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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

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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
May 22, 2016

Good retail job

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Pros

Great benefits; access to lots of different books, CDs, DVDs and other media; yearly raises and other perks. As far as a retail environment goes Half Price Books is the best job I ever had.

Cons

Lack of consistency in training when it comes to the buy counter-although it would be difficult I wish that more firm buying procedures were enforced. Also, at least while I was working there, the store database was pretty rudimentary and not always accurate, making searching for customer items a bit frustrating at times. I feel the company was behind the times when it came to technology, at least while I was working there.

4.0
Apr 22, 2016

Good place to work.

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Pros

Fast paced, learning intensive. Good people to work with and the training is fairly exhaustive so you're ready to go.

Cons

The pay is pretty bad for all the work and knowledge they expect. Customers can be extremely hard to relate to, thinking the value of their books is way higher than it actually is.

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