Home Depot Reviews in Atlanta, GA Area

Pros

Good insurance 401k and vacation time. Overall co workers ate pleasant and easy to get along with. .

Cons

Supervisor can be accusing before all the facts are gathered

Advice to Senior Management

Please be more forthcoming with news an updates that are relevant to the team members. More open communications and more concerned for the customers.

Pros

I developed long lasting relationships with my coworkers

Cons

You try to move up, but it is not easy because they want to keep you where they want you to be.

Advice to Senior Management

Give associates the chance to move up within the company; not keep them down in a dead end position.

Pros

This company is a great place to grow and advance. They promote from within. The associate discounts and perks are awesome and are much better than other companies. Salaried associates are taken care of very well.

Cons

You will work very hard no matter what department or affiliate of Home Depot you work for. Those in salaried positions may be paid well, but do not have a good work/life balance. Hourly associates often feel overworked, underpaid, and unappreciated.

Advice to Senior Management

Hire more competent people in mid-management
Improve day to day processes for efficiency purposes
Provide more incentives and bonuses for your hourly employees
Decrease the micromanagement in the call center environment

Pros

great work-out, interesting people, decent pay, advancement

Cons

communication via management, expectations per department/specialty positions, cement floor

Advice to Senior Management

Please communicate with your co-workers so EVERYONE is on the same page!

Pros

Great work life balance, company genuinely cares about its people. Culture is very evident.

Cons

Benefits are average, could be better at times.

Pros

Many opportunity to exand and develop professionally
Although large, special team spirit persists
diverse workforce provide many different perspectives
store support center provides great location and good perks (laundry, gym, cafeteria, insite CVS)

Cons

Because of being in the retail industry, vacation time (even for salaried employees at store support) is much less than most comparable jobs in other industries. negotiate that in advance

Advice to Senior Management

performance management is sometimes spotty (certain leaders encourage taking it seriously while others treat it as a chore)
alignment to strategies and focus on particular goals to achieve specific business results has improved, but could bear to be communicated further to all levels of each part of the organization

Pros

Great pay. Relaxed customers (not like food industry)

Cons

Managers are just generally not all that bright. I worked there while in college while earning a business degree and know I could have ran it better.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep up the great employee appreciation and customer service. Overall my best "store" job.

Pros

Co-workers are very pleasant and easy to get along with. they are also willing to show you the ropes.

Cons

Management is very out of touch with the folks they have working for them. I see a lot of incompetence in upper management and way too many chiefs and not enough indians to get the work done.

Advice to Senior Management

Hire management with great personality and people skills; invest in employees. Keep good workers happy and the rest is history.

Pros

They pay well above market.
Merit increases have been solid despite the poor economy.
Great location (Vinings, GA)

Cons

Long Hours. No work / life balance.
Very Cliquish
Heavy internal politics.
Systems are a bit antiquated. Hard to navigate and co workers do not willingly share info to help you.

Advice to Senior Management

At the Senior Level, meaning Frank Blake and his direct reports we have a formidable leadership team. They are brilliant.

The managers who report into Frank Blake's team need to develop personal skill sets in dealing with different personalities and leadership styles. Patience is a "virtue" that appears to be lacking in some (not all) cases.

Pros

- Great company to put on your resume
- Great benefits
- Corporate Discounts
- Ability to move to different departments
- Charitable Giving
- Down to earth managers

Cons

- Degrees don't matter In Corporate
- Promotions are given based on the buddy system
- Salaries are fairly low in comparison with other Fortune 500 companies

Advice to Senior Management

Leadership needs to take performance evalutations more seriously. Manager's need to choose the best person for the job. Promotion decisions should not be based on who one's buddies are.