The Home Depot reviews

3.7

68% would recommend to a friend

(55,778 total reviews)
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Ted Decker

66% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

The Home Depot has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 55,778 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The The Home Depot 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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56K reviews
4.0
Jan 19, 2016

Cashier

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Flexible schedule, access to updating your availability with no problem, great customers, friendly co workers, fun environment, ability to get promoted, incentives, bonus checks, and so on. Reasonable breaks and lunch.

Cons

As a cashier it will get frustrating if you cannot find help for a customer, meaning the sales associates in the departments can never be found. Which in the end makes you look bad. You are the first and last person they see.

2.0
Oct 18, 2015

IT Director

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good salary Great Brand Cutting edge technology, large scale, excellent business direction. CIO strong technology and strong retail. Excellent talent level - I worked with some of the best in the industry. CEO when I left was Frank Blake, CIO was Matt Carey

Cons

Impossible work life balance; you're paid well and they get every penny out of you. Think "Corporate Forced Selection". Work them till they drop, we can always hire more. VP's stay out of touch so they have time to fawn over CIO. CIO has one style of leadership, fear and intimidation.

1.0
Jul 31, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The company looks good on a resume. They are a good place to shop but a terrible place to work.

Cons

the pay is terrible. Cashiers- Minimum wage department specialists might make $.50 more then a cashier p/h Department managers in the state of California make between $13-15 p/h Assistant managers are required to work 50 + hours a week, This typically is more like 60 hours and if there is a walk coming up expect to work 15 hour days 6 days a week until the walk. They start assistant managers at $46,000 a year and even after being an assistant manager for 10 years still don't even make 60 K a year. Be prepared to be written up for EVERYTHING on a consistent basis. Here are some examples- you gave a customer too much of a discount. The economy crashed and people were not remodeling their home so you department(s)/store aren't making sales plan. You didn't merchandise product well enough, There aren't enough signs in the store. Home Depot treats ALL of their employees like slaves. They don't care about family. the benefits are decent but nothing special considering the size of the company Home Depot is. Oh and don't ever speak your mind to the management, always agree with them and tell them what they want to hear. If you do speak your mind and tell them a better solution then theirs or out shine them they will make your life a living hell. They even schedule management to work from noon -11 even though you are there till 12 or 1 and then have to be back at 4am and work till 3 or 4 pm. 9/10 times you don't even get a lunch break. I worked with the company from the time I was 18 until I was in my mid 30's. I worked my way up as a lot attendant to an Assistant manager. Over the years this company has changed. They have gone to pure and udder Poop (sorry can't use foul language)

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