Home Depot Employee Reviews for Sales Associate

"I loved the place, but wanted to grow more."

What do you like about working at Home Depot?

"I like almost everything."

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

"It's a good place to work. But they expect you to give 100%, so be prepared."

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

"They need to allow more cross training, and better pay and raises."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Give employees more credit, and back them up more often."

"I was a part-time employee with full-time hours."

What do you like about working at Home Depot?

"I liked dealing with the public."

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

"I was not a full-time employee."

"Experience matters not in this company."

What do you like about working at Home Depot?

"I like helping the customers."

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

"If you must seek employment here, stress how friendly and helpful you are, and that you are flexible in hours needed to survive."

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

"It is too political, and management doesn't listen."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Listen to the employees. They make your money."

"They let my job go because there was lack of supervision."

What do you like about working at Home Depot?

"It provided an excellent opportunity to learn about home improvement, as I used to do some repairs to my home."

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

"Visit the store and ask questions of the people who work there, and really listen to the complaints, and be open to know what is real and what are real concerns."

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

"Working at Home Depot was very difficult for me because, as a career military person, I am used to following the orders given. I found that at the two Home Depot stores I worked at, it was who you know more than the ability you show for potential. I watched as a young lady was allowed to show up at work when she felt like it and nothing was ever said, even though everyone knew she was home instead of at work, and she always ended up with overtime, and not reprimanded, but promoted or recommended for promotion to assistant store manager at another store."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Stay away from the cliques and be a boss. Dont let yourself become more of a friend than a boss. Give criticism when necessary and praise when needed. Reward your workers who go beyond what is normally expected, and reprimand those who need it, no matter what position they hold."

"It paid for half of my college tuition."

"Suit up, show up, put in effort, and go far."

What do you like about working at Home Depot?

"I like the opportunity for growth."

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

"Lie on the honesty part of the preemployment test."

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

"I dislike the stress."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Have espressos in the break room."

"This was a part-time position for evenings and weekends. I had no complaints."

What do you like about working at Home Depot?

"I liked the people I worked with, and the opportunities to learn from experts of various different departments."

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

"If you are looking for full-time work, have a degree and apply for management only. Those are the only full-time positions they offer."

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

"I disliked all of the cutbacks of employees."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Become more worker-friendly."

"The Home Depot was not the best company to work for. They did not treat employees fairly."

What do you like about working at Home Depot?

"I do not work there any more. I did not like it."

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

"Have some sort of trade skills."

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

"I disliked employee treatment."

What do you like about working at Home Depot?

"It is customer service-oriented."

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

"Do apply."

"Managers are just worried about their bottom line, and not about giving employees the growth opportunity. They will cut full-time employees' hours if the assigned store is slow."