Does The Home Depot pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, The Home Depot employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.5 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at The Home Depot. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at The Home Depot?

68% of The Home Depot employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated The Home Depot 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 3.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at The Home Depot?

Sales Associate (5824) , Cashier (4091) , Customer Service Representative (1399) , Department Supervisor (1258) , Sales Associate/Cashier (1093) , Freight Team Associate (1065) , Head Cashier (865) , Associate (741) , Customer Service Associate (723) , Lot Associate (640) , Order Fulfillment Associate (585) , Retail Sales Associate (584) , Merchandiser (505) , Garden Sales Associate (453) , Customer Service (443)

What are the pros of working at The Home Depot according to real employee reviews?

"good benefits for both full time and part time; benefits for domestic partners; close" ((in 3869 reviews)); "The people you work with are great and very friendly willing to help each other." ((in 3160 reviews)); "All my coworkers are great and the head cashiers always push me to do my best every day." ((in 1696 reviews)); "Flexible hours are available and even like that you can move up to a manager or DH position." ((in 1467 reviews)); "Great corporate company and culture (truly lives by the "value wheel" shown on all store" ((in 980 reviews))

What are the cons of working at The Home Depot according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management and it can be exhausting and can potentially negatively impact your health (think inhaling cement etc)." ((in 3535 reviews)); "they pay is low and they are do not care about their employees childcare hours when scheduling" ((in 3352 reviews)); "bad manager and mangement need to be ppl oriented and worked towards employees" ((in 1437 reviews)); "So much favoritism and brown nosing" ((in 699 reviews)); "There is no work/life balance and the rumors of being a sweat shop are true." ((in 618 reviews))

What are employees saying about The Home Depot layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about The Home Depot layoffs and their outlook for job security at The Home Depot in 2026.

The Home Depot reviews

3.7

68% would recommend to a friend

(55,778 total reviews)

Ted Decker

66% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

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The Home Depot has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 55,778 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The The Home Depot employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Einzel- & Großhandel industry (3.5 stars).

Reviews by job title

56K reviews

3.0

Mar 26, 2009

Not very helpful.

Associate coordinator

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The benefits package can be quite competitive depending on skills etc. There is a great diversity of things you can do at home depot, and you can be trained to do almost anything. Its a great place to meet people, maybe even a spouse. Its also a good place to people watch. Its always amusing when teenagers come in looking to make beer bongs. It makes me laugh everytime.

Cons

Irregular hours can be an issue. You may find yourself working with people who you dont respect or have little in common with. People from all walks of life work there.

2.0

Mar 25, 2009

Beware!

Internal auditor

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Home Depot is almost always hiring and is a well recognized company. Salary ranges are reasonable for the positions.

Cons

Home Depot management was very judgemental on issues that do not pertain to performance. Managment is focused way too much on appearances regardless of the quality of work and employees are expected to keep extra long hours. A work life balance was difficult because of the hours and it is takes forever to get out of the parking deck. Also there was a secret network of communication where managment bashes the employees. It was not a comfortable environment to work in.

2.0

Mar 24, 2009

Keep Away

Sales representative

Recommend

CEO approval

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Work here only if you need a paycheck. The workload is definitely not in line with what they pay employees. I suppose if you need a summer job or something quick, it could be acceptable short term, but definitely not long term

Cons

They expect way too much for very little pay. Maybe my HD was just extremely understaffed, but there were no more new hires, and so didn't look like they were trying to decrease peoples workloads. The people who had been there a long time, knew how to work the system, and management turns its head and acts like they are great employees. If you bust your butt trying to do a good job, you are viewed as trying to get someone else job.

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