Havertys reviews

3.1

43% would recommend to a friend

(605 total reviews)
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Clarence H. Smith

67% approve of CEO

45% positive business outlook

Havertys has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 605 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Havertys employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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605 reviews
2.0
Dec 29, 2013

Over ten years of employment with Havertys

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Local management of where I was employed.

Cons

Since Mr. Haverty passed on, the company has been turned upside down. Some good however, the sale employees have been exploited. I wish Ralston Haverty would step up and take care of the employees. HQ has the attitude and voiced the attitude of either they do it or they are fired. That is unrealistic.

3.0
Dec 3, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Great pay/competitive salary Good benefits Flexible hours (could work 7-4 through 9-6) Security in parking lot (Somewhat overpriced) restaurant downstairs

Cons

Too many cooks in the kitchen: I had to answer to three people in my department, plus requests from other departments, and everything was "priority". I only had one boss and nothing was filtered through that person. Management seemed out of touch with the morale of the department TERRIBLE communication between departments Most of upper management has been there 25+ years and not open to change/new ideas (although that wasn't the case in my department) Everything is reviewed by paper. Understandable for print, but not web. Not only is it wasteful but it's hard to meet deadlines when you're having to chase down stuff from people in other departments b/c they're out or not paying attention.

1.0
Oct 31, 2013

Sales Manager

Recommend
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Pros

Old company been around a long time. Established. I was a Sales Manager for 5 years.

Cons

Long hours, no life / work balance, sales targets are adjusted unfairly every year, gold and how much you have to sell. No consistency... sales people are always spooked and panicked because of this. Micro manged (sign of a bad company culture) Mr Haverty's would be turning over in his grave. Low moral most sales and managers want to quit.

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