GNC Employer Reviews

Multi Tasking

Apart from my profession like contruction and store decoration

Management was ok

To be 100% productive due to understaff

Productivity

- help costumers with their daily needs in supplements
- I learned greatly in how to care one's self in terms of health and fitness
- great co-workers, enjoyable interactions
- learning new products and its benefits and able to share it with costumers
- able to meet new people

worked for two years as a sales associate, but managers changed three times while i was there. Two were terrible and whoever hired them obviously didnt know what they were doing. The only good manager we had stuck around for a month before he was promoted. Constant head butting with the manager made a bunch of us quit, turnover rate is ridiculous at – more... small locations. – less

Provide courteous, professional customer service when promoting products and services.
Conversing with customers on what they would like to do with regards to working out and having a healthier life. Steer them towards a path that will help them accomplish those goals.
There were few other co-workers which was good at establishing friendships within – more... the workplace.
The hardest part of the job would be that there were times where you would be the only one working, and when the store would get busy it would be a challenge to handle all priorities. – less

Assisted customers in need of herbal products, to obtain their goals. Was trained in various levels of digestive health, and completed GNC University, class 1 The Nutrients. Management was good to the employees at this site, allowing them the freedom to do their jobs correctly. Enjoyed working as a team with other associates or independently. The hardest – more... part of the job, was multitasking, weather dealing with customer, relining the store, dusting and basic merchandising, along with daily emails and other management assignments. The most enjoyable part was seeing a customer go away with a smile on their face, completely happy with their choices and experience within the store, and knowing that you would see a happy customer again. – less

awesome i love supplements and the atmosphere and working with the public

Great place to work. Talking with customers was fun and enjoyable. However, the company had stats to be met for selling specific products that didn't always match up with what a customer may need. This creates issues between selling what the person needs and what the company feels they should buy.
I learned a lot about the types of products and how – more... they can aid in people's health. Co-workers were fine, it's always a toss-up, but most of the time I was on my own anyway.
GNC places too much importance on stats. Get rid of the stats and sell what the customer needs and this job is perfect, but until then, it's not quite there. – less

Has it's moments when business is slow, but there is always something to do. Management is very patient and supportive to those who work hard. Nice benefits available. Can be challenging at times, but overall an awesome and fun work environment.

I was a store manager for GNC, and they would always run a skeleton crew, so I had to work seven days a week for months without anytime off. They would make us fudge the records so that we wouldn't go over our 40-hours a week, which is highly illegal, and now there is a lawsuit against the company for those practices. Sometimes, they would give us what – more... was called "Chinese pay," which is not time-and-a-half but half-time pay. If you had to go over your 40 hours, they would pay you half of what you would normally get for an hourly wage. Managers get paid basically 9+ dollars an hour, but if you work more than 40 hours, then you would $4.50 an hour for Chinese pay, which again, is illegal. Welcome to the free market.

I was thrown into the store with one weeks of training and was expected to make a huge profit. Our store was so slow, getting about 20 customers a day would be a rush. We weren't allowed to do marketing or do any promotions ourselves, so we just had to sit back and wait for people to come into the store and then try to hit the poor suckers up with the KPI's. It was all about high-pressure sales techniques and getting the person to walk out the door with at lest a vitapak, a sports supplement and wellness supplement, even if the customer didn't have the need for it, it was still our job to make him/her believe that they couldn't live without it. Our SSM up the road was so good at selling people thing that they didn't want that they would return it at my store because they were afraid to go back to his store because he would make them feel guilty for returning them. We lost so much money on his returns, which of course came out of our store budget. He would get the credit, but we would get it taken out of our budget and our KPIs, which always reflected negatively on myself and my employees, when I did have one or two. – less

Bad company to work for. Overtime is necessary but they won't cover it, so you end up having to do it and not getting paid for it. Your job is constantly being criticized even when you're doing all you can. They threaten you with your job constantly. It's hard to get anyone to want to come in to work. Horrible compensation.

I particularly did not like there managerial style, as it was almost totally driven out of cupidity. I understand completely that corporations are in business to make money, but when it is greed driven, instead of need given, you put the underlings in a awkward position. For example, when you can purchase the same product all day long at one of the – more... larger franchise chains for a cheaper price, yet you want your employees to try to sell the same item for twenty to thirty dollars over that price, then it puts an undue strain on an employee to knowingly, sell that item. On the positive side, the very nature of the business fostered a sense of wellness. A typical day would include, assisting the public with health issues utilizing any of various organic compounds that are needed in small amounts for normal growth and activity of the body. I enjoyed engaging people, and learning how the use of vitamins and herbs can help you sustain a healthy life. – less

you get pushed to sell stuff. very boring. minimum wage and commision

I worked for this company and nothing but negativity towards employees, you cant have a social life, we are overworked and under compensated, and management is a joke, I have became a manager although I wanted to treat my employees fairly although I had to face the regional manager complaining that we don't make a million dollars in one day with only – more... 50 customers. Long story short, you will learn patience and develop a drive to find a better job. – less

Great Commission
If you love health and fitness you will like this job.
Great membership program
awesome co-workers
learned so much.

I enjoy working at the General Nutrition Center, the staff is very friendly and helpful. I have learned the importance of working as a team and to make sure each customer receives a great total store experience. I have also learned a immense amount of product knowledge and informing a customer of how a certain product can benefit their daily needs.

I loved learning new things about herbal remedies and other supplements.

You’re alone in a place of another language; in the depths of your surroundings. Young, small and afraid, you walk inside feeling tense and uneasy. How can one argue that when an opportunity for another ethnicity in the same positions is given, it is wrong to take it? People of all ages have resorted to being someone they are not, in search of something – more... that everyone deserves wither it is respect, friends, a place to fit in or security.
I work at a store on 32nd street inside the Manhattan mall called ' GNC ‘. In my store is the only Hispanic person. My co-workers are Asian .We all have different identities but the few who is so different, so eccentric are noted as being unique then others. My assistant manager asks me: ' Do you feel comfortable here? I have never given much thought to being the only Hispanic person at my job. When they speak their language I simply do my duties and not listen. I realize that because I am another ethnicity my co-workers and I lack communication. – less

GNC is a company that is very popular for a reason, its good at what it does. the work was very high paced and there were steep goals that had to be reached daily. the first management was never there and the replacement was way to stern and unfair. My co workers at the time helped me grow in the company which helped me excel in future jobs so i appreciate – more... them to this day. shipment day was the biggest problem having to put away all the shipment alone in a short period of time with a small amount of space to put them made the job much harder. – less

For the majority of time working here, the environment was excellent.

Working with my district manger was always a pleasure there to teach and willing to train to help you with your postion. Educating new mangers and employees and showing them the understanding of the business and the importance of why we do it. I enjoyed having the 5 stores and teaching them how to maketheir store stand out from the others, dealing with – more... time mangement and passing the information on to other managers so their postions would be easier for them and seeing what was taught and others doing well with what you taught them. – less