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Half Price Books

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No support from higher management - Store Manager Half Price Books Employee Review

2.0
23 Oct 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Books are awesome. PTO, treat budget, Profit based bonuses.

Cons

New rules and regulations every day. With no transparency about how these rules came about or what they’re trying to improve. What should be streamlined, like training, with so many stores, is beaurocratic and clunky. Lower starting pay for certain kinds of stores, which makes no sense because those employees work just as hard as anyone else. Blamed for not meeting sales goals when literally not allowed to use social media to drive sales. In 2022. They like to say they have company sponsored programs to help you if you need it, and that they want everyone to succeed so there are lots of steps to take for discipline, but will still fire you with no warning and no disciplinary history if it so suits them. Corporate schills. Nobody has your back. The people who act like your friends definitely are not.

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5.0
23 Oct 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great staff, awesome benefits and discount

Cons

Not much of anything really

4.0
4 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great coworkers. Get quarterly bonus checks. Not a super hard job.

Cons

Mangement is kinda iffy and they really require you to do a lot more work than you're paid for.

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