front office assistant

sales associate

office assistant

interior designer

handler

Matter Brothers Furniture

Matter Brothers is a beautiful store with many great products to sell. A typical day is greeting customers and building relationships, hopefully selling them that day or in the future. This store has many repeat customers and many shopping the market before making a decision. The store has many large ticket sales, and the opportunity to make great money is definitely there. They have great vendors who provide training and lots of incentives. it can be a very fun work environment. It can also be filled with petty drama and the typical mean-spirited workers you sometimes find in competitive sales environments.  Management was always very inconsistent with different employees in regard to workplace policies. The owners (brothers) largely let the managers run the individual stores, while they work on the selection of products and overall direction of the company. They are a well respected family in the furniture business and quality people to work for. For the medium to somewhat high end market - Matter Brothers is certainly one of the best furniture stores I have ever encountered.

As a senior designer I was given autonomy to work with clients as well as to promote new sales.  The sales/design team worked in a fair trade environment where there was mutual respect.  Our store manager always did a great job of supporting the staff and providing tools needed for our success.  When I was there the work was commission only, which did not include a base salary or compensation for non sales time put into our work.  Designing and following up on orders from implementation to delivery was time consuming but imperative to providing customer service to my clients.  I believe that may have been changed now but I am not sure.  Benefits were insurance and a 401K plan that was instated approximately one year before I left to move to another state.  MB bottom lines is sales with a commission structure that is more in line with company goals than employee support.  Employee recognition was for sales totals, rarely for other input that advanced the store image and customer service or client satisfaction.  Advertising support is a big focus, branding the company in a way that brought excellent consumer recognition.

I have been in the furniture business over 10 years and this place has the worst work culture I’ve ever seen. I worked with very nice people but the management and support staff at the Tarpon Springs location is shockingly unprofessional. The manager is in a perpetual state of disgust. She is constantly gossiping and mocking customers and EVERY person that works there. A manager should keep things calm and orderly, not stand around talking bad about everyone and creating tension in the workplace. I really liked my coworkers but this manager was terrible. If you decide to work here, make sure you’re an expert on their STORIS system. You’ll get no help from management. I was there less than a month and was chastised for asking how to run a sales report. This was during a slow time of the day. The store is in disrepair, stained carpets, a third of the overhead lighting was out. Try selling rugs in a hallway next to the bathrooms. The other locations seem to be much better but the Tarpon Springs location is disaster. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
They do not care about their employees. They never give you a raise no matter how long you’re there. And if you ever want to take a job somewhere else and put in your notice, they let you go the same day. Very unfair. Overall, the employees that work there are very awesome.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
You never know what mood the owners are going to be in when they come in it’s like you’re on pins and needles.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The employees that work there are really awesome. Like I said, it’s just some days you don’t know what to expect when you go in.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Just taking care of customers and employees helping each other out.

What is the best part of working at the company?
To help our clients make their home beautiful . Our Store was so Beautiful. 


What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Making sure their custom selections would come in at the time frame that we estimate.




What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
For the most part, everybody worked together as a team everybody helps each other.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Very busy, so many customers coming through the door. Great opportunity to make a lot of money.

Recently hired to work in the office and so impressed with everything.  I am receiving lots of training.  My managers are really helpful and supportive to make sure that I have everything I need.  The best part is my office area is so nice and relaxing and my co workers are so nice. My work hours are great - we start early and get out early - I actually have time with with kids.   I honestly enjoy coming to work.  This is going to be my forever place!

There is absolutely nothing to aspire to working there, very few meetings and when there is one its always negative, management and owners DO NOT care how much you give them because its never good enough. Higher positions are given to family and friends of owners. They ask and ask and ask the world out of you but to get a raise, enough people have to start quitting. The only positive thing here is get the experience and let someone else pay you better somewhere else afterwords. Benefits are HORRIBLE!

I love working here!  The staff is very friendly, and we all work together to get the job done.  It is a place that you enjoy coming to work each day!  The sky is the limit here with commissions and you can earn a very decent check.  The benefits are great and very affordable compared to most places.  They are always doing things for the employees like breakfast, lunches.  We have some fantastic things scheduled for the holidays!  

Putting all personal issues aside, this job exceeded my expectations going into it. It paid me and raised my pay for a position I was given fairly. It taught me so many things that I didn’t know how to do before that I can use in my future endeavors and I appreciate the year I worked for this company. The hours were nice 7:00-3:30, and having a space to decorate as my own was nice as well to make me feel at peace when you’re listening to customers all day long. Overall, I enjoyed it. 

Love this job, I make more money than I ever have.  The group that I work with are fun to work with and we enjoy coming in each day. I have no stress and my hours are perfect - I actually have time with my family.

Benefits are decent priced and they have several options to pick from.

Highy recommend this place the owners are the best group of guys.



Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Front office assistant 10 salaries reported	$37.00 per hour
Sales associate 2 salaries reported	$50,000 per year
Office assistant 1 salary reported	$16.00 per hour
Interior designer 3 salaries reported	$105,000 per year
Handler 1 salary reported	$17.00 per hour

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