Home Depot

"Put effort into building strong authentic relationships at all levels"

"Its very unequal since day one I have been treated poorly by my colleagues."

"Plaid is a manufacturer and retailer of craft and DIY products and tools. Given its roots in manufacturing, the overall culture and operations is quite dated. Heavy reliance on paper products in the corporate setting with feeble or inconsistent attempts to reduce usage or recycle. Marketing decisions are not largely data led. Most approvals for campaigns are rooted in their personality and preference. Consider too, there is no company funded benefit for parental/family leave, only short term disability insurance (if one qualifies and has been paying for it prior to needing it) in conjunction to FMLA. Paternal leave does not exist here.Flexibility in work hours is little to none. You actually have to fill out and submit a paper-based schedule at the end of each week. Key fobs are regularly monitored with company-wide emails to all staff reminding them to be on time, despite there being only a few consistent offenders. Working from home is never an option even if your role is primarily a digital one. The only exception to this is if it is medically and absolutely necessary - ie late stage pregnancy symptoms is not reason enough. The lack of trust from senior management permeates throughout the daily operations in these ways. The company also lacks real project management tools and staff equipped to maintain project goals and tasks for true accountability. Departments are in a constant state of varying degrees of catching up. Very heavy reliance on Excel to manage internal requests. "

"In my experience, the Home Depot is a good place to work if you’re committed to making your job your life. The employees are quite close, but many bond because of the poor management and gruelling workload. "

"Great place to work and very inclusive of women at THD "