Pros
Home Depot has a great benefits package. If you get into a store that has a good management team they will make sure that you are well taken care of and are given all the opportunities that you could ask for. There is plenty of money to be made. Home Depot prides itself on having well trained employees, so their training schedule is quite vigorous and boring, but it all pays off. I went from being a cashier to a kitchen and bath designer in less than 3 years. In that time I double my salary. All it takes to have success at Home Depot is hard work.
Cons
It is retail so the schedule is absolutely horrible. Home Depot really pushes a lot of customer interaction, hence why we are there. If you are seen giving poor customer service or ignoring a customer (not saying hi) that is grounds for termination. You must always have your best foot forward. Department heads in the company are too frequently unknowledgeable about the products in their departments, making it difficult to learn about things when you are new to the company or department. It is long hours standing on concrete floors and it is a dirty retail environment, after all it is a warehouse.
