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Lowe's Home Improvement

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Thinking of working for Lowe's? Are you nuts??? - Intel Engineer Lowe's Home Improvement Employee Review

1.0
Aug 5, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

There is no good reason to do that to yourself.

Cons

Salary - ridiculous compared to industry standard. Benefits - when the company experiences any sort of downturn, they compensate by finding ways to make up the difference by cutting employee benefits. Competence of management - there are a very few lower-level managers there who try to make a difference and create a good place to work. They're quickly eliminated. The very poorest, Scrooge-emulating managers are the very ones who stay on forever, apparently rewarded for their 'good work'. This is a company which, in tough economic times, would rather do things 'the way they've always been done' (meaning, as poorly and as expensively as possible) rather than listen to new ideas which would clearly benefit the company.

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Pros

good pay and training for heavy equipment is provided

Cons

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4.0
Jul 2, 2026
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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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