Does The Home Depot pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, The Home Depot employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.5 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at The Home Depot. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at The Home Depot?

68% of The Home Depot employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated The Home Depot 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 3.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at The Home Depot?

Sales Associate (5823) , Cashier (4090) , Customer Service Representative (1398) , Department Supervisor (1258) , Sales Associate/Cashier (1092) , Freight Team Associate (1065) , Head Cashier (865) , Associate (741) , Customer Service Associate (723) , Lot Associate (640) , Order Fulfillment Associate (585) , Retail Sales Associate (584) , Merchandiser (505) , Garden Sales Associate (453) , Customer Service (443)

What are the pros of working at The Home Depot according to real employee reviews?

"good benefits for both full time and part time; benefits for domestic partners; close" ((in 3840 reviews)); "The people you work with are great and very friendly willing to help each other." ((in 3149 reviews)); "All my coworkers are great and the head cashiers always push me to do my best every day." ((in 1711 reviews)); "Flexible hours are available and even like that you can move up to a manager or DH position." ((in 1465 reviews)); "Great corporate company and culture (truly lives by the "value wheel" shown on all store" ((in 962 reviews))

What are the cons of working at The Home Depot according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management and it can be exhausting and can potentially negatively impact your health (think inhaling cement etc)." ((in 3544 reviews)); "they pay is low and they are do not care about their employees childcare hours when scheduling" ((in 3299 reviews)); "bad manager and mangement need to be ppl oriented and worked towards employees" ((in 1438 reviews)); "There is no work/life balance and the rumors of being a sweat shop are true." ((in 611 reviews)); "Management and Dept Supervisors have their own clicks." ((in 336 reviews))

What are employees saying about The Home Depot layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about The Home Depot layoffs and their outlook for job security at The Home Depot in 2026.

The Home Depot reviews

3.7

68% would recommend to a friend

(55,769 total reviews)

Ted Decker

66% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

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The Home Depot has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 55,769 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The The Home Depot employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Vendita al dettaglio e all'ingrosso industry (3.5 stars).

Reviews by job title

56K reviews

2.0

Aug 5, 2008

Home Depot's cutting their own throat. When will they listen to the founders... when will they "get it"?

Store human resources manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Hourly opportunities in sales and operations are good. Advancement for hourly workers is good even without education. Total compensation is good in all positions.

Cons

Senior leadership is lost, but they don't know it. Leadership at the district, regional, and corporate levels do not live by the values they are supposed to be driving. It's funny how they promote this in the stores for the in-store employees. But, they fail miserably doing it themselves. I have witnessed leadership threatening jobs in group settings.

3.0

Aug 4, 2008

Down with management by "bean counters" and metrics.

Associate

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Large established company. Access to benefits. Located near home. Competitive pay for the retail sector. I come from a lifelong career in contracting in the trades, but for personal reasons choose not to retire. HD is a good fit for me because I have no desire to advance, merely to serve customers and give them the benefit of my 40 years of experience. I was not atypical of the young Home Depot, however, the Nardelli regime drove most of my kind off, choosing to try to run stores with part-time no-nothings.

Cons

Needlessly capricious hours scheduling. Working week-ends, but that is retail. It quickly becomes painfully obvious that management at the store level has no power to effect any meaningful change. Suggesting improvements is a effort in futility.

5.0

Aug 4, 2008

Best retail job you could ever have!

Master electrical specialist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible schedule, good working environment, opp. for advancement, great if you are a people person. There are allot of perks that come with working for them, like events, employee parties, KABOOM! projects. And if you want to learn how to do stuff, thats the place to work, i learn something new about home improvement every day, and if you have a problem the employees and manegment really come together to help out someone in need.

Cons

You may work in a small local store, dealing with a small community, but in the end you work for a corporate giant, full of number crunchers, bean counters, and penny pinchers. Though i suppose it's worse in other places, the place still has a good vibe about it, unless you've been screwed by them( which there have been many).

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