The Home Depot reviews

3.7

69% would recommend to a friend

(55,754 total reviews)
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Ted Decker

66% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

The Home Depot has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 55,754 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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56K reviews
1.0
May 22, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I worked there for less than a month before I left. I was on the M.E.T team. I was really excited bc of the supposedly set hrs., which were a lie, and bc of the type of work they trained me for. Problem is they had a daytime assoc training mem BIG MISTAKE!!! Nothing she showed me was how it was suppose to go. I even asked, "Why am I being trained by you & you work in the daytime?", her response was a snarky one "I can show you what you'll be doing. I've been here 20 yrs & have been a Manager & everything. I think I know what I'm doing". WRONG! I didnt say anything after that. I just took all the training I could get in. I report for my 1st night of work and NOTHING she showed me, & I do mean NOTHING was the same. I essentially was thrown on the job with no training. They assured me that I would be paired with a " trainer" who would show me everything & not leave my side. WRONG AGAIN! As soon as we hit the floor he was doing his own thing. Not explaining anything to me or telling me what I should be doing. I was walking around looking lost bc I didn't know what to do. Everyone else just fell into their daily routine & left me hanging. I asked my trainer about training & he said this is your training:Find something to do. NO SIR & NO THANK YOU.

Cons

1.PAY SUCKS:$9.20 an hr 2.I wasn't allowed to go outside on my lunch, we had to stay in the building 3.No 15 min breaks, only a lunch. I asked someone about a break 3 hrs in & was told "We don't do that here. Just lunch" 4.They turn the air off at night so it's hot as hell! 5.THEY NOW UNDERPAY EMPLOYEES. I INTERVIEWED FOR THIS SAME POSITION 2 YRS AGO & WAS OFFRRED DAMN NEAR $13, NOT A MEASLEY $9.20. 6.Management sucks 7.No organization at all 8.I asked for an employee handbook & management said "We don't have those"...RED FLAG 9.Every other assoc in the store hates the overnight M.E.T team. 10.They bring in outside help who make AT LEAST $3 more than you, even though you're the 1 with the orange shirt 11.I was told I would work no more than 8 hrs...that was a LIE 12. Not to mention the fact that they wanted me to drive to a location 70 miles out from my home then, they advised that I park my car, in what I know is an unsafe location, for the entire night until i returned the next morning from the store 70 miles out. No Bueno. Don't think so. Was NEVER going to freakin happen.

5.0
Apr 23, 2015

Operations

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great pay and bonuses opportunities. Family type environment. The company does a lot of great things for its communities and associates.

Cons

For salaried mgmt, lost family and personal time is more than I originally expected.

5.0
Apr 23, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great company that treats their hourly with more respect than any other retail or big box company by offering full benefits, vacations, 401k, etc., as well as profit sharing bi-annually.

Cons

Not sure if this is a company or a manager criteria, but scheduling 7 to 10 days in a row and shifts that are only 8 hrs apart from ending one and beginning the other is very grueling and not efficient.

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