Pros
Home Depot offers people the opportunity to prove themselves as a competent worker. If you come to work everyday and give your best effort then you will be rewarded with a chance to move up within the ranks. One has the chance to interact with customers regularly and there is a certain amount of freedom given to employees on how they approach their job as long as the key tasks and requirements are done. Many of the long time associates are willing to extend some of their knowledge and are willing to take new employees under their wing if you show a good work ethic. The days working there go by pretty fast because there is always something to do which I like.
Cons
A lot of the managers are too concerned with corporate orders or pressure and are unwilling to provide any help or feedback to floor employees. I found that out of the five managers that I had the chance to work with, only one of them was able to actually understand what it is like on the floor. Another problem with working at home depot is that there are a lot of people who don't take their job seriously and are only there to collect a pay check. This creates a problem because they do the bare minimum and care less about store performance and how customers perceive us. It is frustrating to work with people like this.
