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 (5823) , Cashier (4090) , Customer Service Representative (1398) , Department Supervisor (1258) , Sales Associate/Cashier (1092) , 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

(55,769 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 55,769 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

4.0

Feb 5, 2009

Home Depot used to be great, just a paycheck anymore.

Kitchen designer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

It is fast paced and the work day flies by. Generally like a big family, the associates, not necessarily the leads/department heads. You get cross-trained in as many departments as you want. There are employees who have worked there since HD opened and are really knowledgable.

Cons

There is quite a bit of stress, the customer's are very demanding.

3.0

Feb 4, 2009

One of the better retail jobs you can have.

Lot associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Home Depot offers people the opportunity to prove themselves as a competent worker. If you come to work everyday and give your best effort then you will be rewarded with a chance to move up within the ranks. One has the chance to interact with customers regularly and there is a certain amount of freedom given to employees on how they approach their job as long as the key tasks and requirements are done. Many of the long time associates are willing to extend some of their knowledge and are willing to take new employees under their wing if you show a good work ethic. The days working there go by pretty fast because there is always something to do which I like.

Cons

A lot of the managers are too concerned with corporate orders or pressure and are unwilling to provide any help or feedback to floor employees. I found that out of the five managers that I had the chance to work with, only one of them was able to actually understand what it is like on the floor. Another problem with working at home depot is that there are a lot of people who don't take their job seriously and are only there to collect a pay check. This creates a problem because they do the bare minimum and care less about store performance and how customers perceive us. It is frustrating to work with people like this.

4.0

Feb 1, 2009

Home Depot

Operations manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great leadership and teamwork in DC center

Cons

Very little time for family and don't even think about using benefit time (if u want to get promoted)

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