Gabe’s Reviews

2.7

30% would recommend to a friend

(598 total reviews)

Steve Becker

36% approve of CEO

23% positive business outlook

Gabe’s has an employee rating of 2.7 out of 5 stars, based on 598 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Gabe’s employee rating is 24% below average for employers within the Retail and wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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598 reviews
1.0
4 Aug 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

None whatsoever, there's a culture of "well, be lucky that you have a job"

Cons

Every single position in the IT department is underpaid by 40% (and that's based on the WV average). Upper management is incompetent (the CIO can't tell the difference between new and used toner, has no idea what waterfall development even is), middle management has no power, the workload is too high and hard efforts go unrewarded and unnoticed. The department is far too small and far too underskilled to support a company the size of Gabe's. Not only that, they will expect you to work weeks of overtime (Without being compensated for it, they will take days off of the following weeks instead) or weekend/nights for the higher level positions. As a holiday bonus for performing well, we legitimately received a McDonald's Arch Card (valued at $10) - what a joke. There are some smart people in the department but they all feel like they fell into a sinkhole and got trapped there for 5+ years. Avoid this company at all costs if you are in IT. It is the worst possible employer you could find.

1.0
10 Oct 2015

General Manager

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

I worked for the company for just under 2 years. I came from discount retail so I enjoy the work. I had a great staff that made work fun.

Cons

No real allocation. Warehouse always has freight. Floor is over full. Merchandising changes almost weekly. Corporate dictates changes without real world view. No support system if you are in a challenging store.

1.0
26 Aug 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

I was an assistant manager and thought that the compensation for that position was good. Also, the employee discount plan was also adequate.

Cons

The company was highly disorganized from upper management. Many times the left hand never knew what the right hand was doing. They took advantage of store level management. Managers were scheduled for 50 hr weeks, but pay checks stated pay was for 80hrs every 2 weeks. Also if a manager called in sick, that sick day had to be made up on a scheduled day off. In the store I worked for, they are on their 4th GM in a one year period which I think speaks volumes.

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