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Half Price Books

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Miserable people, awful hours, terrible wages. - Bookseller Half Price Books Employee Review

2.0
21 Apr 2013
Recommend
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Pros

The discount and the health insurance are great-- so are the quarterly bonuses and the sick/vacation days.

Cons

The people are some of the most miserable people that I have ever had the misfortune of working with. Hazing is something seems to be encouraged by the management, even though they do everything in their power to appear to be following corporate rules down to the brass tacks. No one can make $558.35 per pay period and survive. They make you work your fingers to the bone for every cent of that money, too. Hours are never set, and some nights you will close and 11:00 p.m., only to open at 8:00 a.m. the next morning. It is a joke to work there.

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Pros

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

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