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Lowe's Home Improvement

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Lowe's is a horrible place to work for anyone who has a family or wants a life, social life, etc. - Anonymous employee Lowe's Home Improvement Employee Review

2.0
Aug 6, 2009
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good benefits package for both full-time employees and even if you are a part-time employee. Pay is competitive with other similar jobs, if not a little better.

Cons

Employee schedules are horrible! You can be scheduled to close the store and work until 11:00 p.m. and then have to open the store the next morning at 6:00 a.m. You can also be scheduled to work 10 days in a row, and can be scheduled to work until 11:00 p.m. one day, then work at 12:00 p.m. the next day, 10:00 a.m. the next day and then at 6:00 a.m. the next day. You get tired all the time and get sick from having your schedule changed all the time. Managers don't care about their employees. They only care that they don't get any complaints from customers. Managers are always telling their employees that they can hire someone else to do their job. Very little appreciation for the employees, even the ones who work really hard. Managers don't care if employees quit and they will fire you for doing nothing. Managers have their favorite people and those are the only people who get promoted. There are a lot of people who get away with doing hardly any work because they are the manager's pets, while other people have to work really, really hard. Very unfair working environment. It would be a lot better if there was a union. At least with a union, there would be rules that the management would have to follow and the employees would have some protection when the management treated them badly.

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Pros

Some amazing customers and coworkers. Tasks and systems were easy to learn. Sometimes you get lucky and have amazing ASMs and SMs. It's easy to get a good survey when you treat customers like friends, be honest about what you do and don't know, and work to learn what you don't. That goes a long way with customers. I personally truly loved my job and loved spending as much time as I could at work.

Cons

Once you are on someones S*** List they will make it possible to get rid of you. Management only follows policy when it benefits them. Some people get promoted when they have no business working in retail as a leader. The A/C in the store I worked in was always broken during the summer, which made it miserable to work. Some customers are entitled due to they way management will kiss their butts to keep from losing a sale or getting a bad review. Management will make a paper trail to write you up if you mess up or are struggling instead of helping you better yourself. Management does not care about employees' work-life balance. Management does not care if their employees are struggling with personal issues like car troubles, health issues, financial issues, etc. Management will get rid of great employees but keep people who don't pull their weight. Once I hit burnout, instead of helping me, I was punished by my managers. In turn making me hate a job I truly loved.

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