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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
4.0
Oct 21, 2016

A Quality Place to Work

Recommend
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Pros

Great benefits, no day is the same so you are always learning something new, and the company in general looks out for its employees and uses feedback from employees to try new ideas.

Cons

As with retail, the hours can be a little challenging. The work and nature of work is in constant changing mode, so staff needs a lot of flexibility. Last, the company is losing the mom and pop feeling, becoming more "corporate".

3.0
Oct 16, 2016

Benefits reduced.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great employees. Indoor job, managers who listen. Employee discounts.

Cons

Benefits are reduced almost yearly. Paid sick time reduced to 9 days per year from 12. Insurance deductions from paycheck increased yearly.

1.0
Oct 12, 2016

Book seller

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

For a student this is good, some of the stuff you see come in can be interesting but thats about it along with the employee discount if you're interested in using it.

Cons

Horrible work environment, no team work basically you are on your own even when going through training. Training and practices are poorly explained and just poor altogether.

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