do not match product being sold.  One sided rules and favoritism are given to company family and girlfriends of the senior staff. Daily we ask for help from management and we are ignored as they will not leave their office or are too busy taking personal cellphone calls. 

If the Buchheit family truly wanted this business to succeed they would appoint QUALIFIED managers to run their stores. The incompetent manager(s) are the reason this place has such a high turnover over rate of employees. If you dont quit, they will fire you without good reason! 
2 of the  managers are more concerned with each other than doing their job.
Everything you do here has 712 USELESS steps, all because of the out dated software. 
The training you receive comes from the other employees and they may or may not show you the proper way of doing things. Otherwise you have to do “trainings” which do not train or teach you anything at all. 
 Prepare yourself for scheduling to ALWAYS be wrong, it will NEVER align with your availability.

The work environment at Buchheits is all around good. The pay is lacking in my opinion and is not always fair. Buchheits also has strict requirements for moving up that require you to be available for all open store hours. The hardest part of this job is just dealing with customers and trying to keep the sales floor stocked while being under pressure to clear receiving or while being short staffed. The people at Buchheits are great and can make the job very enjoyable. Although, the sense of teamwork does tend to be lacking within the company. A good work/life balance can be difficult to do at this company for one that plans on climbing the ladder of management and potentially corporate.

Computer system is archaic to say the least. For such a successful company they invest their funds in all the wrong places. It shouldn't take 5 keystrokes to get to a screen to even begin to ring someone out! Pay was okay for rhe area, but compared to other companies it's lacking. My few days of "training" all I did was watch employees eat and stand around occasionally showing me how to do something. The ones that have been there a while have little patients for showing newbies how to navigate the ancient computer system. It's very tedious and really sad. And they wonder why turnover rates are a problem. I doubt I will be there long at all.

Buchheit is an amazing workforce with a strong team of workers who always work together. Buchheit is a smaller  company so you get to meet the CEO and the sons who run all the Buchheit companies fairly often which was an interesting aspect of that business. The managers were good about allowing the days you requested off and if they weren't able to, you could switch shifts with another coworker. Working at Buchheit, you learn different departments whether you work in that section or not. I enjoyed this aspect because it pushed you to learn and educate yourself that eventually will have to be transferred to real-life situations.

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