Lowe's Reviews

Pros

Great compensation and benefits. Recognition for job well done. Family atmosphere. Excellent employee rewards for goal achievement. Good communication with stores.

Cons

Incredibly long hours. Preach work/life balance to associates but do not practice it with senior management. An amazing ability to focus on the most minute detail while overlooking the big picture (hence the title above).

Advice to Senior Management

Overall a solid company to work for but the mindset to take every employee gripe as the gospel while ignoring the other side of the story is maddening. Additionally, several years of promises to ease up on the email bombardment to Store Managers never happened. Pretty tough to be active on the floor when the great portion of the day is spent in front of the computer.

Pros

Decent pay and opportunity for some bonuses and/or commisions. Above average benefits and vacation/holiday pay. Company matching 401K and stock purchase options. An employee discount on purchases. If you love home improvement and enjoy helping people on their projects then this is the place to be.

Cons

Lots of multitasking required and time management. Your plate is always overflowing with things that need to be done. The company preaches its all about sales and not about tasking, yet without the tasking you cannot accomplish the sales. Working with the public can be challenging.

Pros

Lowe's has the promise to be one of the best employers - good benefits, decent pay, and decent hours (for retail). If you enjoy home remodeling or construction, then it will be a very good company for you. Training is very progressive, and you can learn much about home improvement. A very SAFETY oriented culture.

Cons

This is a progressive sales environment - if you do not like interacting with the public, or selling, then don't work here. While there is no "pressure" to sell, Lowe's culture is help consumers with their entire project from start to finish. Often employees underestimate the amount of home repair knowledge they will need to be successful.

Advice to Senior Management

Be flexible and progressive towards change. Lowe's is becoming a very nible organziation.

Pros

They are really flexible when it comes to your schedule as long as you are part-time. They are pretty flexible to time-off requests as long as it isn't a last minute notice-type of deal unless it's an emergency.

Cons

They have a 6-month period after you move into a spot before you are available to move into another spot or get a promotion.

Advice to Senior Management

Communicate more effectively!! Communication has been lacking and things haven't been getting to everyone, especially those that are part-time and only work two or three days a week.

Pros

Ability to transfer in house and transfer to other stores

Cons

Store closings, cutbacks, constant policy changes.

Advice to Senior Management

Our store managers are very good, great communication with employees, very approachable.

Pros

great people and good money for the area that you live in. they give the chance to advance if you work hard.

Cons

lowes is going through a new transition and not sure of the outcome. They seem to be putting all there eggs in one basket

Advice to Senior Management

listen to your people. Don't let the people sitting behind desk make all the decisions. You have great people try treating them a little better

Pros

Excellent pay, vacations easy to plan, no walls between departments

Cons

raises are low (2.5%), require 30 days notice for days off and often overlooked when requested, rotating shift, little review of schedules before being posted resulting in Close than Open schedule. Human resourses manager at this location has an atitude and instead of trying to help intead refers you to the company employee website

Pros

Coming from Home Depot to Lowe's its a much relaing atmosphere. Lowe's shows how much they truly care for there employees and not just there stock options. Great Matrix for rotating hours certain shifts each week, not too flip flopping like Home Depot. Great training, great spiffs on products you sell as long as your certified/trained to sell them. The company looked out for me and my new family when need be. Pay is great for retail and experience will last a lifetime not only in the work field, but in your personal life.

Cons

It's retail so yes your gonna have to deal with angry customers. Strange hours, last minute changes to schedule if needed or to taylate to cover customer overflow. Only an hour for lunch and by the time you clock out and get outside your time is already trickling down. As far as I know you still can not smoke on premise. I was actually asked if I smoked during my 1st interview with them. Another associate aid the HR refused to hire someone b/c they lit up after the interview in the parking lot.

Advice to Senior Management

Great job, please don't throw more money at an associate because you know they are leaving and the whole time they always knew they were worth more and decided just to get by. It's a smack in the face.

Pros

Great company benefits, time off, and freedom to operate and grow your/Lowe's business. Working conditions/climate are great. Overall I would say that I am pleased with my location.

Cons

Great company but not for the timid and weak. You must resist the Jr. H.S. mentality applied by most god-fearing, child-baring, jealous, (yet stable) whining older adults.

Advice to Senior Management

Limit the favoritism in the long run it rarely turns out for the best. Performance, knowledge, and communication should always lead to advancement. The coffee runs, associate luncheons and
laundry pick up does not amount to any company growth if your friend can not perform.

Pros

fun people, good pay, employee discount

Cons

inconvientent hours
weekend hours
pressure at wrong times of year