So, a designer that might have made 70K was suddenly making only $52,500. At that time, their best designers earned double their salary in commissions, so to avoid a complete employee walk out, Lowes agreed to increase the salary of their experienced kitchen designers by 50% of their commissions from the previous year. Lowes, in particular recently made sure that no experienced kitchen designers would work for them.Ībout 8 years ago Lowes eliminated commission for their kitchen designers.
This policy makes sense when you decide not to employ good kitchen designers, as it limits your liability. Despite the fact that over half of all kitchen renovations today involve removing a wall.
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Both home centers also recently decided not to design or install kitchens that remove load bearing and even non load bearing walls. As time has gone by home centers have continued to decrease what they are willing to pay kitchen designers and both Lowes and The Home Depot have tried to limit their responsibility in designing and managing kitchen renovations.įor example, both locations no longer allow the person designing your kitchen to ever see your home or measure your kitchen. Because of this quite often kitchen designers at both home centers were paid in line with department managers. Knowledge of complex kitchen cabinetry, countertop specifications, kitchen design, and of all types of construction is a must. Unlike selling retail merchandise where only a limited knowledge of the products you sell is required, designing kitchens requires far more expertise. The reason for the lack of support by home center management is that designing kitchens is very different from retail sales.ĭesigning and helping organize a kitchen construction project requires a great deal of knowledge and experience. In the past, home center kitchen designers worked around company policies that hindered doing their job effectively. Lowes The corporate environment at home centers has always been at odds with what is required to design and sell complex kitchen renovations However due to a combination of poor decisions made at the corporate level, I now feel that particularly Lowes, but also The Home Depot, are poor locations to design and to buy a kitchen. And contrary to what many people believe both Lowes and The Home Depot sell well made cabinets if they are upgraded as needed. I have often defended home centers as not a bad place to work with if you are designing a kitchen and you do a good job finding the most experienced home center designer in your area. Homeowners often use home centers like Lowes and The Home Depot to design their kitchens and to buy cabinetry.
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