Stumbled upon this salary guide. It’s numerically heavy, but I found it helpful for managing career expectations.
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What is the salary for a Service Technician at Micro Center per hour?
What is the salary for a Service Technician at Micro Center per month?
What is the salary for a Computer Technician at Micro Center per hour?
From what I gain I can deal anywhere from 9 to 40 systems a day repairing, diagnosing, troubleshooting, and building. Even though this is considered a retail position, I have been offered full-time and have 0 IT experience, but am A+ certified. Would this translate over to a more "proffessional" environment if I stayed here for a year and had something to build a resume on?
Microcenter is awesome for looking at all of the things I can't afford.
On topic: I would shoot for any position IT related. Experience is everything especially if you have none.
Thats entirely up to you. I have never been inside of a MicroCenter but it seems like a retail store like Best Buy or Office Depot, but geared more specifically to computer parts.
If thats true, look up average pay for a computer technician in your area (usually 10-15/hr), and decide if youre ok with it. Generally theres not much room for advancement unless you ascend to phone/laptop repairs or management. With retail stores it seems like its less computer/technical work and more customer service and selling shit warranties with every purchase. But, If you stay with computers/networking you can use this experience to jump into a helpdesk/junior system admin at a big company. They like people skills and some tech background and can train on enterprise level technologies and hardware.
I would say if you can, find a smaller mom and pop computer shop thats still making money and get your real tech experience there.
I am in the interview process for MicroCenter and she wasn’t able to answer a few of my questions.
What do the salaries look like as you climb up? Is it relatively easy to climb up the ladder?
Also, how does the tuition reimbursement program work for employees?
Is scheduling fairly flexible if I have something that comes up like an appt?
Thanks everyone!
I applied for a retail sales and merchandising position at the Denver stories and was just curious about how pay would be once I got into general sales. is it still $4 + commission here? that seems like it would be tough to even meet the $18.81 Denver minimum wage
I applied for a retail associate position and was told the pay is commission based. Can anyone elaborate on what to expect pay wise?
hey there, I'm within driving distance of the Charlotte NC store opening early next year. I kept up with job listings, and it looks like they're finally taking apps for more roles. when researching it today, I was reading about the seemingly very agressive commission model, where slow days could drop your pay significantly, and I'm concerned about it.
now, an area like Charlotte would not only serve the entirety of this state, but also parts of other states where this one might be closer than GA or VA. I feel like there would be some good traffic to this store, at least for the first couple months of it being open, but I'm worried about the money just completely falling off.
that's the question, but here's some background and context on me personally. I worked at best buy previously for 2 years before leaving to work in tech journalism, which I really disliked. I'm now at a different retail store (a glorified warehouse role really), getting a solid $17/hr, good opportunies for benefits and probably growth as well. it's sustainable, but I'm getting a bit stir crazy with the repetitive nature of it.
I have a hobbyist background in the tech space, building pc's, fixing laptops, tinkering with other electronics, etc. and I've been looking into getting a certificate in something anyway so that I can possibly use it as a means to get another job.
at best buy I didn't particularly enjoy seeing people things they didn't really need, especially since there was no commission there, but they were very heavy handed with tracking metrics and pushing credit card/yearly tech support there.
I like the idea of building other people's systems and/or telling them what parts would fit their needs and budget, but I really worry about the commission thing. does the base pay really drop after a couple weeks and then completely depend on commission? I have bills, and I'd hate to not be able to pay them because of a couple slow weeks at the store. any advice from current/recent former employees?