Home Depot needs to Get Back to Basics! - Sales Specialist The Home Depot Employee Review

2.0
5 Dec 2008
Recommend
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Pros

If you like to interact with people than working here gives you lots of opportunity to do that. You can really learn a lot from the "reps" and from customers if you are willing to listen and apply yourself. Home Depot also offers benefits to it's full and part-time employees, unfortunately the employees' cost for benefits has become extremely high and unaffordable to many associates!

Cons

The hours are very difficult if not impossible to get used to. Often you will be scheduled to work 4-5 different shifts within the same week; openning at 5-6 a.m. on one day than closing (11:00 p.m.) the next, and rarely, if ever, having a weekend day off or even 2 days off in a row. The management makes it very clear that you are expendable, and rarely spend time accentuating the positive traits in any employees, chosing instead to spend too much time and effort finding fault and very little time on praise! The stores are often dirty, OSHA regulations are rarely followed and employees are often sick from constant exposure to concrete dust, chemicals, etc. Management usually will not address employees concerns regarding anything, so moral is almost always quite low!

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Pros

The Home Depot has a solid moral compass. They aren't about sacrificing their ethics for the sake of a sale, which I love. They also hire a diverse group of people and give a lot back to the community. They offer a lot of benefits and little treats for their employees. Although they push their associates to meet quota, they're realistic about what can and can't be accomplished.

Cons

Home Depot has two different sides to it. Store associates and those of us considered "store support" who are payed by the vendors but work in the stores 100% of the time. I constantly hear about how store associates are stressed out by management and their hours are being rearranged a lot, cut, and they often are stretched thin due to lack of full staffing. "Store support" associates who do merchandising have it better than those who work in specific departments. However, you never really gain knowledge unless you have the time to look things up and read packaging.

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The Home Depot Response
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Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. From the top down, the key to business at The Home Depot is our commitment to not only customer service, but to our associates. Because taking care of associates is one of our core values, we’re always looking for ways to ensure our associates have equal access to growth and development opportunities. We strive to provide an environment where associates feel they’re valued, treated fairly and respected.
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