The Home Depot reviews

There's a lot of traffic. as a designer, sometimes serious conversations about budget or issues can be a problem when there are 10 people standing around my desk. Or just staring at you, waiting for you to be done. Lots of interruptions. Appointments people may have waited a week for will get stopped because another customer needs help with a water filter, or a dishwasher, or needs toknow where the restroom is. You are in a fish bowl. Designers do not get the respect or pay that they deserve. Therefore they have a high turnover. The needs of the business will come before your family. Period. Unless you're a single person, with no children thats willing to "Bleed Orange" dont expect to have success there. Also, the business is saturated with Nepotism. They will tell you there are no positions available and promote a regional manager's son in an advanced leadership program. There were several married couples, in supervisor roles, and Parent/child relationships with in the store I worked. The work environment and sacrafices my kids were making were too much.

First and foremost - Retail pay is always poor because retail is not skill specific. No different here. Go get a skill. 2. Its hard to get noticed in such a large operation and takes awhile to start moving up. You have to be a real self-starter and push regularly to get trained and moved up. 3. The business model is typical, to minimize labor expense (#1 controllable biz expense) so run a skeleton crew and maximize the output of each producer. This pressure results in a lot of turnover. If you dont have a strong work ethic and enjoy the job, you will wash out. Especially if your still living at home and you dont really need the money. But thats retail everywhere if you ask me. HD is still your best bet if youve got the right chemistry.