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All the best and worst of a retail job. - Bookseller Half Price Books Employee Review

3.0
Feb 1, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

A very relaxed and informal work environment. A fair amount of autonomy. A generous employee discount, and a relatively flexible schedule.

Cons

An almost complete lack of consistent communication between management and staff, particularly as pertaining to seemingly mundane day-to-day aspects of the job. Customers can and will frequently display a breathtakingly significant lack of common courtesy, civility, decency, patience, and/or empathy, and management will more often than not fail to intervene on behalf of employees. Frequent unsanitary conditions due to being responsible for the disposal of unwanted or unsellable merchandise, which results in exposure to material that is contaminated with dust, mold, urine, and/or feces.

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5.0
Oct 23, 2025
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Pros

Great staff, awesome benefits and discount

Cons

Not much of anything really

4.0
Jun 4, 2026
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Pros

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

Cons

Mangement is kinda iffy and they really require you to do a lot more work than you're paid for.

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