Overworked, underpaid. - Garden Sales Associate The Home Depot Employee Review

1.0
18 Apr 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Coworkers are friendly. Can choose half hour or hour lunches.

Cons

Had to lift 50 lb bags of dirt and mulch, 20-30 at a time by myself, not to mention heavy paving stones, too many to count, and load into customers cars...For $10 an hour. Not allowed to accept tips. I had a lot of experience in Customer Service and Management, and was still hired for minimum wage. The poor cashier's made even less. Thought this would be the ideal company to work for but no. Didn't get recognized for my hard work. Managers never around when you need them. Garden Department understaffed and a nightmare!

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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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