Home Depot Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Home Depot full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Almost entirely promotion from within, making a career with this company is easy if you have the drive and a willingness to learn. Appropriate compensation- competitive with other retailers. Direction and values of the company - strong cash company, makes smart financial decisions that ensure continued growth, values that will surprise you in a retailer (taking care of each other). This is no Walmart, with disgruntled employees. THD makes a point of supporting its employees, rewarding them, supporting its surrounding community, and taking pride in winning over customers. As an example, raising money to help eachother all over the company (untouched by the company), which has had hundreds of thousands of dollars of our CEOs own salary donated to help out. As a manager I can tell you that there is corporate pressure to not only invest time with all employees but to work to move people up with the company; it is an official company program.

Cons – After THD implemented temporary hiring as a seasonal requirement it is more difficult for people to stay on with the company. Associates who stay on are people which are hand selected by their supervisors and managers as solid employees but they enter at basic wages and remain PT for typically quite some time before opportunities for FT become available. While wages are competitive, truly making enough to committ to a career with the company requires moving up to higher paying positions. However, this strategy accelerated stock prices in a home improvement retailer when the country's housing market bottomed out with the economy around 2008. As a company who attracts mostly male applicants, the company works very hard to push females (and other diverse groups) into supervisory positions and typically male dominated areas of the company; this is good and bad as high performing white males are sometimes passed over for promotions when they are comparable to a more diverse candidate. And that is coming from a white female manager. Other than that the Pros and Cons of the job are what you make of them.

Advice to Senior Management – As with any company or manager(s) there is room for improvement; holding hourly employees at a higher level in the company accountable at the same execution and leadership expectation should be a given; sometimes it is not.

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

Former Employee – worked at Home Depot full-time for more than a year

Pros – Can advance if you drink enough of their cool aide to bleed orange.
Somewhat climate controlled building.

Cons – Concrete floors are murder on your knees, back and feet.
Only those that join the cult and bleed orange have any chance of promotion.
Coffee is for customers only.
Raises are few and far between (max of 25 cents per year is absurd).
They try to save money by remaining understaffed.

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

Former Employee – worked at Home Depot part-time for more than a year

Pros – Plenty of hours, good benefits, professional work environment and excellent benefits for a part-time job. They also adhere strictly to labor laws, overtime was regularly approved.

Cons – loud, hot, noisy and very busy environment. They will pull the part-time working full time hours scam to get out of giving you paid vacation each year. They work hard to keep unions out of their stores, which makes you think that they may have something to hide.

Advice to Senior Management – Requiring more professional dress code ( ban dickies shorts) could help reduce the thug look many employees have. A cleaner store would also surely help sales

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Home Depot full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Great benefits, community-oriented, volunteer opportunities. Fantastic way to learn if you are self-motivated and curious. Offers retail management training (PRM) degree and various other benefits.

Cons – Extremely unhealthy work environment. The department supervisor position (in most stores) requires more work and a less flexible schedule than even the assistant store manager positions. Pay is very poor for the amount of responsibility required in this role.

Advice to Senior Management – Stop overloading the supervisors. Hire efficient, productive ASM's who actually get out on the floor and work, and are willing to develop their people and get them to the next level.

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

Current Employee – been working at Home Depot for less than a year

Pros – Fun enviroment, people very friendly and customers seem to be very nice in this store. Its a lot of work but the time goes by very fast. They stress customer service which is great.

Cons – The training is not real good you are on your own to learn, You also have to prove yourself in 120 days or they will let you go.

Advice to Senior Management – Management has a lot on there plate but it seems they could understand that you are new and learning. Some management is ok some just don't get it and lecture to you about things they think you should already know but no one has shown you yet.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Home Depot full-time for more than a year

Pros – Laid back atmosphere, casual dress code, performance rewards, management that wants to help you get to where you want to be, challenging and rewarding work, upper management always willing to see you and hear your opinions and ideas, success sharing, pay well, reasonably priced cafeterias, full gym, on-site preschool, employee stock purchase program, tuition reimbursement, committed to getting products to customers during emergencies asap

Cons – Can feel like a large corporation at times, small annual salary increases, satisfaction will vary by group

Advice to Senior Management – Stay in closer contact with those doing the projects you commission to make sure that it is what you want early and often

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

Current Employee – been working at Home Depot full-time for more than a year

Pros – Excellent Growth opportunities, Great benefits, decent pay.

Cons – Retail Hours aren't desirable for single parents.

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

Current Employee – been working at Home Depot full-time for more than a year

Pros – great company to work for if you work hard, you will move up

Cons – hard to get full time to start

Advice to Senior Management – none

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

Current Employee – been working at Home Depot full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Great Associates. Solid direction. Frank Blake. Very demanding and challenging.

Cons – Breakdown in values at store level. Seeing actions counter productive to message from leadership at the top. Seems the disconnect with leadership is regional, and therefore detrimental to the corporate direction.

Advice to Senior Management – Need to start having town halls with associates facilitated by people outside the district. Probably an independent.

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

Current Employee – been working at Home Depot part-time for more than a year

Pros – My co-workers are great and the customers are a lot of fun if you know how to work them. Training programs are pretty good.

Cons – Between different stores management can be professional or never seen/ just a rumor. Pay is poor and there is little upward advancement except within each store and then that is limited.

Advice to Senior Management – The employee turnover is, especially among cashiers is; is costly to the company and obviously reduced service to the customers. THD used to have a reputation for quality advice but now it is mostly minimum wage advice of "DUH" and ths customers know it.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend