Home Depot Reviews

Pros

great people to work with

Cons

management lack the experience to lead and inspire

Advice to Senior Management

the job of management is not only to tell people what to do but also to give credit when credit is due and to inspire and guide their team as well, the old school management approach does not work with current realities. Fix that weakness and what you have is some of the most dedicate and smart people working for your company, do nothing and face the consequences - the smart ones will leave!

Pros

with hardwork and dedication it is easy to move up to management

Cons

schedule varies from week to week

Pros

- Profit Sharing
- Lots of Opportunities for Growth
- It's like a second family

Cons

- Scheduling System still needs some work.

Pros

pay is good
love rasies twice a year

Cons

workload is heavy
stress is a lot bc of expectations

Advice to Senior Management

need better leaders

Pros

Support from management, Good Pay, Reasonable Accomodations, ok to work shorter hours when necessary. I like the fact that i can talk to any of the district people.

Cons

The only complaint I have is the fact that the particular store I work at is very "catty" there is lot of bickering and complaining more so than at other stores i have been in.

Advice to Senior Management

I know that salaried managers dont have to clock in but it might be an interesting test to have them clock in for an extended period of time just to see who works and who does not

Pros

The people at The Home Depot are friendly. Customers hardly complain about lack of friendliness. The store tries to do fun events for the employees and does a great job recognizing quality work.

Cons

The job can be slow in the winter time because the cold weather keeps people from building. Raises are given yearly, and are not much.

Advice to Senior Management

Management is very approachable. In my past experiences, If I had any complaints, management took them seriously and helped me find solutions.

Pros

Good Pay
Decent Scheduling-The New FAST system needs attention
HR is easy to reach
Great values promoted
Upper management, not the store managers, really do care about their employees
Power Hours-Great idea, when Store Managers really follow it
Frank Blake has really turned the company around and has turned it back into the great company it was. Marvin has been a big help by getting the word out on how to really take care of your customers.

Cons

Most store manages need to work smarter. They don't think before they act. Then is creates more work for the rest of the staff, because we have to fix their screw up. Thus preventing the valuable time for customer service.
You never can find out when any openings are for Assistant Managers. It's like it's part of the old boys club. You have to know someone to get promoted.
They are now hiring outside of the company for Assistant Managers. Slowing down the chances for Department Supervisors to move up.

Advice to Senior Management

Get back to more promoting within.
Tell the store managers, again, that FAST is not perfect and needs to be tweaked. My store manager follows it to the letter and it not giving my department the coverage it needs to take care of the customers.

Pros

The culture is very friendly. Good communication to and from management. Promotions seem to be given relatively often to those who deserve it.

Cons

Some people may not enjoy the manual and physical labor that nearly every employee participates in every now and again.

Pros

High Paying Job For the Industry. Feel part of the family and they do training in all departments once a month. Knowledge is power.

Cons

Will work you to death during the busy season and cut all the new employees from spring hire in the winter. So don't expect a permanent job unless you hire on with them as a Store Opener.

Advice to Senior Management

Home Depot needs to screen their management for attitude. Those thinking that they are holier than thou due to their management position. Many very good people have had to leave the company due to ridiculous reasons because a manager was big headed.

Pros

Flexible hours, Decent Pay, People who work there are generally professional, Putting Customers first also extends to the associates, ability to move up pretty quickly (becoming full time or a Head Cashier or FT Head Cashier after 6 months is reasonable) but ability to move up to really highly desired jobs isn't as quick (becoming a Front-End Supervisor more like 3-5 years). There is a lot of respect for diversity and a lot of opportunities to be recognized.

Cons

Sometimes there is conflicting directions from Head Cashiers, Management, or Supervisors. Definitely need to be flexible. Sometimes when a lot of new cashiers are hired on, the older cashiers must take up the slack. Work load is over-all fair, though.

Advice to Senior Management

Communication between yourselves and the employees is really important. Otherwise, great job.