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Half Price Books reviews

3.7

70% would recommend to a friend

(718 total reviews)
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Sharon Anderson Wright

64% approve of CEO

55% positive business outlook

Half Price Books has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 718 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Half Price Books employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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718 reviews
5.0
Mar 21, 2017

Loved This Job!

Recommend
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Pros

Great coworkers, fulfilling interactions with customers, surrounded by books and records, overall wonderful.

Cons

Schedules are based on seniority so newbies get the hours that no one else really wants.

3.0
Mar 20, 2017

Not Bad

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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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).

3.0
Mar 18, 2017

Store manager

Recommend
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Pros

Good work environment and smart people

Cons

Upper management Will stab you in the back even after being there 10 plus years. With little or no information

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