Does The Home Depot pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, The Home Depot employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.5 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at The Home Depot. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at The Home Depot?

69% of The Home Depot employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated The Home Depot 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 3.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at The Home Depot?

Sales Associate (5823) , Cashier (4090) , Customer Service Representative (1398) , Department Supervisor (1258) , Sales Associate/Cashier (1092) , Freight Team Associate (1063) , Head Cashier (865) , Associate (741) , Customer Service Associate (723) , Lot Associate (640) , Order Fulfillment Associate (585) , Retail Sales Associate (584) , Merchandiser (505) , Garden Sales Associate (453) , Customer Service (443)

What are the pros of working at The Home Depot according to real employee reviews?

"good benefits for both full time and part time; benefits for domestic partners; close" ((in 3882 reviews)); "The people you work with are great and very friendly willing to help each other." ((in 3150 reviews)); "All my coworkers are great and the head cashiers always push me to do my best every day." ((in 1682 reviews)); "Flexible hours are available and even like that you can move up to a manager or DH position." ((in 1477 reviews)); "Great corporate company and culture (truly lives by the "value wheel" shown on all store" ((in 977 reviews))

What are the cons of working at The Home Depot according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management and it can be exhausting and can potentially negatively impact your health (think inhaling cement etc)." ((in 3506 reviews)); "they pay is low and they are do not care about their employees childcare hours when scheduling" ((in 3281 reviews)); "bad manager and mangement need to be ppl oriented and worked towards employees" ((in 1431 reviews)); "There is no work/life balance and the rumors of being a sweat shop are true." ((in 611 reviews)); "For the last year, upper management and corporate have been creating policies that are screwing over the employees." ((in 353 reviews))

What are employees saying about The Home Depot layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about The Home Depot layoffs and their outlook for job security at The Home Depot in 2026.

The Home Depot reviews

3.7

69% would recommend to a friend

(55,767 total reviews)

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 55,767 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).

Reviews by job title

56K reviews

1.0

Jan 14, 2018

Any position

X corporate management

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

let's you realize you made a big mistake taking the position,unless you need the job as a hobby

Cons

unless you are desperate do not work there. They will own you. You are just a number no matter what they say. Management quites the most. Id you tell them you have a disability you are done. They will kind away to fire you. They clean house a lot of times. do not lower yourself. it is not a creditable place to put on your resume

1.0

Jun 28, 2017

They will steal your overtime

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Easy work, some good co-workers

Cons

Undertrained and they won't pay you any overtime. I work the service desk, which gets super busy and sometimes I'm unable to clock at exactly the time I'm scheduled, otherwise I'd have to leave a customer hanging in the middle of a transaction. Yet, when I check my paystub, sometimes there's over an hour missing from my paycheck! So now my only options are putting up with my time being stolen and unpaid, or be rude and leave the customer in the middle of helping them! I will definitely look for another job! I'm not about to work for free for a huge multi-billionaire conglomerate!

1.0

Apr 18, 2017

Overworked, underpaid.

Garden sales associate

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CEO approval

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Pros

Coworkers are friendly. Can choose half hour or hour lunches.

Cons

Had to lift 50 lb bags of dirt and mulch, 20-30 at a time by myself, not to mention heavy paving stones, too many to count, and load into customers cars...For $10 an hour. Not allowed to accept tips. I had a lot of experience in Customer Service and Management, and was still hired for minimum wage. The poor cashier's made even less. Thought this would be the ideal company to work for but no. Didn't get recognized for my hard work. Managers never around when you need them. Garden Department understaffed and a nightmare!

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