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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 30, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Surrounded by knowledge and a sense of ownership in particular sections you maintain.

Cons

Negative customers and coworkers Lazy coworkers who lied about not being trained when I myself trained them and asked them over and over if they understood the training.

2.0
Dec 19, 2022

Just a mess

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great employee discount. Management was amicable. Temp job can become full time if sought.

Cons

So much overturn, I was trained by people who'd been there 2 weeks. I was given 30 minutes of training on the register, which takes an average of 40 hours to become fluent in. Coworkers became frustrated when I asked questions while left alone with tasks, receiving no shadowing. No sitting whatsoever. A single 15-minute break. Poor explanation of the shelving system until asked a 3rd time. The absolute apathy of my coworkers.

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