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Cliquish to the Extreme - Book Seller Half Price Books Employee Review

1.0
10 Jul 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Working with books and really great customers.

Cons

HPB expects employees to lie to customers about what happens to the books we buy from them. There was a terrible culture of cliquishness, which management made worse. Don't expect to be working with like minded people if you are a book lover. We had many employees who either don't read at all, or have never tackled anything more difficult than Harry Potter. It was frustrating for those of us who actually know something about books. I can't help but feel that there was a fair amount of racism amongst our management. I wish they were as advanced when it comes to race as they are when it comes to LGBTQ employees and customers. They definately need to do a lot of work in this area.

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Cons

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Pros

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