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Lowe's Home Improvement

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Skeleton crew mentality - Head Cashier Lowe's Home Improvement Employee Review

2.0
May 5, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

People Benefits 2 weeks vacation Sick days Free food sometimes?

Cons

If you are a good employee strap in to be ridden into the ground with long hours, unexpected walk outs, and no coverage. May God help you if you walk into a Sunday with "just enough" coverage. Be prepared to cover 2 or 3 departments. If you are competent they will see this and abuse it. They will pass you over for promotion then promise you a better tomorrow which never comes. Department supervisors are no where to be seen. Having the power over the schedule, which they will deny even though they collude to make sure they never have to close. When asked what problems to fix they tell you not to talk about the under staffed building. When they actually post jobs, they cut hours. On top of all this while you're doing the work of 3 people they expect you to find time to do their assinin training that 90% of the time doesn't even apply to your department. Along with this the front end is a disaster. Most of the new selling systems are heaped on them with zero training with the head cashiers scrambling to understand the new system of the month. I would describe my time at lowes as a slow ascent into an unmitigated nightmare.

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5.0
Jan 28, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Lowe's is a great place to build a career. As an assistant manager, I've had the opportunity to meet the CEO. His message was clear. He didn't care what you looked like or where you come from. If you are willing to work hard abide by the companies core values there is a place for you here. As someone that has been promoted from within, this company truly stands behind that.

Cons

It's retail, so work/life balance can get out of what if you let it.

3.0
Jun 9, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The job offers great benefits, and you have the opportunity to learn a lot about different home improvement skills as well as get a better understanding of general contracting as a whole, if you apply yourself. Most fellow associates are kind and helpful and fantastic to work with, really fostering the idea that corporate likes to push of being a 'family'.

Cons

You will be worked hard with a skeleton crew and given every excuse under the sun by management as to why even the simplest improvements can't be done, Customers are generally nice, but there are a fair amount of them that will abuse or insult you for not knowing everything about everything in the store. Favoritism definitely thrives there, with people possessing better skills being passed over for opportunities by people who are more chummy with the right people.

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