Pros
WAS a great learning experience WAS a family atmosphere WAS a leader in eCommerce
Cons
Upper Management. Joe DeAngelo blatantly lied to our faces when he was on-site in November 2015 and said "the San Diego office is safe, there are no plans to relocate for at least 2 years". In January 2016, an announcement comes that the San Diego office is closing and everyone in the building is being laid off, or forced to reapply for their jobs when the company relocates to Atlanta. I know of only 3 people that were actually offered to move. So, basically it was an excuse to fire 500 people. I understand hard business decisions have to be made, but there has never been ONE apology or ounce of respect for the good, hard-working people that dedicated their lives to this company for years. The company handled this mass reduction in force very poorly in my opinion. The closest I've seen to compassion for the move was a response to a Glassdoor review by the HDS HR team. I don't use the word "evil" often, but upper management has made some pretty heartless decisions. Even before the mass layoffs, it was not a company to be trusted. After going public in 2014, the employee benefits were shredded to appease shareholders. Their "Be Well" initiative included terrible cuts to medical benefits (see other Glassdoor reviews). Not to mention, employees weren't even told the company was going public (kind of a big deal) until the morning of the IPO. We all received an email at 6:30am with the announcement, and that complimentary (stale) breakfast burritos would be available until 8am - knowing that most people start work at 8:30. No advance notice to the people that supposedly "are HD Supply's most important asset", no offers of discounted stock purchases. Thanks for nothing. All this starts and ends with Joe D. His weekly canned email messages are entertaining because of how out of touch he is, and The Way He Oddly Capitalizes Random Phrases. He is a joke. It's sad to root against HD Supply, but this is not the company it used to be. It's possible things will change in Atlanta, but remember, it's still the same management team in place. I wouldn't trust one thing they say to you. Look elsewhere for your next job, or you'll be looking elsewhere within 6 months.