Home Depot Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"I loved working at Home Depot. It's a good work environment."

What do you like about working at Home Depot?

"It was a well-known and trusted name in the public arena."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Unless upper management has changed, I would not consider working for the At Home Services division because you were treated like the red-headed stepchild. You were not made to feel like a part of the regular Home Depot family."

What don't you like about working at Home Depot?

"Upper management did not understand local markets, and turnover was unusually high. It was run as a separate division, and you were not treated like a part of The Home Depot family."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Take the marketing and sales suggestions of the local managers and sales managers seriously."

"The Home Depot is a good, solid company that cares for their teams."

"It has been over 15 years since I worked for Home Depot, but overall they were a good company."

What do you like about working at Home Depot?

"It was a large, strong, well-established company to work for. They had good benefits, including an employee discounted stock option."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Ask about the store management's philosophy on customer service, and ways in which you as the employee can excel and advance within the company."

What don't you like about working at Home Depot?

"I did not like the store management's disregard for the company policy that customer service was the most important aspect, and less than qualified employees were promoted because they were friends of management."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Always be equally fair to every employee, whether they are a friend outside of work or not. Always put company policies first before own personal ideas and agendas."

"In my element - I love helping people see the way through their task."

What do you like about working at Home Depot?

"I liked the people, variety of tasks, and the training."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be happy and positive. Have a can-do attitude and a willingness to learn."

What don't you like about working at Home Depot?

"I disliked the schedules."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Hire more people for less money. Have faith in the extensive training systems they have."

What do you like about working at Home Depot?

"I like the people."

What don't you like about working at Home Depot?

"There is no time for family."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would suggest more time for family."

"The Home Depot is a great company to work for, with opportunities to grow on how they treat their associates."

"Take care of the employees, and they take care of customers."

What do you like about working at Home Depot?

"I like taking car of customers, and helping them solve daily repair problems."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"The old Home Depot used to say treat the customers as if they were a neighbor or a family member, and make love to the customer. Be a part of success and be a team player. Always look forward. Your life with home depot is what you make of it."

What don't you like about working at Home Depot?

"I have to admit that there were cliques and favoritism in HD at all levels. One reason I had to leave was because of that. But at times I do miss working there, as not every one is a bad apple, but just a select few, and sometimes they hold your career in their hands."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Remember what made HD the best place to shop and work for. Go back to the beginnings, and history will repeat itself. Treat employees fairly and not through tyranny. Make it a great place to work again, not just a place to do your hours for a paycheck. Add more quality aprons on the floor."

"A good learning experience."

"It's an experience."

What do you like about working at Home Depot?

"I like the sales associate staff and the regular customers who gained your trust and honesty."

What don't you like about working at Home Depot?

"Honestly, I dislike the management aspect of it."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Show some compassion. I know the bonus checks are great for your management. But please have compassion for the associates. We were the ones who made your bonus checks big."

"Feels like working in a retail store."

What do you like about working at Home Depot?

"I like the people, career growth, opportunity to learn, environment, schedule, and tuition reimbursement."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"It is a great company to work for."

What don't you like about working at Home Depot?

"I dislike the retail environment."

What do you like about working at Home Depot?

"I like the people I get to work with. They're a great bunch of people."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Just sell yourself in the interview - that's it. Oh, and be yourself!!!"

What don't you like about working at Home Depot?

"I definitely don't like the straight commission. If they could offer a hourly package, then this job would be awesome."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would set up an hourly rate and commission. I only have to quit because I barely make enough for bills. If $300 extra a week was coming in, then I would have no reason to quit."

"The company is unrecognizable to what it once was."

What do you like about working at Home Depot?

"When I started, I loved the culture and the people I worked with and worked for. It was an associate-driven company that used to believe in its mission statement, and the founders were great men."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Don't! Of the approximatly 30 managers I know that still work at Home Depot, NONE of them recommend working there. (True.)"

What don't you like about working at Home Depot?

"It has abandoned its mission and its principles. It has expelled its culture and no longer sees employees as an investment to be nurtured, but as an expense to be minimized."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Transform into the learning environment you once believed in, so it can adapt and grow. If not, your market share will dwindle and your customers will abandon their loyalty, and shop elsewhere."

"Good place to work, but doesn't give the best raises."

What do you like about working at Home Depot?

"I like flexibility with hours, and weekends off."

What don't you like about working at Home Depot?

"There was no room for advancement, and much of the hard work I did was unappreciated and unrewarded. It was poor pay for the amount of work that was required and the responsibilities that were given to me."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Recognize the people who work hard to make your company successful, and compensate all associates fairly for the amount of work required of them."