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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 14, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Friendly and interesting staff, very good comradery with coworkers, occasional profit sharing bonuses, great discount.

Cons

Highly micromanaged, very inconsistent hours, most higher management shows favoritism, very large workload and not uncommon to lack enough time each day to complete due to scheduling/micromanaging. Fairly high turnover.

1.0
Oct 12, 2016

Book seller

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

For a student this is good, some of the stuff you see come in can be interesting but thats about it along with the employee discount if you're interested in using it.

Cons

Horrible work environment, no team work basically you are on your own even when going through training. Training and practices are poorly explained and just poor altogether.

2.0
Jan 22, 2016

Good until...

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Work/Home life balance, interesting material to work with, profit sharing (if there is a profit)

Cons

Low pay and hours, Poor management at local store, Lack of advancement, unrealistic customers

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