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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
1.0
Dec 31, 2021

Treated poorly

Recommend
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Pros

Get to work with books, buying book collections is fun.

Cons

My manager was awful, I was payed minimum wage, and I was let go for no clear reason. I suspect it's because I talked about salaries regularly.

4.0
Sep 9, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Work around books and music, cool coworkers for the most part, bonuses, great employee discount

Cons

Not a livable wage, company is becoming too corporate, days can feel extremely long

3.0
Aug 6, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Exposure to tons of great media, decent benefits, great co-workers can create a really fun working environment.

Cons

District and Regional managers lose perspective and and implement draconian policies; use of PTO often denied or triggers retribution; strict attendance policies sometimes abused to create high turnover and depress labor cost.

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