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Good Company, WAY Better Than Most Retail - Bookseller Half Price Books Employee Review

4.0
May 23, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Awesome coworkers, excellent benefits, hour-long lunches, relaxed environment, can basically wear whatever you want, good variety of tasks, buying is fun, excellent discount, holiday bonus is generous.

Cons

Very needy and often helpless customers--especially old people, moms, and kids. Constantly explaining to people that their books are extremely common, not valuable, in bad shape, etc. Low wage--and even maximum raises are low (though benefits and bonuses help). FT is only 35 hrs a week, not 40. Because it's a good company with less turnover than average, can take a while for promotion.

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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
Jun 4, 2026
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Pros

Great coworkers. Get quarterly bonus checks. Not a super hard job.

Cons

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