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Half Price Books

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Disorganized, unethical, and in trouble. The words of this review are insufficient to describe the indignities suffered. - Many Positions Held During Tenure Half Price Books Employee Review

1.0
28 Aug 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Access to information, interesting people, ability to learn if capable of extrapolating from a multitude of vagaries. Decent benefits package. Relatively flexible interior mobility.

Cons

Nepotistic command structure. Abysmal communication. Poor resource management. Nonexistent oversight of abusive and incompetent managers. Clueless navigation of changing retail landscape. Inadequate training of employees resulting in misplaced accountability. Rigged advancement system. Unrealistic expectations of employees. Poverty wages. Blatant lies told to customers and employees. Knowledge of inherent issues with no efforts made to correct them. Top tier completely out of touch with its base level. Continuing to expand in the face of dwindling sales resulting in a bleak future for the company. Poor information security resulting in low level employees having broad knowledge of the aforementioned problems.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
4 Jun 2026
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Pros

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Cons

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