Lowe's Reviews

I have been working at Lowe's as a contractor for more than 3 years

Pros – - pay is decent
- good reviews lead to pay raise
- company values are strong and good

Cons – - hard to move up
- no senority factor
- hard to get recognized for hard work
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Advice to Senior Management – - Promote from within.
- Give opportunity to move up to deserving associates.
- Be fair to all assoiates (favourtism is a huge problem, unless you're the favoured.)
- Policies and Rules should be put in place for all (not some, occasionally)

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Lowe's for more than 3 years

Pros – Some of the staff are great. Customers are great.

Cons – They don't allow people to live up to their potential.To much politics.

Advice to Senior Management – You are missing out excellent people who want to advance but you make it to hard to advance .(favoritism within the company) Also no mentor-ship to advance.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Lowe's full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Steady employment, high expectations for customer service.

Cons – Shift work, steel toed boots on concrete floors. Little recognition or appreciation, no training or support.

Advice to Senior Management – Do some research, management techniques have been improved as well as hiring. Employee retention strategies should be adopted also.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Lowe's as a contractor for less than a year

Pros – great people to work with.

Cons – no support at times on the floor

Advice to Senior Management – train new employee's better

I have been working at Lowe's part-time for more than 3 years

Pros – -above market salary for retail positions
-a lot of autonomy for employees
-very clear policy and procedures
-management provides you with all the tools you need for the job
-supportive coworkers (for the most part)

Cons – -the work environment varies tremendously by store, some worse some better
-many senior managers are incompetent and do not set a good example for employees
-management often doesn't give rationale for their decisions
-uniform isnt comfortable at all - jeans and CSA steel toes
-performance appraisals are a joke. tend to be based on how liked you are rather than any quantitative measure of your performance
-most of advancement is through kissing up to management rather than having to do with skill or knowledge
-a lot of people end up working fulltime hours while being labeled part time associates and therefore are exempt from benefits dispite same contributions
-do not allow for any overtime hours

Advice to Senior Management – work with the employees on the floor a little more rather than hiding in the office and stop dumping all your work on your associates

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Lowe's part-time for more than 3 years

Pros – great environment for employees to work. competitive pay and a great place to start

Cons – when seasonal hours are slow, it is hard to get hours but if you learn other departments you can move around

Advice to Senior Management – pay employees better and provide benefits to peak employees.

have what costco has in retaining summer students.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Lowe's

Pros – Most employees are very friendly and helpful. Management, for the most part, does their job and recognizes a job well done.

Cons – Lowe's management will sugar-coat positions and make it a great place to work. It's just a job. For a peak-time position, you will be under compensated and overlooked in many regards. They expect you to be available 24/7. Obviously a peak-timer is supposed to fill in for people sometimes so their schedule must be pretty open, but this means you cannot achieve a decent work/life balance. They don't want you to have another job or go to school. They probably wouldn't cater well to people in a peak-time position who have families.

Advice to Senior Management – Don't sugar-coat anything, stick with your word, and why do you guys take so many vacations a year?

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Lowe's

Pros – Superior pay compared to other retailers
Excellent benefits for F/T and P/T staff that includes vision care
Staff discount on purchases
Great opportunities for advancement
Recognition when it is deserved

Cons – Retail hours - could be there until 11:00pm or have to be there at 5:30am, also weekends
Many tasks to do which can be tough with serving customers as well

Advice to Senior Management – Keep the non-management staff in the loop about what's going on locally at the store

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Lowe's

Pros – Not bad pay, alright hours depending on department, heath coverage (even for part time), Equal opportunity, opportunity to get in extra hours

Cons – Must have certain availabilities, no guarantee you will be working in your department depending on staff and tasks needed to be done, Depending on your department it makes it difficult to find time to get to the training you desire

Advice to Senior Management – Our concerns of how safely trucks are being packed from distribution are being sloughed off , as a manager is your job to take issues forward to make a change. I've been with other companies that have brought it forward and its been changed for the better

I have been working at Lowe's

Pros – positive work environment, organized and tidy work environment

Cons – can get very busy, so sometimes can be understaffed

Advice to Senior Management – help all level of staff achieve company sales...maintain floor contact with customers so as to improve service.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend