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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
2.0
Jul 25, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Insurance, salary, profit-sharing, discount on merchandise

Cons

Dirty, dusty, moldy, OSHA nightmare, schedule is ridiculous even for retail - if you request a day off be prepared to work 10 days straight to get it, no one gets fired for anything, co-workers dating, management married to upper management

3.0
Jun 15, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits including 401(k), good health insurance and both vacation time and sick time rather than the "one time bank for everything" approach. Much better than other retail places. Pay is decent. Not minimum wage but the annual raises are VERY stingy. You can only get a 2% raise a year no matter how good your review is.

Cons

They've cut back on a lot of the perks over the last few years. They cut 5 of our annual holidays (meaning we're working a week more per year for the same pay) and have reduced vacation and sick time. I'm pretty sure this is coming from a disconnect in the upper management. It seems like Sharon Wright is becoming increasingly hands-off from the day-to-day and that means more 'corporate' ideals are sneaking in. They used to put the employees first and treat us like we were the most important asset but, in my district, the upper management is increasingly siding with customers who just want to complain until they get a discount rather than listening to their employees who have been there for years. They've lost a lot of long-tenured employees in the last year in this district because they didn't like the direction the company is turning toward.

1.0
May 27, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Pretty great employee discount. Decent pay.

Cons

If you go to school, or have a family, get sick or get stuck in traffic you will get flak. They want every second of your time for them. This isn't a reflection of the company as a whole, however my location was pretty terrible. There is tons of turnover there.

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