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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
Jun 27, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

An interesting job, great coworkers, promotion from within the company (but see "Cons" below), approachable management, fine benefits (but see below), and a friendly company culture. I'll be sad to leave this family.

Cons

Due to the constricting prospects of book sales and retail in general, the company has had to (understandably) rein in its benefits and maximum yearly pay raises. These savings are being reinvested in technology and other assets to help pave the way in the future, but it *does* feel a little like the walls are closing in. Additionally -- because the job and company are largely fantastic -- company superiors rarely leave, greatly hindering upward career growth.

5.0
Jun 13, 2017

Temp Position was great

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great coworkers, fun environment, seemed like everyone got along and cared. Benefits if you aren't a temp so I don't know a lot about those but they had them. You can move around to different things throughout the store during your shift. Manager was great and they always helped when you needed it especially with difficult customers.

Cons

Honestly I'm not sure, it was great I thought.

4.0
May 24, 2017

Decent place to work

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The pros for work at half price books are the regulars that you see and get to know. They really make it worth while

Cons

The really aren't much cons besides some annoying customers that you get sometimes. some of the benefits are not the best.

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