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?

69% 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 (1063) , 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 3882 reviews)); "The people you work with are great and very friendly willing to help each other." ((in 3150 reviews)); "All my coworkers are great and the head cashiers always push me to do my best every day." ((in 1682 reviews)); "Flexible hours are available and even like that you can move up to a manager or DH position." ((in 1477 reviews)); "Great corporate company and culture (truly lives by the "value wheel" shown on all store" ((in 977 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 3506 reviews)); "they pay is low and they are do not care about their employees childcare hours when scheduling" ((in 3281 reviews)); "bad manager and mangement need to be ppl oriented and worked towards employees" ((in 1431 reviews)); "There is no work/life balance and the rumors of being a sweat shop are true." ((in 611 reviews)); "For the last year, upper management and corporate have been creating policies that are screwing over the employees." ((in 353 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.

What are the top reviewed The Home Depot locations?

Gijón , Barcelona , Valencia , Madrid

The Home Depot reviews

3.7

69% would recommend to a friend

(55,767 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 55,767 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 Ventas al mayoreo y al menudeo industry (3.5 stars).

Reviews by job title

56K reviews

4.0

Aug 4, 2008

Home Depot

Sales associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

This job is for someone who want little or no responsibility. I don't mean this in a bad way however if you just want to show up do your job and go home this is the perfect job for you. Good opportunities to learn how to do repairs on your home.

Cons

Like any workplace advancement is all on who you know. The store I work at offers little in the way of advancement. They offer little in the way of pay increase as a result of there lack of advancement. Higher wages are reserved for upper management who are seen little except to crack the whip. No employee discount.

4.0

Aug 3, 2008

Retail needs to focus on more open minded compensation, benefits and work schedules to sustain movement.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Availability to training and growth opportunities allow a person to "grow" where they want to go.

Cons

Compensation and scheduling does not make it an inviting place for people to come or to stay. There are many other companies leading and setting trends which the Home Depot refuses to look at in order to keep good people

4.0

Aug 1, 2008

Home Depot is not that bad no matter what you've heard

Associate

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Pros

I have met alot of great people working at the Home Depot. I have also learned alot about working with people that I dont like and staying under the radar when things get too political. For the most part I have been lucky with the store managers that I have had. I have been able to raise my family, taking time off when needed without any problems. Only one store manager did not keep his word out of the 17 that I have had. I think thats a pretty good number. Working for Home Depot has been, for the most part, a good thing for me and my family

Cons

politics and personalities and no checks and balances. One person can make your life hell and if that person is in good with a higher up, your done until they get promoted from kissing butt. Town Halls crack me up because no one is ever honest in them. The review process of having round tables are really stupid because, for example,how is the recieving supervisor supposed to comment on a cashier performance when that supervisor basically stays in the back and the cashier is in the front. There should only be the dept head, asm and maybe store manager involved in an associate review all the other comments are needless and a waste of time.

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