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Updated May 23, 2013
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3.2 1,448 reviews

                             

66% Approve of the CEO

Lowe's Chairman and CEO Robert A. Niblock

Robert A. Niblock

(781 ratings)

65% of employees recommend this company to a friend
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Current Employee – been working at Lowe's full-time

ProsEnvironment, people, laid back atmosphere

ConsI don't have any coins yet

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

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Longmont, CO

Current Employee – been working at Lowe's part-time for more than 3 years

ProsPlenty of places to move around, plenty of different things to learn. Competitive pay, fair management

ConsIt's retail, so you have to deal with the occasional sour customer. A lot of work expected out of you at all different hours of the day.

Advice to Senior ManagementTry to keep peoples schedules as consistent as possible

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

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Winston-Salem, NC

Current Employee – been working at Lowe's full-time for more than 3 years

ProsLowe's is a good company to work for because if you do your job there is always opportunity to move upward in the company.

ConsYou will always be asked to do things outside of your basic job description, if you want to work for Lowe's you just have to accept the fact that you are going to have to cross train in all of your surrounding departments and be able to multi talk well in order to be successfull in the long term with the company.

Advice to Senior ManagementCreate a better avenue for employees to give feedback to the corporate office. The big focus of this would be on planagram issues and other merchandise types of concerns that don't always seem to be implemented in the most efficient way from the corporate level. If local stores had a little more flexablity in this area they could taylor the layout and merchandising in their stores more to local demand.

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

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Houston, TX

Current Employee – been working at Lowe's part-time for less than a year

ProsYou work with a lot of interesting people, and meet a lot of different customers.

ConsStore tends to show favoritism and only promotes the same individuals instead of promoting people within.

Advice to Senior ManagementPromote people who are proven to do a job from within. Hiring people from outside the company to do a job over current employees who have to train them is a slap in the face.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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Brewer, ME

Former Employee – worked at Lowe's part-time for more than 3 years

Prosgood pay, flexible hours, great benefits, many job opportunities, understanding managers, many breaks throughout the day, and great people to work with

Consdifficult customers at times, inconsistent scheduling, not as many raises as I wanted or expected, after almost three years only got to 9.19/hour

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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Knoxville, TN

Current Employee – been working at Lowe's part-time for more than a year

ProsHave a chance to move up within.

ConsHours. And the hiring system based on points rather rhen experience and knowledge

Advice to Senior ManagementListen to employees.

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

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Tullahoma, TN

Current Employee – been working at Lowe's full-time for more than 7 years

Prosgreat work environment, they hire for excellence so co-workers are awesome, management staff is very helpful

Consworking 3 out of every 4 weekends if you are full time, training process can be dull

Advice to Senior Managementcontinue doing what you are doing

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Mobile, AL

Current Employee – been working at Lowe's full-time for more than 3 years

ProsLearn about different aspects of home improvement
Great people to work with
Once you are in the company they like to promote from within

ConsOpen 7 days a week
Customers look down on you

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

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Former Employee – worked at Lowe's part-time for more than 3 years

ProsOkay pay, benefits very expensive

ConsLong hours, must work weekends and holidays - that's retail.

Advice to Senior ManagementNone

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Current Employee – been working at Lowe's

ProsNo pressure sales
Flexible scheduling

ConsNo commission on any sales

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

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