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Half Price Books

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If You're NOT a booklover, look elsewhere! Because you'll put up with A LOT! - Bookseller Half Price Books Employee Review

2.0
21 Oct 2019
Recommend
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Business outlook

Pros

Employee discount, casual work environment, access to collectible books

Cons

Pay is incredibly low - minimum wage to start. Raises are minimal. Shift supervisors are out for blood, trying to get rid of potential competition (advancement is a VERY slow process). Store Managers hide in their offices. Lots of gossip and backstabbing among employees -- which customers very often overhear.

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5.0
23 Oct 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great staff, awesome benefits and discount

Cons

Not much of anything really

4.0
4 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great coworkers. Get quarterly bonus checks. Not a super hard job.

Cons

Mangement is kinda iffy and they really require you to do a lot more work than you're paid for.

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