Carpet Call Reviews

2.8

31% would recommend to a friend

(41 total reviews)

35% positive business outlook

Carpet Call has an employee rating of 2.8 out of 5 stars, based on 41 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Carpet Call employee rating is 21% below average for employers within the Retail and wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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41 reviews
1.0
19 May 2015

Store Manager

Recommend
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Pros

Good money at times. Great warehouse facility. A good pro for everyone else in flooring is the Call greed gives every other company a better than good chance at beating them. Theyd rather stock product move it seemingly

Cons

An upper management who knows nothing about successful culture in fact everyone makes eachother life harder. Training staff is near impossible due to store staffing limitations which leaves managers tied down constantly. Due too greed. Staff at call are lied too by there management about there competitiveness in the marketplace. Similar to North Korea. Rugs are stocked in shops at huge prices taking up 30% of the realestate in most shops. Most have been there for 5yrs or more due to the huge internal margin. The shops are run down and crappy because the boss is too tight to dress them up. All of there products have a cheap reality too them. Thinner carpet. Random length rustic timber. Etc. There managers will lie to unknowing jnr staff and say iit's thicker or the best. The reality is Carpet Call is about making 1 man filthy rich. And he hasn't been too Qld to visit his multi million dollar biz in over a decade. They claim buying power but that's not for the consumer to benefit from its for the total greed of one. In fact you will find at calls retail cost most opposition retailers are at 20% profit. Carpet call had 2 xmas party's in the 5+ yrs I was there. Experienced is not Ness as are according to upper management and owner. Its a bit of a worry for what customer base they still have at call. Going nowhere fast!

1.0
4 Apr 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Nearly every store manager I worked with was great. They try hard to get you to the targets set by upper management so you can get your commission. Good training in the products and sales techniques.

Cons

The targets are unrealistic for all but the busiest stores. You make minimum wage unless you hit those targets, as commission isn't paid out unless you do. You're expected to work 6 days a week (with some stores doing all 7 days) starting time of at least 8am (and pushed to start earlier), with my finishes varying wildly from 9pm to 1am. Time off is an issue, as all of the stores are under staffed. There is a terrible culture of "making money for your family is more important than time with them" among upper management, who finish early every day and don't work weekends. You use your own vehicle, and must pay for your own fuel. Managers get a fuel card, but don't do the driving that sales people do. They hire people in batches, and when I left, of the 5 who started with me, I was the last to leave. People burn out and quit all the time, and those working in nearby stores are expected to cover those positions as well as their own. Carpet Call also over price products, and then almost bully customers into buying the product with sales tactics. I felt dirty after every appointment as I was told to tell customers things like: "This is the last roll, if you don't buy it there isn't any more for 6 months" when our warehouse was fully stocked with the product. Lastly: If a family member is sick, you will be expected to stay at work. My wife was sick enough that I called in and asked for the day off and was told "I needed to commit more to work". I left because that week I had spend well over 80 hours at work, and being told to commit more over my family was the last straw. It's not worth working for them.

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