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Lowe's Home Improvement

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Great benefits, but be prepared to get used! - Flooring Specialist Lowe's Home Improvement Employee Review

3.0
Oct 8, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Mostly enjoy helping customers. Benefits are good compared to other companies.

Cons

They don't work set schedules with set days off. You can't get a second job, go back to school, or really make any plans. You only get 1 scheduled weekend off a month and the others are scattered. When you do get 2 days off in a row the schedule you to close the day prior then open the day after. You are unable to really do much, like leave town for a trip, due to having to work till 10 P.M. then be back for your shift your next work day by 6 A.M. Pay raises are given only once a year and usually they are not reviewed with you. This is primarily due to management being cowards. They don't want to tell you you are only getting a 3% or less raise. They make it almost impossible to use your vacation time. You can only use it at specific dates and it can be denied very easily .

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Pros

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Cons

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Pros

Some amazing customers and coworkers. Tasks and systems were easy to learn. Sometimes you get lucky and have amazing ASMs and SMs. It's easy to get a good survey when you treat customers like friends, be honest about what you do and don't know, and work to learn what you don't. That goes a long way with customers. I personally truly loved my job and loved spending as much time as I could at work.

Cons

Once you are on someones S*** List they will make it possible to get rid of you. Management only follows policy when it benefits them. Some people get promoted when they have no business working in retail as a leader. The A/C in the store I worked in was always broken during the summer, which made it miserable to work. Some customers are entitled due to they way management will kiss their butts to keep from losing a sale or getting a bad review. Management will make a paper trail to write you up if you mess up or are struggling instead of helping you better yourself. Management does not care about employees' work-life balance. Management does not care if their employees are struggling with personal issues like car troubles, health issues, financial issues, etc. Management will get rid of great employees but keep people who don't pull their weight. Once I hit burnout, instead of helping me, I was punished by my managers. In turn making me hate a job I truly loved.

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