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 (5824) , Cashier (4091) , Customer Service Representative (1399) , Department Supervisor (1258) , Sales Associate/Cashier (1093) , 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 3895 reviews)); "The people you work with are great and very friendly willing to help each other." ((in 3178 reviews)); "All my coworkers are great and the head cashiers always push me to do my best every day." ((in 1698 reviews)); "Flexible hours are available and even like that you can move up to a manager or DH position." ((in 1460 reviews)); "Great corporate company and culture (truly lives by the "value wheel" shown on all store" ((in 963 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 3502 reviews)); "they pay is low and they are do not care about their employees childcare hours when scheduling" ((in 3322 reviews)); "bad manager and mangement need to be ppl oriented and worked towards employees" ((in 1444 reviews)); "So much favoritism and brown nosing" ((in 678 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

(55,783 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 55,783 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

Oct 24, 2018

Cliquish and Not All-Inclusive

Sales specialist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Steady hours for full-time employees 401K Success Sharing Homer Fund If you are a sheep, and can follow the whims of your ever changing direct supervisor, then this is the place for you.

Cons

Constantly changing work days that make work/home life balance impossible. Non-inclusive celebrations - If you work closing shift, don't expect to be included in successar sharing activities or annual store holiday party. Entire month of corporate sponsored activities/perks for cashiers and what is now deemed "CAM" a celebration that completely ignores the fact that sales associates and specialists drive the sales in the stores not the cashiers. Promotions based not upon what you know, but who you know and what behinds you kiss. Awards and Recognition given is strictly political.

1.0

Oct 10, 2018

Call center in Georgia

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Lateral coworkers are helpful at times

Cons

Run!!!! The new director make president trump look nice. He is a dictator. Upper management instills fear and threatens terminations of all.

1.0

Sep 10, 2018

Bad place to work in regards to advancement and work life balance.

Associate

Recommend

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Pros

There actually is no pro to any position at the store level.

Cons

There is poor communication between management and the associates on the store level. Also promised that are made to the associates are not kept. Advancement beyond Department supervisor is an unclear path and they will forget about you. Mentor ship is a joke because no one in upper management is there to lead or train, and they do not recognize the hard workers. They are drastically understaffed and will will move you around to fill holes in the schedule instead of hiring appropriately. Upper Management will go home on time while the associates have to work overtime due to lack of staffing. Audits are a joke due to the fact that 3-4 people from district management will come in and tell you the same thing.

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