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Not Bad - Anonymous employee Half Price Books Employee Review

3.0
Mar 20, 2017
Anonymous employee
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Pros

I worked here as a stop-gap job between career stops. The store I work at wasn't bad. The people you work with are going to be cool, for the most part, as the book store employee type is usually pretty similar across stores. Pay isn't great but benefits are pretty good. Overtime was always available and approved for time and a half.

Cons

Shift Manager job is a revolving door bc the pay is literally 10 cents more per hour than a regular bookseller makes. Not worth it at all. They asked me repeatedly to be a shift manager and I turned them down because the pay increase is not worth the hassle a shift manager has to deal with. Holiday sales are a beating (just like any other retail job).

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