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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
Oct 11, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Surrounded by books and great discount

Cons

Beaurocratic and not enough flexibility

3.0
Oct 11, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

fun environment and coworkers great discount

Cons

crazy customers and demanding work for average pay

2.0
Sep 30, 2022

Wish it could’ve worked out

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-Actual competitive pay/frequent bonuses and pay raises -Job was actually fun -Once there long enough, you won’t be followed by supervisors all day -Hours were always discussed/schedule changes easy

Cons

-Too much leeway on how bad the customer can treat a person under the guise of customer service” -Switched managers/leadership so often it was confusing who was in charge -Lied about caring about mental health (was fired because of it)

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