Home Depot Employee Job Reviews in the United States

What do you like about working at Home Depot?

"The people I work with are so diverse with their work experience, backgrounds, education, and personal stories. I learn a lot from co-workers and the contractors I work with."

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

"Expect to work really hard with little recognition and compensation. While management may not recognize the work you do, coworkers respect those who step up and do tasks without making others do it for them."

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

"Management naturally has high expectations, and when goals are not met they only see a number and not the circumstances that surround the reason. There is little support from managers and corporate associates to find the services and products I need to supply contractor customers."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Spend some time with your employees while they are working to see how they work, what common issues tend to be, what customers want and have to say, and how they can be supported to grow and develop new hires."

"It had its pluses and minuses."

What do you like about working at Home Depot?

"I liked the good benefits, potential advancement, financial rewards, and the many opportunities to learn new things."

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

"Be positive and outgoing. It is okay to admit you don't know, but be willing to learn."

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

"I didn't feel secure in my job on many occasions."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be stricter and consistent with expectations from all associates. Make a stand, and be the keeper."

What do you like about working at Home Depot?

"I like the great people and customer service. I like going to work and getting to take apart machines and solve problems."

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

"Don't be afraid to step out of your comfort zone to get ahead and help the customer."

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

"I dislike management. There are too many under-trained and overpaid people in the higher-ups who do not know what goes on in the lower ranks."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Give everyone a cost of living increase. Give upper management more training in the departments and computer systems."

What do you like about working at Home Depot?

"I liked the people whom I worked with day-to-day and whom I supervised."

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

"Be sure you get something from them also. They have no problem not working with you."

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

"Management doesn't respect you. Your hard work is not valued, and you put in a lot more than you get in return."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Treat the people who work for you with the same respect you feel that you deserve."

What do you like about working at Home Depot?

"Every day was different. I liked the entrepreneurial spirit and the ability to think outside the box to drive sales."

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

"This company has plateaued, and there are not many opportunities for career advancement. The management is very poorly trained."

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

"It can be very cut-throat and sexist, with favoritism over real hard-working talent."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Care and listen to the employees. Get out from the office and earn your money."

"Home Depot refinded my understanding of building with training."

What do you like about working at Home Depot?

"Every day there are different people to meet, each person with a new project and challenges to overcome."

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

"Learn every department so you do not feel lost in your day-to-day. Challenge yourself to find out-of-stock items."

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

"I dislike the struggles of bringing larger construction contractors with a very limited stock on lumber."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Empower everyone with the control to grow the business and learn what matters to everyone on the staff."

What do you like about working at Home Depot?

"I like improving my technical skills and programming."

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

"Evaluate on the attitude of the person and technical skills."

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

"My dislikes are: non-flexible, unplanned deliveries, long meetings, and last night works."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Focus on people skill, people attitude, and software process."

What do you like about working at Home Depot?

"I get to solve problems and see the appreciation on the customers faces when I do well."

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

"Make sure you talk to someone about advancement and bonuses."

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

"Cutting through the tape for the sake of common sense becomes a little nerve-racking."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"When you know you have found good employees, treat them like they are valued."

What do you like about working at Home Depot?

"It has been great."

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

"Work smart and have high standards."

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

"More upward mobility and more challenges are needed."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Continue to focus on the customer."

"It was great at the beginning, but throughout the years it went into decadence."

What do you like about working at Home Depot?

"Home Depot is a well-known, well-established company. I liked the benefit package."

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

"Do your best; it is a great company to work for."

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

"There was not enough support from the upper management in terms of the resources available to do the job."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Provide the resources necessary to complete the job."

What do you like about working at Home Depot?

"I liked being good at the job, and fellow associates whom you develop friendships with."

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

"Just read the value wheel and give them all the BS. If you dance the dance, they will eat it up."

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

"The pay sucks and the customer wins over the employee at all cost. We are paid to accept rudeness and be crapped on all day, and then at the end, say it was just our job. Sorry, this is bad for the world; it's like giving a dog a treat when it craps on your floor."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Fire a lot of people, change management, and pay more."

What do you like about working at Home Depot?

"I like the hours and the close proximity to my home."

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

"Be a team player, and express how much family means to you."

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

"The position I have does not utilize my skills, as I would like to contribute more."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Management seems to have a good grasp on listening to the employees."

What do you like about working at Home Depot?

"I liked the people I worked for and with. The company really knows how to take care of its people."

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

"Be kind and friendly. Walk the store before your interview."

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

"I disliked the hours. I do not like working nights and weekends."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"None. I feel the company is very well-run. The CEO is visible in the stores and cares for his people."

What do you like about working at Home Depot?

"While the tasks are simple, I always come home from work feeling like I did something valuable. Also, my experiences with customers are wonderful nine times out of ten. My managers respect me and I can talk to them."

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

"A genuine interest in people and solving problems their way more often than yours will take you far. This job also fits perfectionists, as you will spend a large portion of your time rearranging products and making sure all products are lined up on the shelf."

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

"Store meetings and pep talks are repetitive, and secret shoppers are supposedly grading us constantly on a myriad of SOPs."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Communicate policy changes and strategy to the entry-level employees, especially those who directly concern them."