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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
2.0
Jul 10, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Good benefits, great discounts/free merchandise. There are a lot of awesome people working there, but they are all at the bottom (where you will most likely be as well)

Cons

Little opportunity for advancement, as they hire externally for management positions. Management unconcerned with the ideas of their subordinates.

5.0
Jul 10, 2014

Best job I've had so far.

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Everyone I worked with was intelligent and fun, the pay for a part-time cashier's job was great, the discounts were amazing, and who doesn't like being around books all day?

Cons

Very rigid schedule- had to work 28 hrs/wk, every week (only 7 less than full-time), which was really difficult as a full-time student. My store's GM was also really hard to read and made everyone nervous.

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