Michaels Employer Reviews

Not all Michaels stores are like the one I worked at, and my review reflects only that of the store I was employed at. The staff was not very willing to answer questions, nor where they very kind when you had a question. All employees worked alone at Michaels. The training was very scarce. Their idea of training was to throw new employees onto a register – more... after only watching another for a few minutes, and see how they do. I was afraid of asking questions when I needed help. It just wasn't a very friendly work environment. – less

This job consist of being able to recover all store locations to ensure and clean and safe environment for customers to shop inside. Also, being able to assist customers of a variety of different question regarding store products. The ability to run a cash registrar quickly and productively to ensure all customers a fast and courteous check out.

It was part time with no advancement.Employee hours were poorly scheduled and there was no enthusiasum,moral was low.

Customer Service, Planning and execution, Training and developing associates.
I learned how to be flexable, Insuring that the customer was happy, and that the work still got done with constant changes to what jobs were priority.
During my 20 plus years, I has some outstanding managers, and some really bad ones.
My co-workers worked together as a team – more... and was able to complete impossible tasks.
The lack of time for my family. I worked really long days, with little time off and not time for my family.
The customers and my co-workers, and I love merchandising. – less

Replensihment team unloads SBA and seasonal truck. The team also works on new planograms for SBA and seasonal truck. Everyone had gained knowledge of how to work with a RF gun to locate a product location, merchandise price, and QOH's. Restocks merchandise, recovers isle, sales associate.

There is no typical day at work, everyday is a new adventure and you never know what the day will hold there, but I love it. I enjoy the customers the most because they always have the best stories and awesome project ideas. My co-workers are amazing to work with, they are very helpful and friendly all of us including management work as a team.

Pleasant place to work, people very helpful company was very flexiable on work schedules nice job. Customers mostly pleasant Hardest part standing for long periods.

The typical day at work is not bad being a cashier. Except for the occasional rude customer. I have awesome co-workers who have all become like family to me. I love being able to help the customer in any way possible. The management is awesome, sometimes they can get a bit flustered though. Overall great place to work.

With michaels being an arts and crafts store as it's specialty, doing some form of art is always better for such a place. I'm an artist myself, so I already had plenty of knowledge of the products sold, making a job there more suitable for me. I like the co workers I worked with and the store itself was easy to navigate so helping people find a product – more... wasn't a hassle at all. The management had some issues when I worked there, especially with very minimal hours given to me and a few other workers. And I can't be sure why it was, but most of the customers always seemed to be in a very negative mood, if not angry. Policies were never enforced, so people had a very misconstrued view on what was right and wrong when it came to sales, etc. If I had the opportunity though, I would love to work there again. While my past experience wasn't the greatest, I know all stores run differently and adaptation is always a part of working. – less

A typical day is helping customers, while running a register, and keeping the store clean. Management is alright, depending on your location. The co-workers are a little annoying, but not bad. Hardest part of the job is dealing with the customers, and the nightly clean-up. The most enjoyable part is the ease of the job. It doesn't require much thought.

Great for getting your foot in the door and gaining cashier experience.
Get a good discount that you can use with coupons.
Coworkers are very welcoming and nice.
Closing was always a blast.
Don't really give out a lot of hours every week.

Working with Micheals was a learning experience. It is a Corporate owed company, but due to local economy did not allow me a full time position

This is a seasonal job where the environment is very relaxed.

A typical day at work is busy. There is more to do than I can keep up with. They need more people. People were surprisingly cut throat. Co-workers are a mix of nice people and very aggressive people.
The hardest part of the job is no structure-no plan-no creative direction. Too many opinions and no rules.

The typical day here was mostly working nights, I would manage all the returns and count the drawers. Clean up the store. Work with other customers. The most tedious part of this job was working with the stickers, stamps and beads, everything had its own place and if a small child messed it up, it would have to be redone.

I loved working for Michaels! I was employed there during high school and it was great when I needed to do a project for class! I loved the management and the team mates that I worked with. The hardest part was the day after Christmas sale and the best part was being a creative person and seeing what projects you could do!

A typical day at work will consist of waiting on customers and delivering fast and friendly service at the check out counter. Answering the phones, greeting visitors as they come through the door and long lines of not so happy customers waiting to make their purchases and move on to their next task or errand.

A typical day is very indecisive. I start out as Service leader, end up on the custom framing counter for an hour, stop- run to open every locked up product cage. and also be a backup cashier for all of the other slow and inefficient cashier. Great customers, fantastic products, and a lack of communication.

A typical day at work was relaxed and go at your own pace. I learned alot about arts and crafts. The management was not cooperative and didn't want to advance people for hard work. The hardest part of the job was gaining respect from fellow employees. The most enjoyable part of the job was the fact that there was alot of arts and craft and there's an – more... ability to constantly learn new things. – less

I loved all of my coworkers and my managers were nothing short of amazing. However, we were the smallest store in the SE and also the busiest. This meant we moved twice as much merchandise in half as much room. This daily mind puzzle on where to set all of the inventory made this a frustrating job and I felt we were worked much harder than we were getting – more... paid for. The success of my managers cannot be understated. – less