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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
Jan 17, 2021

Culture has Changed

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Pros

$11 an hour base pay in Texas, PTO, 401k.

Cons

Erratic scheduling that can make work/life balance difficult. Corporate demands that are placed on employees can be excessive and not conducive to success at busy branches. Many devoted employees with 10+ years experience were fired suddenly and unceremoniously after a brief furlough period.

1.0
Dec 17, 2020

HPB has fallen on its face

Recommend
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Pros

Health benefits, ability to check out media, good employee discount, hour lunch

Cons

Upper management is difficult to deal with and really showed how little they cared about long term employees when the pandemic hit. Around 75% of the staff was laid off, with many of them having worked for HPB for 10+ years. Favoritism runs rampant in management at most stores. Customers can be rude about the buying process and often offended by low offers. Not paid enough for the amount of work expected.

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