Terrible company to work for. Employees pay 20% of the company taxes in lower wages. - Part Time Sales Associate The Home Depot Employee Review

1.0
Oct 26, 2017
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Pros

There are absolutely no benefits to working at Home Depot unless you like working for minimum wage with measly $0.25 annual raises.

Cons

Employees are paid minimum wage with twenty five cent annual raise. Home Depot needs to pay their employees more than minimum wage and provide more than twenty five cent annual raises. Management in incompetent at all levels. Training is horrible and doesn't prepare employees for customer service. Customers expect more knowledge from employees. Home Depot doesn't prepare employees to answer customer product questions. I've been with Home Depot for four years and I barely make more than minimum wage. It's absolutely a shame that the only decent raise I'm getting is from the state (minimum wage increased to $12.50 in state I work in). Home Depot needs to reward their employees with more than minimum wage and a measly $0.25 annual raise. Also, Home Depot does not reward employees for learning more departments or getting a forklift or reach truck license. There are no incentives for learning different departments.

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Pros

The Home Depot has a solid moral compass. They aren't about sacrificing their ethics for the sake of a sale, which I love. They also hire a diverse group of people and give a lot back to the community. They offer a lot of benefits and little treats for their employees. Although they push their associates to meet quota, they're realistic about what can and can't be accomplished.

Cons

Home Depot has two different sides to it. Store associates and those of us considered "store support" who are payed by the vendors but work in the stores 100% of the time. I constantly hear about how store associates are stressed out by management and their hours are being rearranged a lot, cut, and they often are stretched thin due to lack of full staffing. "Store support" associates who do merchandising have it better than those who work in specific departments. However, you never really gain knowledge unless you have the time to look things up and read packaging.

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The Home Depot Response
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Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. From the top down, the key to business at The Home Depot is our commitment to not only customer service, but to our associates. Because taking care of associates is one of our core values, we’re always looking for ways to ensure our associates have equal access to growth and development opportunities. We strive to provide an environment where associates feel they’re valued, treated fairly and respected.
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