A Realistic Assessment of Home Depot as a place to work - Anonymous employee The Home Depot Employee Review

3.0
Aug 26, 2009
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Fellow employees for the most part are supportive and committed to providing the best service they can to the customer base. Customers too for the most part are reasonable in their expectations of the employees who work in n environment where it is virtually impossible to know everything about entire store contents. An interesting exercise in creating solutions for customer problems.

Cons

A lot of lip service paid to training, much of it is quite trite as well as being geared more to the US. In addition beyond the first month it is difficult to go off the floor to complete the required training. Although store systems are being updated, they are often cumbersome and unreliable and again the training does not delve into the complexities necessary to feel comfortable with the systems. Too many situations where department supervisors request something be done which is later contradicted by next level management thus wasting considerable time.

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The Home Depot has a solid moral compass. They aren't about sacrificing their ethics for the sake of a sale, which I love. They also hire a diverse group of people and give a lot back to the community. They offer a lot of benefits and little treats for their employees. Although they push their associates to meet quota, they're realistic about what can and can't be accomplished.

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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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