Abt reviews

3.9

68% would recommend to a friend

(261 total reviews)

Mike, Ricky, Jon & Billy Abt

85% approve of CEO

72% positive business outlook

Abt has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 261 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Abt employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Ventas al mayoreo y al menudeo industry (3.5 stars).

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261 reviews
1.0
Sep 17, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Absolutely no pros to this job besides Its A Job

Cons

Upper management, HR, pay, everything about this place is a con

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Abt Response
7y
Sorry we were unable to find a mutual fit in your 3 weeks of employment with us. Abt has been in business over 82 years and value our staff and customers highly. We're proud of our many awards and accomplishments we've received throughout the years, including best place to buy appliances from Consumer Reports the last 7 years and the top workplace in Chicago for the last 9 years. we always try to do the right thing and it is never our intention to aggravate anybody in any way. We are an extremely busy store and there is always a lot of work to be done, fortunately for us all. Normally our staff loves the overtime pay. Always looking to hire nice, friendly and smiley people. Our pay and benefits are highly competitive and our strong family culture is second to none.
1.0
Sep 2, 2016

Two sides of Abt as a company.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Very nice work environment and great commoroderie among fellow workers.

Cons

Company currently run much like a 'dictatorship' with little to no respect, empathy or sense of fairness toward empolyees. Dismissals not generally based on your work success or developed skills.

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Abt Response
9y
Employees can be successful and have great skills but if being deceitful is another attribute in their equation, no amount of reprimands will work. They simply will not fit with our family work culture.
2.0
Jun 17, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

1. Great opportunity to make decent cash 2. Does not feel micromanaged at all 3. For the most part you work with good co-workers

Cons

1. Stupid meeting you have to attend 4 times a month 2. Demoralizing "file letters" that take away your so called "bonus." These file letters can be given to you for anything to small to minor. Hell they can even be given to you when you had nothing to do with anything. Quite an idiotic system to get your employees in check in my opinion. 3. If you work In certain departments it can be difficult to meet sales goals. This is a grey area, since its looked down upon to venture off into different areas to sell. Kind of a set up to failure if your in the wrong department and you have quotas to meet. 4. You get bombarded with emails like crazy, with stuff that doesn't even attain to your department. 5. Closing duties in some departments that get walked is terrible. Managers are nowhere near to be found or take there sweet time talking nonsense when they should shut up and do there job. 6. No communication with some managers on performance for new comers. 7. Training is quite terrible 8. Some older employees who have been with the company for awhile look down upon newer employees as if there better then you and can look at you different. (Which is funny considering that these ladies and gentleman are usually 50-60 plus and is still working retail.. Something must have gone wrong in there lives.) 9. Do not get any PTO for first year and only if you average 39 hours per week.

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Abt Response
9y
Dennell - We're sorry that you feel this way regarding our company. We wanted to address some of your concerns. We would never fire an employee "out of the blue" and for no valid reason. We’re actually always looking for good sales help. The most important outcome of any sales meeting, letter or email is communication. Abt is very aware the workplace is changing and evolving. We respect individual differences and provide all our employees the opportunities to grow regardless of how long they have been employed at Abt. We’re doing plenty of things right as we’ve been growing for over 80 years. Sorry it didn't work out for you here.
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