Home Depot – “Good company to work for; a bit disorganized and definitely behind times in terms of technology”
2 of 2 people found this helpfulPros
Good company to work for;
Very understanding leadership in terms of time off, vacations, personal errands, etc,
Senior management open to suggestions
Large company with a good reputation
A lot of room for improvement meaning a lot of interesting work
Cons
The company is very disorganized in terms of Supply Chain and IT. The company has always placed a high focus on growing and opening stores only, and IT / operations fell by the way side. It can sometimes be frustrating coming from any other company and realizing that Home Depot is at least a decade behind technologically. Also, because there are so many corporate employees and lack of clear, defined roles, there are a lot of cooks in the kitchen. It can be frustrating to get something done when you don't have one person responsible for it.
Advice to Senior Management
Leadership can take time and clearly define roles / responsibilities and hold people accountable to those roles. Also, Home Depot culture dictates "stores first" which often results in a reactive approach (let's solve the fire now!) as opposed to the proactive approach (let's determine the root cause of the fire).