Working at Lowes — Reviews by Employees

Pretty much slave drivers. Nothing positive ever said by managers.

Lowes of Auburndale is sadly a disgusting mess. I wish I never sacrificed my time to this job. Their HR department basically lies to you right from the get go. I was hired as a full time seasonal hardware/tools associate a position that apparently doesn't even exist. I took this job way too seriously apparently. I showed up on time, took other shifts from associates who just didn't care about there job. I handled multiple departments as many as 5 at a time!!!! Then mysteriously my hours started to get whittled down more and more. One week I came to work and I wasn't on the schedule. I asked the HR guy who was a bloated lying slob what the problem was. I asked him point blank is my seasonal employment up? He directs me to the Manager who in turn directs me BACK to HR. Finally I basically deduce that I am being let go now that my seasonal is up. No one ever even informed me of this. Don't get me wrong I have a great job now and I wouldn't change a thing but this place is beyond unprofessional. I went in one week and had only 10 hours!!!! They told me they had spent too much money on payroll and that they were cutting hours. I wish he could explain that to my landlord and family. It turns out they hired 2 people to replace me that were temps so they could give them less than my hours without any question. They even called me back and offered me a job after I left months afterward and I said I would never work for them again. THEN they sent me an e-mail saying thank you for your application but at this time we are not gonna hire you. LOL. I turned them down and never even SENT an application!!!!! I wish I could describe fully how bad this company is. Just remember if you get a job there, just keep filling out applications. You can't make a living there. Don't look at the hourly wage because they can cut your hours to 10 per week at any time, I promise you I'll never spend a dollar in that hole. They should all be ashamed of the way they treat their employees. I wonder if the higher ups know how bad they treat their employees. The answer is probably yes. Yes they do. For shame!

Lowe's is a great company to work for. I was a cashier and was paid $10.50 an hour when I started. I got all the hours I wanted and loved working with all the people. I have no complaints about working here!

I dont work their but my significant other does. After she has worked there for two years I believe I can review this company from a different perspective.

Lowes is understaffed, they don't have enough people working and make everyone double up on departments. This sucks for customers like me and it's very difficult for the workers to keep up.

The work environment is shameful, employees are often required to repetitively lift heavy objects and anyone with bad knees or back should NOT work there!

They have very poor management and often I am left asking myself how so and so could have ever been qualified to even insert an application for the position.

With poor management comes a responsibility problem where the managers think they can dump jobs onto workers who are already juggling two or three departments. Someone should take a stand and not do it, that should go directly against the manager but for some reason all the employees are scared that they will get the blame.

Growth potential is actually quite high, since there is poor management anyone with business knowledge could walk in there and take over in a very short amount of time I would reckon.

I wouldn't want to work for this company and I just wish their employees would take a stand I mean seriously why should you have to work three departments AND do someone elses job? There is so much crap that goes on behind the scenes it reminds me of middle school, this business has poor functionality where you will wait for them to get a product just to find out someone forgot about you or LEFT THE STORE when they specifically told you they were going to help you. Lucky I wasn't the customer I wouldn't get lied to directly to my face and continue doing business with the CROOKS, YES CROOKS! your prices are way too high, seriously $10 for 5 or 10 pieces of cheap bolts where I can go elsewhere and get 5x more bolts that are GRADE 8 for $.75 Come on now, compete you are robbing me lol

Let's see,where do I begin? First off,I have only been with this comapny a year and a half,and so far it has been the WORST retail experience I have ever had! And i've worked at Toys R Us seasonally! The beginning of this year we got a new store mngr who was supposed to "fix" the store.So far the only thing she has "fixed" is firing a ton of people and hiring her friends.I don't mean to sound fuddy duddy,because i'm young myself,but when they say SENOIR management,I expect at least some of them to be a couple years my senior,not 7-10 years younger than me! I've been in retail for 15 years,most of my managers were still in grade school!Work life balance is absolutely HORRID,rotating schedule my big butt! The favorites get the opens and mids and the rest of us schmucks are stuck filling in the holes.I had to send my son to his grandmothers for a week just because of my work schedule.....Now I don't really work but 3 days a week there and I have a position of authority.My zone manager is completely CLUELESSSSS!!! They lay off and don't schedule people to work and she comes up to me and says well where is everyone? EVERYONE WHO THEY FIRED EVERYONE YOU MORON!!!! Like it's my fault or something that they supposedly can't reach budget.Well people would buy more if they could find help in the store and had cashiers to ring them out.DUH!!
As for coworker competence, the few who are left that were there when I started know what they're doing,the store managers little friends NOT SO MUCH.In fact,we have to correct their mistakes alot and it's extremely annoying that they're not around to fix it when the complaint comes in.Probably because they're too busy eating breakfast outside on the picnic tables that we sell to people.
The store manager said that this week all the "seasonal" people would be let go and then they were going to start asking part time people to cut hours.I'm asking for my pink slip.I'm done working for a company that doesn't give a rat's behind about you unless you are a full time person who kisses major butt all the time.

Lack of everything.

Lowe's is probably one of the worst places to work at. The hourly pay is tremendous but that's the only thing I liked. We all try so hard to be better than anyone else. Well, this store isn't a contest. It's to show appreciation for the company. Almost all of the work meetings are so worthless. I was a Seasonal Employee. I've worked there for almost 6 months. They put in a hell place.. Wait for it... The USCAN... Those machines are sometimes the damn problem to that company, especially you have to call M.I.S. everyday to see whats up. I would like to say a few reasons on how these people don't manage the right equipment for these machines. Hell, I would just get a bat and break everyone. Out of all the USCANS, their was only one good one. It gets so stressful during the day especially if you ring up customers. Well, I called corporate and you aren't suppose to be ringing up customers. It's a policy and someone could just walk out and steal something. But if the managers dont care about this. Well, I care. I bust my ass for asking customers for their telephone number, EPP, and Credit Application. THere is no way in hell I would ask for item of the month because it never works when your over there. I did like a few people but not everyone. Do you realize that my head cashiers don't do a damn thing? The guy head cashier is a little prick and he just wants to ruin peoples live .They don't care about others, they care about themselves. It ain't right. I think this probably the worst job ever. I actually was the best there but they all didnt think so. Screw Lowe's. I'll comment more soon.

Until you have worked at Lowe's and treated like crap, shut up. We were not allowed to take potty breaks, water was taken from us, we were treated as incompetant by management and customers, we were never defended by management to irate customers who were totally incorrect in their assessment of the situtaion and the cashiers. When you have peed on yourself and passed out from dehydration, then you have the right to open your mouth.

Welcome to the realities of a large, publically traded corporation. Generally, corporate america is all about money. No matter how the company tries to spin the "we care about our employees" card, the truth is that Lowe's employees are only a means to an end, and that end is a healthy bottom line. A healthy bottom line is necessary to attract stock buyers and retain stock owners. If you are not an individual who can contribute to this goal you will not last very long at Lowe's. To be fair, Lowe's is not alone in this. It is simply one of the realities of capitalism.

When the bottom line is suffering there will be layoffs as a result of the corporation's attempt to slash costs and save money. Those who remain will be expected to pick up the slack. In the local store this will be from the Store manager on down. Excuses for being unable to complete all necessary tasks will not be appreciated or accepted. Those of you who strive for excellence in your work will be disappointed. There simply will not be enough bodies, or enough time to get the job done at a competence level that is acceptable to you. You will always go home realizing that you have left many things un-done.

Employee wages and benefits are a huge expenditure. When times get tough this is the first place cuts will be made. Staff will be reduced. In addition, benefits, especially medical coverage, will be revised down while employee insurance dollar contributions will increase. In effect, you will get less coverage for more money. Again, a reality in the current corporate arena.

Remember, Lowe's, Home Depot, or any other major corporation is not in business to build and appreciate people (other than customers). I think both the Home Improvement giants did, in times past, concern themselves more with the overall welfare of their employees. However, greed and the economy have pretty-much stripped the guts out of their previous good intentions. That's the way it is.

At the end of the day, no one has to remain employed at Lowe's. You work there because you choose to. If you want to remain employed by Lowe's and truly want to see things change for the better for employees then you will have to consider forming a union. The Lowe's line is that an employee union would not be in the best interest of the employees. Please do not shallow this. What would you expect Lowe's to say about something that would cost it millions of dollars in employee wages, benefits and concessions? Right now Lowe's employees have no power or functional say in their situations. It is all dictated from the top down. Unionization is the only way for employees to gain some serious clout and some say about how they are paid, how they are treated, and about the benefits packages they receive.

10 year employee that still has a stable job.