They take advantage of college grads and people with no knowledge/experience in the labor force.
Unprofessional and huge lack of communication.
No sick days, no weekends, no vacation.
POOR COMPENSATION. I only worked 3 days in the field (after a week of training) before I figured it was BS. You are straight up REQUIRED BY YOUR JOB to drive to a different Home Depot EVERYDAY and you receive INSUFFICIENT COMPENSATION. The IRS standard is something like $0.55 cents per mile. They pay you $30 a week for gas....... Like where do they get that number.
I calculated one day out and it shouldve been $22 THAT DAY. None of the Home Depots are less than 15-20 mins away. Most were 30-40. You drive to the office then you drive there and change then you drive home which could be even farther away depending on which direction you are sent. Its ridiculous.
Literally you are lied to during the interview process. Looking back on it there were red flags but I was in need of a job like that day so I just rolled with it. They make it seem like you're going to be making more money than you know what to do with, and that the market they are in charge of is as easy as pie. I mean they've got average income numbers of 80-120K for your first year written down on paper that they show you, its gotta be legit right? Wrong. The expectations are falsified. You literally walk around a Home Depot for 6 hours everyday including weekends selling free cabinet refacing consultations. Didnt find that out until I was training. Everything was kept very vague until I was brought in for orientation. Your numbers come down to luck and your ability to "sell" this consultation even though "we're not selling". One dude that had been there a month or two had average pay stubs of $200-300 per week. I asked my manager if there would be more than one person in the store because that was something that I saw could be an issue with this commission based pay. He said no you have your own store. Again, didnt find that out this was a lie until after I was training. 6 stores 10 people you do the math (for my brief time there).
You are required to have scheduled 5 appointments by Wednesday or else they sit you out the rest of the week. You dont make commission unless you hit your five appointments. You get paid $10 an hour. The commission you make is split with the higher ups until you hit certain goals and they move you up then they take less out of your earnings. Its just not a legitimate job, its a borderline pyramid scheme but they distract you from that with the one hour per day office pep talk "good vibes" atmosphere. You dont make all of the commission you earn unless you're the owner.
If youre a college grad this is a waste of your time but they try to draw you in anyways and market the job in a way that will get the max amount of people applying so you can make them money and fill the revolving door of employees. The only reason they care about you making money is because half of it goes in their pockets.
Nice & motivating people but the ones who take this seriously are brainwashed because thats the only way to keep chugging along. I couldnt take it seriously for more than 3 days in the field. Walk into a Home Depot between the hours of 1-7 on a weekday and tell me you can get 2-4 people to sign up for a cabinet refacing consultation EVERYDAY. In the SAME locations as the week before. Its for people with absolutely no skill set (besides talking) that are looking to make something look good on a resume and dont care about spending money on gas or the wear and tear you put on your car. Read the other reviews and you'll see this is the same thing all over the nation, but you dont find out until its too late.
