The Home Depot reviews

When I transferred, the next store was awful. The managers and supervisors talked down to you routinely and it took an act of God to get their help. The HR manager was horrible, she had no idea how to schedule departments. This meant there was always about a 6 hour gap when there would only be 1 person covering several departments. This happened almost every day, which meant almost every one was unhappy, stressed, and running around like crazy trying to get help. They also refused to give me any amount of a raise, even though I had transferred into a "higher" position. The reason they kept using was that the store I came from had a higher starting pay rate, so I was being paid adequately. The manager in charge of supplies was terrible. She stopped buying industrial toilet paper and hand soap for the public restrooms, so we (and customers) were using small rolls that fell on the floor, rolled around, and became extremely gross. She wouldn't allow me to use the color printer (that was specifically for my position). It was a large inconvenience when I had to go to the front of the store, then back to my desk just for a customer invoice. I understand that you won't ALWAYS get along with management, but when you can't go 30 minutes without an argument, something needs to happen.

Just as all companies have those employees who still think they are in high school, so does The Home Depot. I was the senior employee of the MET Team and was going to be assigned a store close to my home and because of my above average evaluations was scheduled to receive a nice raise this year. I never received any type of disciplinary action during the eight years employed there. A co-worker anonymously called the awareness hotline on me and the third party vendor did a telephone investigation of the complaint asking if I had ever threatened anyone or spoke down to my peers in a way that made them feel intimidated. I told them I hadn't and the story was completely bogus and my file spoke for itself. I also requested they speak to my manager and ask him directly because he and I had a great working rapport. Instead, they interviewed only 3 members of a 20 member team (why it was these three I don't know - they did not interview my manager or the people I worked one on one with daily) Evidently, the complaints made through the awareness hotline happen frequently and most are documented unless gross misconduct is proven. I really thought I had nothing to worry about. But, the next day I was terminated and I was never given a detailed description of the allegation, only that I was found to have violated The Home Depot's harassment policy. When the company who conducts the investigations becomes involved, management and local HR representatives are not involved. All decisions are based on the the vendor. So, it didn't matter what my district manager had to say, or the fact that I had perfect evaluations for the last 3 years, and absolutely no progressive discipline on file. I filed unemployment and received it because the unemployment office determined I was not terminated for just cause. I have a family of three children and to have this happen completely expectantly was devastating. I wish they would address these allegations in a different manner. Employees should have the right to defend themselves from their accusers. I didn't even know what I was supposed to be defending myself from. Very disappointing, I was very much a company guy.