Open letter to Menards.
Blogged on Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 by Rachael. Filed in Blog365, Complaint.
I’m mostly writing this for the benefit of my fellow Michigan readers, because this blog gets picked up by the blog section of Flint MLive (hi guys!), and I have something I want to say to Menards.
Dear Menards,
When my husband and I heard about you coming to our neck of the woods (Clio, to be specific), we were really excited about the extra jobs you were promising. We heard it was somewhere around 250 jobs that you were bringing to this employment-starved area (I tried to find a link, but I failed for now), and we felt certain that one of those jobs would be right for Troy.
We drove past the job site every chance we could, sometimes driving up to the doors and looking for a sign - anything - that you were about to start the hiring process. We checked your website, we checked all the employment websites. We trolled around online looking for a mention of what you were going to do next, because we wanted to be ready.
Troy happened to read this article on MLive’s website, which said that a bunch of people had already been able to start applying, so we drove up there right away. He sat for less than five minutes in a quickie-style interview, and was told that he’d be called if there was a second interview in the works.
And we’ve waited. And waited. We went back a week or so later, to ask if they could tell us when the interviews might start, or at least if Troy was on the short list. He was brushed off, rudely, by one of your managers. This manager wouldn’t even tell him if you had STARTED interviewing.
You have had no media coverage whatsoever that we can determine, apart from the blog article from back in April, almost a month ago now. For a company that promised new jobs for the area, you’re being awfully damn sneaky about it. You don’t seem to care about the people around here hoping for something, anything, and won’t even give us the courtesy of a number to call and ask questions.
Your new store isn’t listed on your website, there are no listings on the job search sites for this area, and there are no numbers to call.
In short, Menards, you suck. Epic fail. What gives you the right to offer jobs and then be secretive? Is this the way you treat people when they’re your employees? Badly done. You can rest assured that I will never shop at your Clio store, because I’m positive that your customer service will suck just as much as your human resource service.
Yours truly,
The wife of the best damn worker you could possibly have hired.
EDITED TO ADD:
If you feel so led, here is the link to their contact page: Guest Services.
10 Responses to “Open letter to Menards.”
FOR GREAT JUSTICE!!
LEEEROY JENKINS!!
May 13, 2008
This seems to be so typical of the bigger corporations, they promise the jobs and they arent to be seen. I feel for you and your family. seems all that company wanted was the publicity…
May 13, 2008
@ Neil:
Yup, and now I’m giving them some BAD PUBLICITY. :)
May 13, 2008
If it’s any comfort, not working there will save your husband from a lot of headaches. They, by nature, treat their employees as badly as they apparently treat their applicants.
They are really good at switching new hires to a lower wage than they were promised, too. (Food for thought, should he get that call.)
Angie’s last blog post..A snapshot of spring
May 13, 2008
@ Angie:
Wow, thanks for the heads up on that. I sincerely HATE companies that treat their employees like shit, even BEFORE they are employees. And we put up with it because we need work.
Time to stand up for ourselves. Down with the man! :D
May 13, 2008
I grew up in MI and my parents still live there. It sucks what your economy is going through and I wish you guys luck. Menards has always seemed like a poor man’s Loews, I’m sure they are not a thrill to work for.
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May 15, 2008
@ Rachel:
Thanks for the well wishes - still no call from them, but at this point I don’t really think we’re expecting one.
I was just looking up unemployment figures for this area (Flint) on the department of labor’s website - DEPRESSING AND ANGRIFYING, to say the least.
May 15, 2008
I wanted to add to my frustration with Menards and would agree that it is a good thing Troy didnt get a job. I bought a power washer on March 2nd 2008 for 350.00USD. I used it once and now it doesnt work. I took it in to Mendards yesterday to learn that it was no longer their problems because it was 30 days since I bought it. I now have to go to have it serviced. Menards refuses to help me.
Jun 2, 2008
FYI.
Great company to work for. 4200 apps and/or interviews were turned in at that store. As for the service I highly stress you to shop there then draw your conclussion.
Jun 3, 2008
Our son works at Menards in Grand Rapids, he hates it. They really don’t treat people well, employees or customers. My husband refuses to shop there too many bad experiences to list here. You can save some money but you also have to watch what you buy, they sell some generic name junk. Prices on name brand stuff isn’t any lower price then Home Depot. We gladly don’t care if we don’t “save big monet at Menards, we don’t want to support them in any way, shape or form. We can’t wait until our son can get another job and tell Menards to screw off.
Jun 23, 2008