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Drowning ship and corporate is keeping employees under deck - Shift Leader Half Price Books Employee Review

2.0
9 Feb 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Dynamic and interesting work that allows you to learn about all types of books/movies/music. Good discount off of typical used merchandise. Good health insurance. Hires from within for management positions. Your coworkers are going to be far and away the best part of the job, so I hope you're lucky enough to land a good bunch.

Cons

Starvation wages and overburdened staff. Everyone is expected to know everything, yet they've eliminated key inventory and merchandising support. Opaque salary and raise criteria. They roll out ideas from corporate with no apparent understanding of who is going to do the work or when.

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5.0
23 Oct 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Great staff, awesome benefits and discount

Cons

Not much of anything really

4.0
4 Jun 2026
Recommend
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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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