RadioShack Employee Reviews for Assistant Store Manager

"At RadioShack I operated a company store along with a manager."

What do you like about working at RadioShack?

"I liked having the ability to help many customers with technological problems and needs."

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

"Be ready to concentrate on mostly cell phone sales and accessories."

What don't you like about working at RadioShack?

"There was not enough of the proper products in store to make the most of sales potential."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I believe they need to stop worrying about company metrics, and take care of the customers and bring them back to the stores."

"A sales position for an engineer. It's never a fool who opens his mouth first."

What do you like about working at RadioShack?

"Scheduling was flexible, and the people I worked with at RadioShack were intelligent, driven, professional, and passionate about their work."

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

"It is both possible and plausible to be happy and successful with RadioShack. However, currently, many of the sales techniques border upon unethical. I would urge you to build a strong rapport with your local customers and be that trusted specialist who knows how to help them out."

What don't you like about working at RadioShack?

"Corporately, there was a large amount of pressure to meet specific sales targets, and the means that floor people were demanded of were often unethical, or bordered on outright lying."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The corporation should reevaluate its focus on confusing pitches for high-margin electronics, and reorganize around what was classically a household name in trusted customer service. The image cannot be a superficial one."