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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
Sep 19, 2012

Treat you like family

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great benefits including full health care, profit sharing, lots of vacation and sick time. The culture is definitely one of family, which is evident in the fact that one of the founders' daughters is the president. There's definitely career opportunities since most of the upper management started out as booksellers, and they clearly value those who put in their time on "the bottom" as it were. Feel valued as an employee.

Cons

While store management receives training just as the booksellers do, it doesn't always seem to be consistent or uniform, and some of the managers have been there so long that they may not have received any kind of "management" training at all. This results in some store managers not really seeming to know how to manage people at all.

3.0
Aug 30, 2012

Bookseller

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Pros

great benefits, decent hourly pay for a retail job, great if you love being around books and like people.

Cons

Catty leadership, merit-based promotions seem to be a thing of the past--feels like you have to be the boss's friend to get ahead. The raises are scant, and quarterly bonuses are nice--but barely help.

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