POOLCORP Reviews

3.8

65% would recommend to a friend

(448 total reviews)

John Watwood

100% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

POOLCORP has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 448 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The POOLCORP employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail and wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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448 reviews
1.0
26 Mar 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Former MIT, current Ops Manager. I should start off with saying I was at the top of my training class and my numbers are good. So this is not a review of some weak employee, simply an outlook of what I see. This company looks good on paper and is a stepping stone if you don't have many options, or if you want a couple years of outside sales to add to your resume before you move on. Then this could work for you. I would not recommend this program / organization for anyone interested in operations. Training staff was great and enjoyed my time spent in Plano, too bad little of it translates to the field.

Cons

HR does a great job of selling the company, I.E. Lots of intentionally misleading candidates during the recruiting process. They also do a good job of artificially inflating their rating on here.. This company is a complete mess internally. Tons of infighting, very low or no annual raises (you will be told otherwise) even with sales revenue continually growing, a bonus structure that is intentionally designed to not be obtainable in many locations, low base pay, and a good old boy network of people that should have been fired years ago. Every single employee I interact with is disgruntled. Most employees are very unhappy, but a lot of them are stuck for one reason or another. MIT retention rate is somewhere below 25% after a few years. The ERP system is a dinosaur. It's a flat system that constantly has issues with bugs. You will waste a lot of your time trying to deal with and correcting these issues. Operationally it's a reoccurring nightmare. Executive management has an 80s sales mentality. They refuse to invest in the company because they are afraid any money spent on improving the company will hurt EPS. Which they will wave in front of you like it's the only metric that matters. Lots of lip service about how much they value their employees. They are completely disconnected from the field and day to day operations. Lots of unethical activity and had a run in with the SEC in the not so distant past... Join at your own risk and at the very least hopefully this gets you to think twice about it.

1.0
13 Jan 2016
Recommend
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Pros

The company sponsored "Fast Track Manager In Training (a.k.a. MIT) program"; A six month program that provides a challenging combination of field work and class work. Training focused on wholesale distribution, operations management, sales management, human capital management, and accounting. Upon successful completion of the training program, MIT's can pursue open roles within the company's nationwide network of 330+ branches in either operations management or business development representative. Considerable earning potential can be achieved with a Bonus Program based on specific performance metrics. Met some great people along the way.

Cons

Poolcorp was deliberately misleading about participation in the Bonus Program. Upon assuming a role as an Operations manager, I was informed it would be two years before any payout would be received, instead of one year. Poolcorp was deliberately misleading with their relocation expense reimbursement policy. Costs that I incurred and compensation I was owed for moving--roughly $2000--was denied by Poolcorp despite being clearly defined as reimbursable in the official relocation documents. Poolcorp management ignored several reported instances from me of theft of company property and consumption of alcohol on company property during business hours by employees. Instead, they terminated my employment without cause after only 3 months out of the MIT program. Poolcorp is neither serious about what they teach in the MIT program nor are they honest.

2.0
13 Feb 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The hours are flexible, and I get to go home at the end of the day. If you need a job, this place is fine. If you want to be complacent and ride out the rest of your career, this place is a good fit. The people are generally nice, and somewhat welcoming. Benefits are good, but a bit underwhelming.

Cons

Their whole value system is wrapped up in "improving profits for shareholders and reducing operational costs" and it shows. Leadership is extremely weak; very little feedback; almost no vision. I regret taking this job.

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