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?

68% 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 (1065) , 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 3869 reviews)); "The people you work with are great and very friendly willing to help each other." ((in 3160 reviews)); "All my coworkers are great and the head cashiers always push me to do my best every day." ((in 1696 reviews)); "Flexible hours are available and even like that you can move up to a manager or DH position." ((in 1467 reviews)); "Great corporate company and culture (truly lives by the "value wheel" shown on all store" ((in 980 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 3535 reviews)); "they pay is low and they are do not care about their employees childcare hours when scheduling" ((in 3352 reviews)); "bad manager and mangement need to be ppl oriented and worked towards employees" ((in 1437 reviews)); "So much favoritism and brown nosing" ((in 699 reviews)); "There is no work/life balance and the rumors of being a sweat shop are true." ((in 618 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

68% would recommend to a friend

(55,769 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 55,769 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

Jun 16, 2008

just a pit stop

Sales associate

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Home depot is a first stop to finding a better job, You start out thinking you might go somewere and management gives you great praise for about the first year but refuse to help you in your growth. never enough time to work with associates in job advancement.

Cons

Lack of communication, over worked under paid, and no respect. As an associate you want to know whats going on. In my store management wont communicate with each other. If I have a problem there is no resolve. Its just the suck it up and move on attitude all management puts out. RESPECT what does that mean? I have gone to management about personal information to hear it the next day by coworkers. In a nut shell if you have a problem just call the associate awareness line you would be better off!!!!!!

1.0

Jun 15, 2008

Good money and thats it!

Management

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The Salary is the only thing good about working at Home Depot.

Cons

zero work life balance. minimum 55 hour work weeks. sometimes 6-days a week. no time for self development. no time for lunch or other breaks. promised more hours to store for customer service but have seen scheduled hours decrease weekly for hourly associates. not enough positive feedback to salary managers only negative.

2.0

Jun 11, 2008

Lead by example and set the tone for success in the stores.

Sales specialist

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

The 401 k is the best reason to work at Home Depot. It is also a clean safe enviorment with many nice people. There is very little supervision so it makes it a fairly easy job. They allow internet access so you have good resources to complete tasks.

Cons

The main problem at Home Depot is the top level people are not good retail managers. Poor choices have been made which has cost the company alot of money,employees and loyal customers. Thier is very little though on how to make morale better in the stores. They usr poor judgement by not giving more perks to the aprons on the floor. Any extra compenstion is gained in a lottery format and hard work goes unrewarded.

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