Know upfront that this is a dead end job where you will work long hours and shoulder a lot of responsibility for very low pay. At this branch you will work late into the night and also saturdays and often holidays.FA is a severe workaholic who doesn’t give enough support or credit. In the words of a part timer who quit after just 4 months: “nothing I do will ever be good enough. “The environment is toxic.” FA holds back BOAs from getting more training and advancing to take on some tasks that require a series 7. FA is NOT at all empathetic to your life crises. The P&L is more important. If numbers in the branch go down, it is never because the FA spends too much time with each client. After 3 hours people want to leave already but the meeting goes on ad nauseum! I was fired the day after I returned from 1 month FMLA for my grown child’s very serious health problem. I walked and was fired for many pretextual reasons, none of which were valid. Another branch may be better but since Penny Pennington took over, the BOAs get a lot less recognition, appreciation and compensation barely keeps up with industry.
If you absolutely are desperate for a job and you don’t care about having any work life balance, work here. I suggest you look elsewhere first. Anywhere else. You literally can make more at Home Depot.
