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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
Nov 9, 2022

meh

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Pros

cool environment if you like books/media. good discount on books but eh discount on everything else,

Cons

same thing every day, new hires dont get paid much attention to, cliquey, they throw out a lot of nice stuff its sad, ive seen magnets, dvds, vinyls, cds, and even perfectly fine board games??

2.0
Oct 23, 2022

No support from higher management

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Pros

Books are awesome. PTO, treat budget, Profit based bonuses.

Cons

New rules and regulations every day. With no transparency about how these rules came about or what they’re trying to improve. What should be streamlined, like training, with so many stores, is beaurocratic and clunky. Lower starting pay for certain kinds of stores, which makes no sense because those employees work just as hard as anyone else. Blamed for not meeting sales goals when literally not allowed to use social media to drive sales. In 2022. They like to say they have company sponsored programs to help you if you need it, and that they want everyone to succeed so there are lots of steps to take for discipline, but will still fire you with no warning and no disciplinary history if it so suits them. Corporate schills. Nobody has your back. The people who act like your friends definitely are not.

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