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.

What are the top reviewed The Home Depot locations?

Paris , Metz , Arras , Marseille

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 Commerce de détail et de gros industry (3.5 stars).

Reviews by job title

56K reviews

5.0

Oct 22, 2012

Excellent Place to work at could not find a better group of people and company to work for

Cashier

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Management Genuinely cares they take care of the situation, Employee's can give you the family like atmosphere, Drama is a minimum, Great benefits but pricey , direct deposit is first paycheck quick, They provide a lot of great training and strive to promote workplace safety, awsome 401k , Stock purchase plan, And the Team and Management genuinely care about your well being.

Cons

Pay "but i believe this is based on economy" don't expect to make anything over half a grand bi-weekly and thats a full 40 hour week.

1.0

Sep 12, 2012

Not good

Home depot cashier

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

None would not work there again

Cons

Vet's do not get fair treatment by management

1.0

Aug 30, 2012

Danbury CT Home Depot is fill of Favoritism!

Cashier

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Decent pay, friendly co-workers, nice area to work at

Cons

MANAGEMENT IS TERRIBLE, managers harassing their employees, front-end supervisors always talking to their buddy managers and NOT responding to the cashiers requests, morals are poor, districts doesn't want to respond costumers needs, treats their employees like machines and not like human beings, managers doesn't like it when you mention "favoritism" , cuts almost everyone's hours all the time

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