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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
Nov 4, 2021

Iffy

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Decent pay and perks like discounts on product.

Cons

Insurance gets worse every year, highly nepotistic with a definite in-crowd, pays lip service to sustainability, and creating a non-toxic work environment

4.0
Oct 21, 2021

Better than average retail

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits, okay pay for retail, different every day thanks to the buy counter, attracts interesting people

Cons

Corporate can be infuriating, micromanaging, terrible initial response to Covid-19

2.0
Oct 20, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The discount used to be lovely, but corporate started cutting back. Camaraderie was stellar, but that doesn't help pay the bills. Hour long lunch breaks were also beneficial. Shockingly good health insurance once upon a time.

Cons

Management is ineffective. Training was not properly thorough, and during chaotic hiring times, it was almost non-existent. People in upper management (assistant, store, district) should not have held their position or title at all due to being out of touch, hypocritical, and contradictory. Customers would become irate after you gave them offers for their items- sentimental value does not trump what someone would be willing to purchase for it. Weekends and summers were among the most crushing times of the year due to management deciding to take vacations. Bonuses became non-existent outside of the holidays, and you would only get limited overtime during summer or winter hours.

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