Solid Company Overall - Assistant Store Manager The Home Depot Employee Review

4.0
Dec 13, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

The founders of this company Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank created a culture of taking care of people, resulting in Loyal associates and customers. Unfortionatly since Arthur retired and Bernie is busy running the Atlanta Falcons the culture that built the company to what it is today is no longer 100%. Certain morons have begun to fill the ranks of upper management (especially district 166 as of 2009) Having said this it is overall still a great company to work for with most managers still having this great culture instilled in them and there day to day operations.

Cons

The Home Depot grew so fast in the 80's that it is still catching up with solutions to there growing pains.There are operational defficiency's from there Computer software/Cash registers to there new auto replenish ordering system. All of the problems of a huge bureaucracy have not yet been solved creating obsticles and challenges on a daily basis for saleried and hourly managers. These challenges include but are not limited to brand new billion dollar logistics and ordering system BROKEN, Receiving accuracy and inventory management BROKEN company wide...and several others...

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The Home Depot has a solid moral compass. They aren't about sacrificing their ethics for the sake of a sale, which I love. They also hire a diverse group of people and give a lot back to the community. They offer a lot of benefits and little treats for their employees. Although they push their associates to meet quota, they're realistic about what can and can't be accomplished.

Cons

Home Depot has two different sides to it. Store associates and those of us considered "store support" who are payed by the vendors but work in the stores 100% of the time. I constantly hear about how store associates are stressed out by management and their hours are being rearranged a lot, cut, and they often are stretched thin due to lack of full staffing. "Store support" associates who do merchandising have it better than those who work in specific departments. However, you never really gain knowledge unless you have the time to look things up and read packaging.

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The Home Depot Response
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Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. From the top down, the key to business at The Home Depot is our commitment to not only customer service, but to our associates. Because taking care of associates is one of our core values, we’re always looking for ways to ensure our associates have equal access to growth and development opportunities. We strive to provide an environment where associates feel they’re valued, treated fairly and respected.
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