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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
Aug 6, 2021
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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.

2.0
Aug 1, 2021
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Pros

Great Co-workers, good employee discount, surrounded by books, the work itself was nice i really loved helping customers find books

Cons

District manager sucked, ended 401k retirement plans before Covid lockdowns even happened, used covid as an excuse to fire everyone, laid off everyone who had any seniority or benefits or was making more than minimum wage, no room for advancement, shipping practices are from the stone age

3.0
Jul 28, 2021

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Pros

Good team and feed back from managers was great, employee discounts we're a big solid but also a double edged sword

Cons

It's retail so the normal downsides assoicated with that, typically boils down to things outside the control of the company when dealing with the public.

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