Anyone ever work at Home Depot?
 

Starting first night shift in about an hour or so, freight team.


Really nervous, anyone ever work there or still do? It's only part time and just to get some $ on the side.

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Why would you be nervous about a job at ****ing Home Depot? Is it your first job?

Watch your cornhole in the plumbing isle

This. Man up. Go in there and do a good job. Lead by example. Become team leader. Become assistant store manager. Become store manager. Become District Manager. Become Regional Vice President. Become President. Become CFO. Become CEO. Retire. Become Venture Capitalist. Play Golf.

See, I just mapped your next 25 years for free. Send IM for my address. I take all major credit cards.

Sheeeeeeeeeeet, no. I don't like even going to that mother****er.

This is also good advice. I would address Sodomy in your tenure as Assistant Store Manager. It will show how much you care about safety and how it affects the bottom line.

They probably busted you for shoplifting and can't go back in there.

I see what you did there!

;)

Relax. It's not as terrifying as Lowes

There are whole websites dedicated to Home Depot stories. Here's one for you since you will be moving stuff.

I was talking with an associate today at home depot who was just finishing up moving a ton of new appliances to the floor. We talked about how much work it was to move them all and how many there were for the new appliance initiative. He told me that they were supposed to be taken to a storage trailer but that the trailers weren't there yet so a manager told him to put them all on the sales floor. Just as the last appliance had been brought out from receiving.....guess what? The trailers showed up......guess what? All the appliances that had just been moved got moved again.

I assume the first thing they will do in your training will be to teach that if you see a customer make eye contact with you like he may approach you with a question, immediately turn and quickly walk away.

Good point. This seems like a District logistical problem. This will be best addressed during your tenure of District Manager or Regional VP. Redirecting floor planning and truck routes might require a bit more pull.

Right. They certainly seem to walk fast like they are on a mission to not help you.

This is certainly a store manager problem. You are the cultural leadership captain of the store. Get out of your office and kiss some babies.

If you don't have to deal with shitstain for customers, how bad can it be?

I also love how they close the entire ****ing length of the aisle when they loading one of the shelves. The thing I needed was a good 30 feet away from where they were loading but the guy freaked out when I tried to sneak across the barrier.

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Well who would ask a question of anyone working the floor of HD. Does that give those young snot nose in orange vests instant cred?

Good move breaching the barricade. That kids probably got a good 15 minutes of time on a fork lift good move. They barricade it because the idiot is probably likely to pull the whole shelving down and everything on it as accomplish what he was instructed to do.

I worked at HomeBase for six years and paid my own way through college. It was basically the same store as Home Depot but West of the Rockies and the sign (and my vest) was yellow instead of Orange.

Stock crew you are gonna get all types of people. You'll pretty quickly identify the ones who are good, responsible workers, and the ones who are slackers or who're just getting by doing as little as possible. Just stick to/follow the good ones and you'll do great.

First couple of nights will just be orientation/learning by following/safety training and if you are going to get a lift license there will be training there, too. Don't be afraid to ask questions if something's not clear, just ask the better people as identified above.

Good luck!

I try to find the guy who's in his 50s who looks like he probably retired from his construction job and now spends most of his time in his woodshop and does HD part time.

Passing drug tests left and right!

They couldn't run fast enough.

I was willing to take the risk. Like I said, the thing I need is always far from the danger zone but they block off the entire aisle.

Prisoners in the old west used to escape using their shoe laces and their belt. You are in a freaking Home Depot and you can't devise at least 12 different ways to reach 30' without crossing the chain?

With all the duct tape alone, I should have been able to figure out something.

Duct tape can solve any situation.

I was bay integrity associate for about 8 months. Are you pack down or freight team.

FYP

Wrong baling wire does what duct tape cant.

Play follow the leader & in a few weeks you'll be fine.

Can you be ready for the playoffs?

ROFLROFLROFLROFL

Are you nervous cause you're high?

One of my favorite stores.

I think Manards owns.

Except ducting, ironic that the one thing it should not be used for is what it's name is.

I hate it, but it's a necessary evil.

Also, their lumber ****ing sucks. I needed about 10 12' boards to replace some decking and I had to pull about 25 off the stack before I found one that wasn't severely warped or cracked. It would have taken me all day to find 10. It's like they took their leftover rejects, made a stack, and put it out to sell.

I also bought a bathroom vanity there, got it home, unboxed it, and it had a big scratch on one side and a dent on the other.
I box it back up, take it back and go to get another one. While I'm opening a new one to make sure no issues this time, I see the one I just returned being put back on the shelf!

I was pissed as hell. I said--You're going to let someone else buy that just so they can haul a big vanity back and forth just to return it? That's probably how I got stuck with it!

I got 25% off for my troubles. **** that place.

Everyone is an employee at Home Depot now, you have to manually check out your own items now. Last time I went in I forgot my apron and name tag

Show up.

Do what they tell you.

Put stuff in the right spot.

Work hard.

You'll be fine. If this is a long term gig get the forklift license.

Hey, can you mismark a few expensive items or place a $500 power tool in a $100 box and tell me where it is?

Just asking.......:D

Lowes and Harbor Freight FTW.

Man, that place is awful. Everything they sell there is terrible Chinese knock off bullshit

This... I'm not sure how they stay in business. It seems like every time I've been in one, I was the only one there.

Ohhhhhhhhh, sankyou.

youa vely wercorm

They're the Arby's of home appliance stores.

really nervous?

So, it's not like the quality Chinese $#it sold everywhere else?...

Don't ****ing go there...

Lol. What? I do stay away from Arby's. Too pricy for a bullshit sandwich.

Arby's? Do tell. I haven't been to one in a while, but I remember those delicious curly fries...

LMAO

Last time I went there, I got one big ****ing lump of curly fry. And it was room temp. I was like, just season a god damn potato and let me eat that.

Mmmm, seasoned potatoes

One of the bashes I rode up with Luv. Every time someone left the house over a 2.5 day period I begged them to take me to Arby's.

For those 3 days that's all I ate (well, that and beer.)

Good times...

Did you get the same thing every time or did you mix it up? I mean, I'm sure you got the curlies every time.

When you have no Arby's within about 45 minutes you don't waste space on fries.

At the time the ARBY-Q was on and I know I got two of those and two BRB's at least twice...

LMAO The Arby-Q....jesus that thing is a disgrace to food. Here in Tulsa there are literally 4 Arby's within a 3 mile radius. And I never see anyone there. Amazes me.

That "someone" was usually me, I know I took you there at least 3 times

Dracula?

They are at What A Burger.

I had a hankering for a rueban before St Patty's Day last year. Stopped at Arby's and got one and it was a beast. I couldn't finish it all but was very satisfying. Seasoned curly fries I hate I dont get the attraction.

Most of the Lumbar yard have gone tits up or deal with commercial it seems. If I need lumber I have better luck at Sutherland's but HD just pisses me off especially the piss poor lighting in the place. For general hardware and advice from knowledgeable folks I go to A&N Hardware in NKC. When I need fittings and such on spur the moment Ace Westlake it a few blocks away. For Harbor Freight it serves a purpose like a one use tool you dont want spend an arm and a leg on. But for heavy use tools you would be a fool to buy there. I did buy a self coiling compressor hose that has been going strong for 5 years +.

And for the fellow starting at HD I came off as snippy and a jerk. I have no problem with working there I would as a second job if I didn't have to travel so much. My problem was people expecting solid advice from the floor personnel. They are simply not trained in every aspect of what is sold in that store.

You should have chosen Menards. From what I've witnessed, if you show up and drool on yourself while the customer does their own searching and loading, you get paid.

Menards....an equal opportunity employer.

Don't get caught jerking off in the back room. You will be fine.

Hitting on some ugly meth head that also works at Menards is also in the workday.

Cue "Money for Nothing" Dire Straits

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAD6Obi7Cag

Doesn't this kid live in Canada? If so, make sure you get free poutine for employee meals.

So?

Why don't people realize they get paid to do what they are told? I don't care if I tell you to dig a hole and then fill it in, I'm the one writing the checks, when you start then you can bitch.

You should quit and go work at Wal Mart. Hell you even get to do a cool cheer there every morning if you work morning shift.

Gimme a W! Gimme an A! Gimme an L! Gimme a -! Gimme an M! Gimme an A! Gimme an R, Gimme a T!
What does that spell?? WAL MART!!!
Whos Wal Mart is it?? Wall Streets!
Whose number 1? The Mighty Dollar, always!!

The great thing about Working for Home Depot is the Orange Vest.
mmmm....Orange

This is not how real life works. You have a better chance to achieve the end result threw a aggressive take over

I don't want to aggressively take over a golf course. I'll just pay my greens fee.

In 1986 Tommy Lee Jones made a movie called The Park is Mine. It shows you exactly how to take over that course.

it's been a little under a month and this job straight up sucks.

there was nothing to be nervous about or anything, it's simple and straight forward.

the company however is terrible and management is always blaming you for something you didn't do and on your ass.

the people in charge are on huge ego power trips and for the hours and hard work during the night, it's not worth it at all and takes a toll on your body.

I just wanted some extra money on the side and while I'll probably keep at it for a few more months. It's not rewarding, fulfilling or anything Home Depot promises. truth be told, the company has gone to shit.

I really don't know how some people can still stay there for over 4 plus years.

Shit you want easy money on the side, work fast food.

Less work, listen to the **** nuts drama and make you glad you are not them. Free food. Not as hard on the body.

Now is it the supervisors or upper management in the store? You are in an ideal spot. You do not need the job, you can tell them why they are bad or doing things wrong. If they fire you, oh well. But maybe one of them will listen.

This is really a great thread. 80 posts and about 5% of them are topical. Great sample of why Chiefsplanet kicks ass.

As for the job... you're a disposable employee, and will be treated as such. If you truly don't need the job, consider ****ing around, being lazy and worthless until you get canned. If they aren't going to value you, why bother giving any more than bare minimum?

As for hard work, there are a lot of places out there that will appreciate it to at least a small degree. It's unlikely that any of the McJobs will, and it may be tough to find decent part time jobs. Maybe try a temp service. There are some decent companies out there that use temps to fill seasonal needs.