CompUSA Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"I told them how they were going out of business, and they wouldn't listen."

What do you like about working at CompUSA?

"The technology was a blast, and the employees were great fun to be around."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"N/A. Out of business."

What don't you like about working at CompUSA?

"The regional manager was a thief, and asked his store managers to fudge numbers so that he could achieve bonuses. I kid you not."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Hire me as CEO"

What do you like about working at CompUSA?

"Opportunity to Lead."

What don't you like about working at CompUSA?

"I enjoyed my time with CompUsa"

"A business reaching the end of its retail life cycle"

What do you like about working at CompUSA?

"I loved being knowledgeable and assisting customers with system repairs or upgrades. My favorite time of year was Christmas, and several of my customers returned to me specifically for my advice."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"I recommend that you be passionate about working in a retail environment and that you be motivated to make sales instead of relationships. In the end that is how your success with the company will be measured."

What don't you like about working at CompUSA?

"I was overworked and underpaid, and in the end was laid off for not being able to perform the work requested. This was a high stress environment where you were measured not by the quality of your service, but by the quantity. A focus on sales, regardless of whether the customer needed it or not. I couldn't hold with those ideals."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Shift your focus toward customer support and show recognition for employees that have initiative to improve brand name."

"It is a job"

What do you like about working at CompUSA?

"The challange that each day brings"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be ready to make 60 phone calls a day and have 3 hours talk time"

What don't you like about working at CompUSA?

"The road blocks that our credit depertment places between us and our customers."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Change your credit polocies and you will grow the busness"

"career bliss"

What do you like about working at CompUSA?

"I liked being compensated for sales abilities."

What don't you like about working at CompUSA?

"It closed."

"Perfect for part time employment as a college student."

What do you like about working at CompUSA?

"It was my employer in the computing industry - and I loved the people / customers enough to stay around for it's entire life in Jackson. I had direct access to new technologies and interesting customers ranging from home users to movie producers!"

What don't you like about working at CompUSA?

"I loved every aspect of working for Comp. I never worked there full time - I was always in school while they were open. It was PERFECT for a part time college kid."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Definitely watch your competition."

"Good company, but not open to change recommended by current employees."

"Good first job that gave me real-world experience and taught me how to handle customer interaction."

"Good Place"

What do you like about working at CompUSA?

"Good people"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Company Closed"

What don't you like about working at CompUSA?

"Low Pay"

What do you like about working at CompUSA?

"When I was there I was able to learn many software apps and improve my training style"

What don't you like about working at CompUSA?

"It was fine when I was there."

"Great Experience"

What do you like about working at CompUSA?

"Working with customers"

What don't you like about working at CompUSA?

"nothing"

"It's all about the management."

What do you like about working at CompUSA?

"Being paid well for part time while going to school."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"CompUSA was bought by TigerDirect, and went out of business closing many of their locations, I would not pursue a career with them at this time."

What don't you like about working at CompUSA?

"Working holidays."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Understand who you are hiring, most of your workers unless in management themselves are young kids and you cannot set a bar that they cannot achieve without experience, if the company is pressuring you, alleviate that pressure through better education on the job, not just passing it on."

"Great place to work."

"There Are Better Jobs Out There, Keep Looking"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Management will lie to you about compensation. Most Account Managers earn less than 40k total per year"

What don't you like about working at CompUSA?

"High Stress and Low Pay. Management judges you solely on outbound Phone Calls and not how productive or profitable you may be by making less calls than the desired number of 75 minimum outbound calls per day."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Management does not listen to the rank and file employee so why bother. They find new ways to cut your pay by using Claimed vs. Non Claimed Accounts and Extranet Orders from YOUR customers sometimes pay you NO COMMISSION at all if they are not Claimed. They also charge the Account Managers 2% for their Accounts that use American Express. Management treats the Account Managers so bad that most do not last very long, they lose an average of more than 1 per week."

What do you like about working at CompUSA?

"I liked the customer interaction and the knowledge I gained by working with technology."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Have a back-up plan in case they decide to close all of the stores in your area."

What don't you like about working at CompUSA?

"There were never enough employees or management to run the store successfully."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The company needed to advertise more to compete with the Best Buys and Circuit City."