Pros
Career advancement is not a pipe dream. Hard work will get you wherever you want to go. You don't necessarily need a college degree for advancement. If you can show your skill and leadership abilities, you can go wherever you want. The best reason to work for Menards is we don't hire just anyone and we expect people to learn something while they are working there. We know our stuff leaps and bounds ahead of our competition and it shows.
Kontras
It's retail. The hours suck, the customers are worse but occasionally someone really benefits from your help and they express their appreciation and it makes the job worth it. The lack of up to date computer systems, logistics systems and the like all affect job satisfaction. Menards has barely come out of the DOS era and it shows. Progress is being made but it is slow (becuase it's costly). As with any job, there are politics, if you can't play, you can't get ahead.