The Home Depot Reviews
Updated Dec 14, 2019
"Great part time gig for college students" (in 879 reviews)
"Great Benefits / Career Development Opportunities" (in 833 reviews)
"Sales roles"
StarStarStarStarStarI worked at The Home Depot part-time
Pros
good work life balance. good pay.
Cons
sometimes long hours and tiring work.
The Home Depot2019-10-17"Fun"
StarStarStarStarStarI worked at The Home Depot full-time for less than a year
Pros
Customers thinking they are funny
Cons
Bad pay for hard workers
Advice to Management
pay more
The Home Depot2019-05-22"Sales advisor"
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RecommendsNegative OutlookI worked at The Home Depot part-time
Pros
Everyday is a new experience. You make great friends working in a team. We had occasional incentives when the store would meet targets.
Cons
Shifts sometimes weren't done fairly
The Home Depot2019-05-15"Cash"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI have been working at The Home Depot full-time
Pros
Easy interview! Great working environment
Cons
Loads of over time, can be hard to work around
Advice to Management
Prepare the schedule better
The Home Depot2019-04-06"Order Fulfillment Associate"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI worked at The Home Depot part-time
Pros
I had very little instruction. For the most part, I was able to do my job my own way without interference.
Cons
The lack of overhead structure was sometimes frustrating. My HR representative was sometimes too busy driving a forklift to help me with scheduling.
Advice to Management
Check up on your employees. Gather feedback. A lot could have been improved. Scheduling was a big problem. Sometimes we had more OFAs than necessary, sometimes I was alone.
The Home Depot2019-03-14"Just okay"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI worked at The Home Depot part-time for more than a year
Pros
Good Work life balance People are nice
Cons
Long hours Managment structure not great
The Home Depot2019-03-13"nice"
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I worked at The Home Depot
Pros
atmosphere, people, salary, benefits, location
Cons
none that i can think of
The Home Depot2019-01-23"Rate"
StarStarStarStarStarI have been working at The Home Depot full-time
Pros
Depot good for salary and also working balancing
Cons
Depot good for perks and other benefits
The Home Depot2018-12-28"Sales advisor"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI have been working at The Home Depot part-time for less than a year
Pros
Flexible hours, not very taxing
Cons
Low wage and can be mundane
The Home Depot2018-11-21- Helpful (2)
"Weak Management - Avoid DE&S. Work in MOD instead but not DIO"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI have been working at The Home Depot full-time for more than 10 years
Pros
* Provide training for qualifications * Flexible working and holidays
Cons
* Historic culture of bullying, discrimination and harassment by middle management (in existence since 2007 and worsening). * "Free for all" in terms of staff discipline and management. Urgent need for a fully functioning HR Section with staff that have knowledge of employment law. HR has no authority with decisions left to managers without the necessary experience or knowledge when things go wrong. *... Performance culture (Yr End Review) based on who you know rather than on results. Managers too blinded by personality rather than on delivery. Poor performance ignored.Management never accepts responsibility for failings or puts things right. * To move posts you either have to apply externally or leave with management often interfering in applications to stop people moving. For some staff, the issues are such that it can affect mental health through the inability to move posts quickly or not at all. Lack of duty of care shown in all levels throughout the organisation. Your success is based on the quality of your management and under Transformation, you no longer have the ability to move to get out of situations. * Promotion is almost impossible to achieve in lower grades especially in Finance and Project Controls with only 10% salary increase offered. Lower starting salaries since Transformation. Ability to earn more is based on Management offering you and recognising work which exceeds objectives (rare). Very common to be expected to take on work at higher grades with DE&S failing to pay deputising allowance. Continual history of broken promises from management. * Continual drive to recruit from outside and ignore talent within the organisation * Better opportunities in Project Management and Commercial than in Cost Control or Finance (poorly managed) * Culture of middle management bearing down on lower staff, imposing unreasonable workloads and expecting staff to work whilst on leave, weekends or evenings whilst the management has a life. Difficult to take leave. * Since 2016, blame culture is common practice where management fails to respond to feedback. Working relationships with other functions can be strained to the point at which processes fail to function effectively. No support from management in many cases. * Parking onsite and commuting is an issue. * Not an inclusive culture - disabled staff in particular tend to have a poor experience where managers cannot be bothered to service or respect reasonable adjustments. Often witnessed staff excluded from activities *Lack of on the job training - you have to train yourself and don't expect help from others. Some (not all) staff are very self centred and back stabbing is common.
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* Urgently need a fully functioning and effective HR Department * Need to deal with poor performance across the organisation *Need to work on an inclusive culture and support disabled staff * Much more focus on improving weak management, to take responsibility where things go wrong and more importantly, correct the situation * Review pay and HR policies * Value internal staff and recognise their achievements *... Review performance in Finance and Cost Controller functions where currently there are staff unvalued and poor HR/management practise. * Review processes which are currently long winded , inefficient and poor value for money * Too much reliance on external consultants - the people who know what needs to be done are the staff doing the job at the lower levels. * Sort out recruitment process - poor, non existent feedback and often leaving candidates with long delays, subjective feedback
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