LightBulb Depot Reviews Filter Filter Employee Reviews Popular Rating Date Feb 17, 2016 Helpful (1) I worked at LightBulb Depot full-time (More than 5 years) Pros If you are so lucky to get an inside sales position you are assigned a sales area based on zip codes, and get your hourly plus a very small commission. Unused vacation reimbursement and sick time. Working weekends is voluntary. Each Location is like its own little family, you get to know these people and spend so much time with them its hard not to feel like you are apart of one. Management will do what ever they can to help you(buy you lunch, take alonger lunch to run errand....) Cons Health insurance sucks for a company this size, be prepared to have other options. Promotions and raises are rarely given. More times than not a location will be shorthanded due to management not wanting to hire enough staff, and you will have to do the job of 3 people. Which will then force the inside sales person to not be able to do their assigned job and be written up for sales performance issues.

The training is very brief so you will look/sound like a fool to the customer until you get the hang of it. Employee turn around rate for counter sales and drivers are around 3-6 months, due to management ego, stress- fast paced environment and pay. Inventory ALWAYS falls on the weekend before Christmas without fail, so do not make any plans, you will be there all weekend. Advice to Management Accept that the term "No excuse" is no excuse for job performance slacking if you do not provide the adequate team, and some "management" doesn't know what they are doing and will not ask for help or advise. Jun 28, 2015 I worked at LightBulb Depot (More than a year) Pros No weekend work and centrally located Cons Being asked to sit in a chair 8 hours a day. being shadowed by manager and told how to speak. Not being able to use the knowledge that brought me too the job. open harrasment by manager.Having personal days but asked to show proof of where you were on those personal days. Advice to Management Training managers to know the Illinois laws about employment.

Feb 19, 2015 I worked at LightBulb Depot full-time (More than 8 years) Pros Decent (not great) pay, no nights/weekends, uncapped bonus, little to no travel Cons Upper management VERY untrustworthy, rule by fear, threats, and intimidation. How To Clean Concrete Bird BathNo organization above store level. Cheap Gypsy Prom DressesRules, rules, and more rules (ex- literally 3 full pages typed front and back for procedures just to make a simple deposit), Advice to Management Advertise, more than just the wraps on the van. Laminate Flooring Business PlanNo Facebook, no Twitter. Your customers are online at some point every day. Make it easy for them to connect with you. Realize that the way to do things on Memphis, might not work in Los Angeles.

The way to do things in Chicago, might not be the best for Atlanta. LISTEN to your people, RESPECT your people, and trust your people. Rather than ride managers all day long, train them better. Have training calls, let vendors come in and run a workshop, etc. Better training online, in person, and in books will help. Realize there is more to business than numbers. CEO needs to realize that he is not the smartest man on the planet. Lower your guard and trust your managers. Treat your employees with dignity and respect, or your company will not grow. I would never go back to this company unless I was offered 6 figures. The community relies on everyone sharing – Add Anonymous Review Feb 5, 2015 I have been working at LightBulb Depot full-time (More than a year) Pros No weekends and lazy bosses, pretty much do whatever you want Cons Nonexistent benefits , Incompetent leadership above store level, No advertising means no business Advice to Management Advertise!Advertising works obviously or it wouldn't be everywhere.

Your benefits are nonexistent and horrible, needing a doctors note to use one sick day is pathetic. Who goes to the doctor when you wake up sick? You wait at least a day to see if it passes. Store management is filled with lazy ,racist and homophobes who avoid work at all cost. Other employees just stroll in whenever they want with no consequences. Health insurance is so expensive that none of the employees buy it. Aug 27, 2014 Helpful (1) I have been working at LightBulb Depot full-time (More than 3 years) Pros No weekend work. let employees do their job. pay a salary and bonus to inside and outside sales people. assigned sales territories based on zip codes and I get credit for all business in that zip code whether I have called on them or not. have set way where I can get a salary raise if I reach quarterly goals. but you have to come and work everyday. don't put up with slackers. they are always looking to promote those who want to do better. they do care about customer service above all else including employees.

Cons insurance is high but isn't every bodies. Advice to Management some sales people I work with just whine and complain and need to hit the road. faster employee reviews would help to get the cry babies out the door. Aug 16, 2011 Pros You do not have to work weeekends Cons Well first there is low pay, the bad benefits and the long hours Advice to Management Respect your people and treat them like human beings Jun 19, 2011 Pros You do not have to work weekends Cons Long Hours at ten hour days, very dictatorial management, input from employees is rarely sought after or looked upon favorably, Their benefits are very poor , and limited, not improved over the years. Company policies being enforced are put above the customers" needs and achieving long term sales and growth goals. Teamwork among employees is not really promoted by company polices or rules or the type of work environment they foster. The work culture they promote and/or they way business is conducted here is below the professional standards of other companies.

Advice to Management Respect employees by listening to their input and suggestions. Foster more of team culture, and reward more liberally and generously employees for their hard work efforts. Increase bonuses and commissions, and give better benefits. Give benefits more in line with industry standards, trust your employees more INSTEAD MANAGING BY FEAR OR WITH THREATS! Apr 26, 2011 Pros Pay is ok, no weekend work Cons Management very condescending, management rude to customers, companu onyl focused on howmuch money it can make , it is not focused on how it treats it's employess or on keeping customers Advice to Management Treat your employees and customers with RESPECT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Dec 8, 2010 Helpful (1) Pros No weekend work, Decent pay Cons $15,000 deductible for health insurance very liitle vacation or sick pay, work long hours for only fair pay, Very Dictatorial management, they don't listen to their employees. they care very little about their customers. Management where I work is very incompetent,inexperienced, and could care less what the employees say,think,or feel.