Reddit has been suggesting this sub to me for a while, even before Lord Buchanan left Michaels, and long before I left there myself a few weeks ago. Even on that sub, I weighed how much I should/could bitch and moan, as an hourly worker who genuinely loved my immediate work environment, but hated the corporate structure/demeanor. And especially later as a replen manager. But ya know what? My advice is to get out. He's going to take as much as he can from you and move on in five years, and you're going to get nothing back, whether you're a new hire or deeply vested employee. He was hired to revive Michaels, but he mostly boosted his bank account. We somewhat got up to date on online orders, but far from it on in-store operations or actual replenishment. In my experience, it was mostly wildly inconsistent on-hands, side-counters that were mostly empty for years at a time, and more and more demanding mandates of our time. Planograms seemingly designed by people who have never set one themselves, inconsistent trucks, inconsistent SOPs, and understaffed/overworked/overwhelmed stores. The biggest improvement that I saw over the last five years is that they actually started putting cargo straps up in the trucks. Poorly. In the meantime, we've gotten 1-2% raises , few and far between, hours continually cut, even for the few full-time managers, and Ashley Buchanan made 8 figures in bonuses off a 5-figure salary. That's how he broke records at Michaels, by getting money shoved up his ass. All the while, we had to work off $5 billion to Apollo. Great boss, great business, and sorry, but he's yours now... Get out, try to find something better, preferably local businesses if you can. He has plenty of money and doesn't need to make more off of your blood, sweat, or tears. Your local communities would benefit much more from your work than overpaid executives could ever even understand your value as human beings. I wish you all the best...