Lowe's Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Lowe's full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Lowe's is a good company to work for because if you do your job there is always opportunity to move upward in the company.

Cons – You will always be asked to do things outside of your basic job description, if you want to work for Lowe's you just have to accept the fact that you are going to have to cross train in all of your surrounding departments and be able to multi talk well in order to be successfull in the long term with the company.

Advice to Senior Management – Create a better avenue for employees to give feedback to the corporate office. The big focus of this would be on planagram issues and other merchandise types of concerns that don't always seem to be implemented in the most efficient way from the corporate level. If local stores had a little more flexablity in this area they could taylor the layout and merchandising in their stores more to local demand.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Lowe's part-time for less than a year

Pros – You work with a lot of interesting people, and meet a lot of different customers.

Cons – Store tends to show favoritism and only promotes the same individuals instead of promoting people within.

Advice to Senior Management – Promote people who are proven to do a job from within. Hiring people from outside the company to do a job over current employees who have to train them is a slap in the face.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Lowe's part-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Okay pay, benefits very expensive

Cons – Long hours, must work weekends and holidays - that's retail.

Advice to Senior Management – None

Current Employee – been working at Lowe's

Pros – No pressure sales
Flexible scheduling

Cons – No commission on any sales

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Lowe's part-time for more than a year

Pros – Have a chance to move up within.

Cons – Hours. And the hiring system based on points rather rhen experience and knowledge

Advice to Senior Management – Listen to employees.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Lowe's full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Learn about different aspects of home improvement
Great people to work with
Once you are in the company they like to promote from within

Cons – Open 7 days a week
Customers look down on you

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Lowe's full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Company takes pride on promoting from within. There is a clear path of advancement to managment. Benefits are stellar. And tuition reimbursement!

Cons – Recently they did away with sales commission and spiff programs.
Schedules suck (as in any retail company)
Salaries could be more competitive.

Advice to Senior Management – Make bonus structure more obtainable.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Lowe's full-time for less than a year

Pros – hours , pay, discount, fun place to work

Cons – Just started working there i have no negative feedback so far

Current Employee – been working at Lowe's full-time for less than a year

Pros – Variety, alot of activity and customer interactions. Benefit packages are quite good.

Cons – Currently understaffed during a very busy time of the year.

Advice to Senior Management – Better starting pay would attract additional employees to make up for staffing shortages. Better pay would also attract additional talent that have the skills to interact socially with the customers while meeting other demands throughout the store.

Former Employee – worked at Lowe's full-time for more than a year

Pros – Friendly coworkers
Passionate employees
Great management team
High quality customers
Good products
Knowledgeable staff
Opportunity for growth
Ample compensation for work done
Potential for bonuses

Cons – Seasonal drops in business
Must be very knowledgeable about products in order to succeed
Lots of additional promotions to remember and present to customers

Advice to Senior Management – Sometimes the store has a little too much going on at once, not only for the employees to remember, but for the customers to take in. It may be helpful to limit your promotions/events to only so many per week to prevent everyone from being overwhelmed.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company