The Home Depot reviews

Pay scale very low for area Managment attitudes are forced on associates, mostly bad, some good No cost of living increases just meager 1-3% raises Turnover of managers and assoc. is very high in all stores, mostly because of the pay scales Company rules are not followed as required, by managment and associates Raises are poor for the expected work

Work/life balance doesn't exist for managers. If you are dedicated to providing the best service to your associates, it requires working between 60 - 70 hours per week during season (March - July). Company expectation is that you will work a minimum of 55 hours per week. At the store level, the managers work very hard to meet the company goals. The problem is that the goals change constantly so you never have the feeling that you are getting anywhere. Even worse, you never feel the sense of satisfaction of a job well done. Your arms get very tired trying to swim upstream all the time!