Working at Michaels Arts & Crafts in Monrovia, CA: 1 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Monrovia, CA Area

"I have worked for Michaels just about 5 years now. At first I enjoyed working for the company and looked forward to coming into work, but now my attitude is complete opposite. My best advice for anyone trying to work for Michaels is...Being a good worker and working harder than everyone else gets you nowhere, so don't waste your time and energy. As of today I have received 4 raises since I started, yet I'm making minimum wage. When it comes to raises, you are suppose to get a review in June and the raise kicks in in July. With the company being aware of the recent minimum wage increases in California, they will wait till December to give the raises, and the following month you are back at minimum wage and your raise no longer exists. If you ask any manager, district manager, HR about receiving a raise, me and several other employees are told they can't give any raises at the moment.......but they are able to hire new employees and pay them more than the employees already working and asking for a raise. **COVID-19**. When COVID-19 Happened every store shut down. My store was the only store that shut down for 2 weeks and then re-opened starting the BOPIS(buy online pick up in store) and ship to home programs. All other stores remained closed for several months. So that year because of "COVID-19" no raises were given. When I brought this up to HR, I was told no raises were issued cause all the stores were closed down for a few months. That is when I told HR that my store did not close down and were opened the entire time. HR's response was.....We don't make exceptions for one store. When it comes to moving up in the company.....GOOD LUCK! I was trained to become the new replenishment manager when the current one left and I did not get that position because the store manager preferred females instead of males. The female who did get the position was never trained for the position....Favoritism?? Much more but out of space....."