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Becoming another corporate machine - Bookseller Half Price Books Employee Review

2.0
20 Jul 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Employee discount Checkout system Lower cost health insurance Decent vacation time although every year they keep reducing the amount of holidays they give you

Cons

HPB is on the fast track to becoming another big corporate machine that only cares about making money. Although they use the guise of “caring” for their employees; every year the company seems to be making more money while also paying their staff minimum wage while working them endlessly. The amount of heavy lifting, crappy customers/phone calls, knowledge of working the buying counter, & running a section is very demanding for the little pay that is given. Not to mention that the company keeps opening up more and more stores every year so that also drives down the amount of money received from any bonuses. I wish I had better things to say because I truly loved working for HPB the first year I was employed, but as time went on all the issues in the company just ware you down

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