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      The Home Depot

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      The Home Depot reviews

      3.7

      69% would recommend to a friend

      (55,759 total reviews)
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      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 55,759 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
      Apr 25, 2011

      Don't expect breaks if you work here....

      Cashier
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The customers are nice. Coworkers are helpful. Training for your position is thorough. Location is near to home, making for an easy commute.

      Cons

      If you work in the evenings, you'll rarely get your second 15 minute break. People in leadership positions give the excuse "they just don't have the coverage". Meanwhile, floor associates are congregating having a gab fest while cashiers (who can't just leave their post) are doing the potty dance.

      1.0
      Sep 3, 2008

      Home Depot...just a job, not a career.

      Building materials/lumber associate
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Home Depot is a job, not a career. The best reason to work there is to get lost in the shuffle and blindly collect a paycheck for a couple of years. If you keep your mouth shut, show up on time and do just enough to not get fired, you can easily ride out the boredom and frustration for 10 check collecting years (if that's what you're looking for). Also, if you have little to no job experience, Home Depot is a place where you can slide into an entry level position, bust your hump and maybe become a manager after 5-6 years of ladder climbing.

      Cons

      The pay is LOUSY. Negotiate high when they hire you because your raises will be somewhere in the neighborhood of 10-35 cents a year (if you're one of the lucky ones...not kidding). The management is clueless and most seem to have the "you should be lucky just to have a job" type of attitude. There are no set schedules and the schedule coverage is spotty at best. There will be many times when you are the only employee around for 300 feet in all directions.

      3.0
      Jun 24, 2008

      Home Depot Trashes Environment To Save On Paper(work).

      Sales associate
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      You can advance pretty far pretty fast if you try.

      Cons

      They throw absolutely everything away instead of donating it, even if items are in perfect condition! I am not talking about a few things here and there, but 20 lamps at a time, $10,000 worth of locks and door handles, rolls of carpeting, 5-10 ceiling fans.... all because they didn't sell. They claim to be "environmental," but is the farthest thing from it! The associates are mad about it, but management is directed by corporate, to have no exceptions.

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