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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
Feb 24, 2021

Pay/Experience

Recommend
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Pros

Community, insurance, discount on books

Cons

Lack of commitment to diversity and protecting POC and other minorities, managers that create a hostile environment, constantly changing schedules, disrespect from customers, outrageously complicated training process (lasts 90 days) and an INSULTING pay check

3.0
Dec 4, 2020

Not great, not terrible

Recommend
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Pros

One hour break, benefits for part time work, nice work environment for retail, and great employee discount

Cons

Strangely strict and overbearing structure, low pay, little opportunity to advance. They pride themselves on their great healthcare and other benefits to compensate for the low pay- but the benefits aren't that great. And their operating systems seem to not have advanced beyond maybe the late 90s.

1.0
Oct 17, 2020

Nope

Recommend
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Pros

I didn't get Corona so that's a plus.

Cons

Made us work during a pandemic and only shut down because the government made them.

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