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Lowe's Home Improvement

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Lack of staffing/ support makes working at Lowes harder than necessary. - Retail Store Manager Lowe's Home Improvement Employee Review

1.0
Mar 26, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Decent pay if you are full time.

Cons

My experience in the 2 plus years at Lowes: Our store is chronically understaffed, meaning I work much harder than necessary to achieve my goals. I have my own department to supervise and I'm lucky if I spend 50% of my time working it- the rest of the day is spent supporting other departments and helping customers. My own department is understaffed- I often work alone for a team that requires at least 2 people in order to function. This results in balls getting dropped, unhappy customers, and spending time correcting mistakes that could have been avoided entirely if the proper support systems (staffing and training) were in place. If you are a slacker who just wants to clock in, shuffle around til your shift is over, you might be fine here. If you are motivated and forward thinking, expect to be frustrated and flabbergasted with Lowe's systems and priorities. It's a retail job, not splitting the atom- there's no excuse for it being this difficult.

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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
Jun 23, 2026
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Pros

If you want to be lazy it's perfect 👌

Cons

This is the worst company I have EVER worked for, the worst I've ever been treated by an employer. So bad it caused me to be suicidal. The managers are incompetent. They are not leaders, they do not care about your wellbeing, just what they can get out of you. If you don't get credit cards you get yelled at. I'm seen so many employees just walk out because of that reason alone. I begged for full time, never gave it to me, but still give it to new hires. Which caused my kids and I to have no health insurance. Constantly changing my schedule. Which causes you to never be able to make any plans, or have a life. Denied my leave of absence for surgery as I'm literally laying in bed waiting to get surgery. Which was still dinged as a call out. Eventually leading me to a final, to finally get fired from the hell hole that is Lowes. I was smiling getting fired, walked out the door and felt so much relief. Lowes blows.

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