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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
Jan 18, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Strong team. Fun people to work with. Solid managers to work under. Fast pace, never the same thing happen every day. Manager support was always great.

Cons

Vacations are first come first serve, which means the workers that have been there the longest have already chosen the prime holidays off. Company policy means you will NEVER get over 35 hours unless you are a manager. Work life balance is not great, you might be scheduled for a closing shift, meaning you will be done working at 10:30 pm and then be scheduled for an opening shift that starts at 8:00 am the next day. You COULD switch shifts, but unless a coworker is willing to switch with you, you have to work this schedule.

4.0
Dec 12, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Warehouse = set shift Excellent management at the warehouse (best boss ever!) Great, easy-going environment at the warehouse; above average teamwork & mostly good morale Good benefits package & sometimes profit sharing Employee discount

Cons

Extraordinarily low pay for warehouse work in general, ridiculously low pay for warehouse management Corporate is disconnected from their employees; they no longer care about us, it's only money that motivates them Raises are few & far between Upward mobility is incredibly difficult Benefits (including PTO) are dwindling Corporate doesn't practice what they preach re: our sexual harassment policy

4.0
Jun 2, 2019

Former employee

Recommend
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Pros

Great co workers. Good place to work if you like books.

Cons

Horrible and unsupportive upper management

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