The Home Depot reviews

3.7

69% would recommend to a friend

(55,644 total reviews)
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Ted Decker

68% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

The Home Depot has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 55,644 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).

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1.0
Jun 12, 2008
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Pros

The health, welfare and 401K packages look very good.

Cons

If I could afford the health, welfare and 401K on what they pay. The scheduled hours are terrible. 1:00PM till 10:00 PM one day only to return as early as 6:00AM and 8:00AM the next day are very nerve weary. As well, these scheduled hours are fairly consistent with no firm days off or weekend days off form one week to the next.

3.0
Jun 12, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

-co-workers...there are many interesting and talented people that work for Home Depot. My peers and subordinates are truly the only reason I still work for HD -benefits...for a retail company the HD offers decent benefits for it's salaried and hourly workers ranging from Health and Wellness to 401(k) with match after 90 days. Many retail organizations do not offer great benefits to their part time workers and HD offers the same as they do to their full timers. -change...if you hate working in an environment where you feel like things are stagnating then HD is the place for you...change is what the company is all about...sadly though they're not managing to change their customer service back to the way it was

Cons

-the public. While an understaffed store (due to corporate mandate) tries their hardest to help the customer it is amazing how truly nasty people can be when forced to wait just a little longer... -the recent change within HR. I believe that the organization has made a mistake moving HRMs out of their stores. While the concept of district HRs who handle different aspects of the job is innovative I think that the associates are unlikely to bring issues to someone who is a face they've only met once or a phone number on the wall. We as a company are truly doing our associates a disservice.

1.0
Jun 12, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

getting to work with the public and to help the customers. The other employees are very nice. However, there are many workplaces fitting this description.

Cons

Very poor and paranoid management. This is the most dysfunctional workplace in which I have ever worked. There is a wide discrepancy in wages. Equal pay for equal work ~ a guaranteed right? Not so at Home Depot. There is blatant discrimination of women and older workers and we are warned not to discuss wages with other employees. If we ask for a Saturday or Sunday off for a family commitment, (which they give us) we are scheduled the following week to work 10 days straight with no break. This is their dysfuntional "payback". Also, this can be a dangerous place to work, especially garden. Since the garden areas are outside, the dust from fertilizers blows into the nostrils of the cashiers and associates moving these bags from pallet to shelf. Fine sawdust from cut lumber moves through the air constantly. I once contracted bronchitis from the dust irritating my bronchial tubes and was in bed three weeks. Injuries: Anyone injured on the job is immediately ostracized.

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