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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
3.0
Dec 14, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

co workers- great people discount profit sharing great training flexible scheduling

Cons

Low start pay rate little accountability for shift leads

4.0
Dec 9, 2014

Shift Leader

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

great co-workers, access to amazing merchandise, relaxed atmosphere, good discount, good health insurance

Cons

dismal wages, poor leadership, irregular schedule, physically stressful, unhappy customers

3.0
Oct 22, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits, even though they have been curtailed. Still some of the best healthcare insurance and employee discounts one can get, especially in the Red State markets HPB tends to operate in. If you like books, music, and movies, this is the place for you. HPB is also a very diverse workplace.

Cons

Every store is understaffed, but that's American retail today. The buying process is stressful and will burn most folks out. Managers are constantly under tremendous pressure from corporate and the day to day operations of the store. Policies change or are reversed without any coherent planning. It's impossible to have a predictable work schedule, apparently. Working on the weekends or at night is inevitable.

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