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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
Apr 2, 2022

The usual retail job

Recommend
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Pros

- access to books and popular media - discounts on purchases - potential health benefits

Cons

- very homogenous, single gender, single demographic audience - monotonous customer service - little feedback from upper management about performance - location was outside of the city of Chicago's minimum wage borders

4.0
Apr 1, 2022

Corporate

Recommend
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Pros

Fun environment on the work floor Good benefits at one point Easy tasks such as shelving books and helping customers

Cons

Corporate pushes taking away perks

1.0
Mar 31, 2022

Ruined My love for Books

Recommend
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Pros

Team was nice Get to be around books

Cons

Their way or the highway Keep management low paid so employees have to be Mostly washed up English and theatre majors or graduates who have superiority complexes Drove an hour for a mandatory HR meeting where they sang and danced

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