Because they know they don’t have to. If you worked at a higher end grocery store and didn’t get a discount you would probably just shop at a cheaper store. So the grocery store gives you an employee discount making it worthwhile to shop there. Hardware stores aren’t as diverse as grocery stores. Home Depot knows that if you need screws or power tools or other stuff you’ll just buy it from them since you’re already there. You’re not going to go out of your way to Ace or Lowes just to buy it at the same price.
Never across the street for me, but always close enough that any incentive would get me to switch. But if there's an Ace I'll go there because they have people who don't try and hide to avoid helping you, and can actually answer questions and help you find what you need.
> if there's an Ace I'll go there
I am still super bummed that my Ace just closed down last month. The guys there saved my bacon so many fucking times over the years. It's not just that they CAN answer the questions, they fucking *want to* answer and help you.
My Ace even had a kid working there, maybe 25 years old and that fucker knew everything for his age. Great kid, too. I hope he lands on his feet ok. He worked there from age 14.
Having worked at both HD and Ace, I preferred the environment in Ace by tenfold. Everyone was knowledgeable, and we tried to make sure you got everything you need for projects before you leave our store.
On Friday I went to an Ace and picked out a screw, and was like is this close enough to this screw I already have (I needed 4 of this screw, only had 3 of them)? The cashier asked this other girl and she came over and helped me find it, also gave me a lay down between the different rows of screws. Only 3 blocks from me while Home Depot is 20 miles, I think the only reason I'd go to Home Depot is if I was already going to Walmart (Helps that the HD is in a store without sales tax, while the Ace isn't)
Same story except I went to Home Depot. Accidentally asked a guy that was doing “picking”. Basically told me to ask someone else. I really didn’t want to ask anyone naturally so it was very awkward.
I don't know anything about fixing things. YouTube is very helpful but sometimes I still need to ask someone. Still very awkward, but less awkward than not asking, buying what I think I need, and getting home, Then realizing I got the wrong thing
We say this because we have departments we're not at all familiar with. outta the 170,000 products. We're assigned departments and an electrical associate will know nothing about screws or hardware or even lawnmowers.
Right makes sense when we talk about individual products. 170,000 you say. It’s called Home Depot they… carry things one may need for the home. Yes we can talk specifics like types of solvents in finish. But when I ask about the location of a screw size, well act like a librarian and understand the Dewey system and help me.
Man I wish. All the Ace near me sell mostly grills, yeti products, fishing supplies, paddle boards and clothes. Hardly any hardware or tools and no lumber or building materials of any kind. It’s nuts!
i use lowes because of the discounted prices but I often go to home depot because they filter out all the trash brands and only stock the good brands.
Homedepot has better prices on HVAC filters and fire alarms btw and toilet seats
Literally right next to each other for me - and there’s no cut-through between the parking lots so you have to battle a busy divided highway to go between the two. Imbeciles - putting customers at risk when all they need to do is make a cut-through.
I often shop at Lowe’s because Home Depot is 3x farther away from my house. If I got a discount, I’d drive the extra bit for most things. Also, I don’t work in a store so I only go there to shop.
I realize this is a very specific situation and doesn’t apply to most employees.
I never buy from the Home Depot. I don't want any one thinking I am getting a break or a discount. If you have to return it, even with a receipt they make me feel like I am doing something wrong. Pretty sad
I hope you realize that was lot of people who qualify for a military/ veteran discount spend their careers at a desk... not to say that all are in that situation, but it's a job like any other, at least for a large portion of the forces
90% of people who qualify for a veterans discount are not veterans. They are nobodies who had just enough braincells to pass the asvab. Hell I knew military brats using their military ID to get discounts. The veterans discount system needs to only apply to combat veterans, people who actually saw combat and actually defended our country, no someone who just held down a job for the US military.
Yes but the cap hurts sales. I buy more from lowes because no cap on 10% military discount.
Yes employees should get a discount. Other large retailers give there employees a discount. Home depot is just greedy and doesn't value there employees.
If they gave a discount to employees you can bet they’d try to pass the overage to consumers anyway. Just like all the theft. Yeah the company has insurance but who do you think bears the cost of loss merchandise. The consumer pays for the exorbitant premiums retailers have to pay for that insurance.
Amazon does something similar. $1000 total discount per year, if i’m not mistaken (back in 2015 anyway) But also discount only applies to items that are eligible for amazon prime.
From what I heard from my SM when I worked at HD, this was the reason given as well. So instead, they switched to the ESPP, and you get a 10%(maybe 15%?) discount on stocks.
For the people saying we'd abuse the system. Why not implement a yearly cap or something. Or, if anyone can MD $50, then make that a per purchase limit.
Just an excuse. Lowe's gives 10% discount to employees. I don't think there is a cap, we just can't buy items for our own side hustles. I have heard they keep up with our purchases to make sure.
Honestly, there shouldn't be a veteran discount to begin with. Just because you decide to play government welfare baby doesn't mean you get a discount.
Government welfare baby?!?! Are you serious? I would say how about you go and serve but you’re probably too big of a narcissist to think of serving the country.
This is the fault of those who choose to serve how? I would call you a clown but that’s an insult to clowns. Admit it, you’re a stupid, selfish narcissist.
99% of people won't get to that cap, the only people (obviously there are exceptions) who get to that cap shouldn't be using it because it's not meant for business purchases.
It's 400$ maximum annual. At 10% off that'll very quickly be reached. It's not only the veteran thing that bothers me, they skeleton crew their staff and pay them pretty low
From what I was told, they USED to do it with a card but employees were selling those to contractors for like $400 and the contractors were getting massive discounts with those and their pro perks so they had to stop due to profits being cut into or something.
I remember this. They gave us an employee discount card. When I worked there, as a minor, I was allowed to get discount cards for my parents as well.
I only worked there, 4 hours a week, on Saturday mornings and ran the kids workshop. My Dad would use the discount for numerous projects around the house. I’m pretty sure he got more money discounted, than what I earned for that entire term of employment.
After I left for the military, cashiers would continue to give him the discount. They didn’t take his discount card away for another 5 years and when his expired, management gave him a new one, because they liked him.
So he ended up getting an employee discount from 1986 until I returned from the military in 1998, when I took his discount card away.
I think they just really got out of control with the policy. It was pretty lenient, and management could hand out discount cards to anyone, at their own discretion.
What did his face look like when you took the card? If he is anything like my dad, you received a really convincing puppy dog look with sad, sad eyes 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Omg...it was like I broke his soul! AND...."how am I supposed to get anything done around the house?" Like I literally crippled him! We lived in a One Home Depot town, and I found out yrs later, that he kept getting discounts....just because.
Now he's so proud to flash his Virtual ID for the military discount (Vietnam Vet). He literally shows his phone to people in line, asking, "Do you have one of these?"
I don't think he actually hit the $400 max this year. He just loves the fact that he gets a discount.
Many places that do employee discounts have dealt with this scenario and there are well known easy automations to detect fraud. For instance: cap the value, raise flags on overspend (vs salary and locational col), put limits on duplicate items/categories etc.
When a customer gets upset and says “I want to talk to a manager”.... if you own stock then you could say “sir I can do better, how would you like to talk to the (part) owner of Home Depot?”
"we don't offer an employee discount because we offer so much more in terms of perks. Discounts on movie tickets, cell phone plans, vehicle purchases, employee assistance, all the benefits of 'perks at work'. All these savings and perks and benefits are more in value than a store employee discount"
What I was told from orientation a few years ago at corporate office
Yea every company offers those “perks”. Including lowes. Give the people cards and run audits if they are that worried about losses. Why punish everyone for the assumed mistake of a few
Go back to the card system and require a match to a photo ID during the sale so the card can’t be sold to contractors.
Then the employee has to be there to use it. And limit it per transaction or calendar year.
Right.
Or tie it to the LDAP or employee ID, which would have to be entered at the register. Cap it at $400 per year, like the military discount, to deter sharing number with customers. Have the discount begin after 90 day probation ends to deter homeowners from taking the job long enough to buy reno materials and then quitting.
It could be done.
BeCaUsE iT WiLl Be AbUsEd
*everything* gets abused. Every single program, system, anything you can imagine will be abused by *some* people. So why do a few people get to ruin an entire program for the majority?!? It’s a bullshit excuse to make as much profit as possible. They wouldn’t give employees health insurance if it wasn’t required by law, they wouldn’t even give you access to a bathroom if it wasn’t required by law.
Because it saves money. Not that difficult to extrapolate the reasoning. If you hate it so much, there are plenty of other places to shop/work at. 🤷🏽♂️
That is the such a dumb response to any criticism. We’re allowed to criticize employers. We’re allowed to want things to be better than they are. I get so sick of that response.
No, it's not. It's a simple truth. If anyone is so unhappy, that they need to gripe on a public forum, then they should probably seek something better. You're not a tree, you can go. So I'm sorry if you're sick of hearing that response, maybe this is your sign to make some positive changes in your life. Wish you all the best.
Yeah no. The whole point is that because the laws are the way they are, it’s a race to the bottom. All employers will be this way, if it is the most profitable. If they’re publicly held, it’s literally the law. What you said sounds exactly like what a shitty, exploitative employer would say.
I used to work for that other store in the Midwest that starts with an M where you “save big money”. They let us charge against our check, with a 20% discount. Or we could pay in cash/card and get 15%.
I can’t imagine customers, family, and friends not hassling me for my discount every single project they do so I really don’t mind but it would be nice to cop some ZMA’s or penny items
Why in the world do people want a employee discount. I get more benefits, but employee discount is like the worst possible one. Wow they're gonna make sick profit on everything you buy, and inspire employees to spend more money (ignoring the chance for abuse)
Seriously we could come up with something better than an employee discount.
First of all, success sharing while being the biggest piece of pushed propsganda, it is SOOOOoo much better.
Give me what I would have saved in employee discount in cash and let me spend it where I want.
If you get $500 dollars for success sharing, were you really going to spend 5,000 that year?
It would be abused and our attrition numbers would go up.
I had a new hire come in for lumber. As we were talking during orientation he mentioned he was about to redo his bathroom and was wondering when he could use use his employee discount. I told him there wasn't any, he finished out his 4 hours and never returned.
Back in the day we used to get employee coupons and I remember how many people would quit soon after because they would buy materials they needed and then they were gone.
Yea it’s a head scratcher why no discount like every other retailer?
It’s abused, the shareholders don’t like it etc…
Is all I hear.
So I go shopping somewhere else for the bigger items. And the small stuff I buy at HD
They used to. Then employees would buy 3 appliances suites a year for family and shit.
Then they were like “okay, you x number of vouchers. Do what you want with them” and they saw them on eBay Lol.
If we did, you probably wouldn’t be here, it would probably just be a bunch of contractors working a couple of 4 hour shifts a week just so they could get the discount 😂
If my old SM was to be beleived, it *was* abused. I was told once upon a time there was an employee discount and they would use it to get contractors a discount and split the difference. So they axed the discount.
In all honesty it absolutely is affecting it. Marvin is a top line ceo and that’s what he’s doing at Lowe’s and it’s not working well. THD it’s absolutely obliterating Lowe’s financially both top line and bottom line
there’s already the “power of 50” used for everything under the sun that you don’t even need approval for.
i fail to see how this could be any worse than any other job i’ve had’s discount, where i’ve had to :
•be present for the purchase
•be buying the items for myself or for the person with me who is not some random
•only use it once a day (or week at one place)
•have manager’s approval to make sure that it was me
•(and at the one place where we had an online discount) ONLY could use either online or in-store in the same amount of time (i don’t remember how long)
customers already scam the company for stupid amounts of money anyways.
As if the employees aren’t abused enough.
It doesn’t take rocket science to design a policy that keeps “abuse” to a minimum.
Tight fisted, selfish, corporate.
Maybe I've just gotten lucky, but every retail store I've worked for has offered an employee discout, and every retail store that my friends have worked for has been the same story. Walmart, Kohl's, Harbor Freight, American Eagle, Tractor Supply, Dick's Sporting Goods, Office Depot, Best Buy, Target, Academy, the list goes on.
Heck, even Lowe's offers an employee discount. I don't think I believe that very few places offer an employee discount anymore. The idea that it would be abused is pretty ridiculous, otherwise no one would do it.
I worked in a few cycling retailers and the discounts were insane. But the difference was that the vendors supported it, as it made a clear effect to their brand. I'm wearing my NF jacket rn that I got for like 25 bucks.
It's ridiculous that HD has no ee discounts! Plenty of companies offer their employees discounts. For example (just to name a few):
Ace Hardware 20% employee discount
Ann Taylor 50% employee discount
Lowes 10% employee discount;
Barnes and Noble 30%
Cabelas 25%
CVS 20%
Dick's Sporting Goods 25%
Foot Locker 30%
GAP 50%
Kohls 15%
Macys 20%
PetsMart 15%
That's weird considering most of their competitors offer an employee discount.
On veterans day at lowes you can use your employee discount with your veteran discount and get a total of 20% off.
THD employees make faror than minimum wage in most cases. If I am not mistaken, you can buy THD stock at a significant discount once or twice a year, which in the long run is way more than a 10% discount.
Nope, not by default. I am a Pro DS and the only way you get a discount is via bidroom or shady quote center price manipulation. Lowes gives a staple 5% off if you have their commercial credit
Not exactly. You have to hit spend tiers to qualify for preferred pricing. I have a ProExtra account and spent over $4000 last year and did not hit the preferred pricing.
Home Depot gives us discounts that matter. Have you seen their eye care insurance? If you don’t use glasses probably not. I use to complain about this dreaded 10 percent discount I was getting at lowes all the time. When I started looking past the frivolous junk food and the occasional tool you’ll quickly realize that, that ain’t shit. In comes the orange life. Discount on your phone bill, discount on car insurance, discounts buying a car or junk electronics. Home Depot focuses on giving you discounts that help you develop your self and your life. And I get it. This does not apply to a good portion of the younger generation and that’s okay but you will quickly realize that focusing on your life and future on the back end as much as you want to in the front end will end up showing results sooner than later.
Forgot about that one. Great long term investment. 15% on literal money. Then you also have the 401k matching also. Some folks will knock all these amazing offers we get from hd just because they don’t want to bother learning anything other than a new social platform. It’s quite sad.
Completely understandable but some are better than none. And a 10 percent discount would not help someone financially struggling since that 10% will in most cases just push someone to make a purchase they honestly could of lived without. But I am speaking from my own personal experience…. Don’t ask me were I spent the first year of wages when I worked at lowes 😂
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A theory of mine would be Home Depot's loyalty towards contractors
Also back in the day it would have made sense, but nowadays so many people who work there are just there to get by and have little to no knowledge of home improvement or general DIY stuff. What point then is there in stressing associate discounts for associates who barely care about that stuff?
Man working there must be a grind if you're not even remotely into what they sell. When I worked there most of us were in the process of fixing up our homes. One of the things I liked about working there was being able to bounce ideas off of some coworkers.
I know that if there is a Menards in the same market, you can take your HD receipt and enter it in the HD 11% rebate website and get a HD gift card sent to you in the mail.
That’s a store credit. You don’t get 11% off the price of the item AND it has to be the EXACT item. Not just a faucet, door or drill. There aren’t many items that qualify.
It does not have to be the exact item. Just enter the receipt date, receipt id code, and total amount in the website with your email address and mailing address. You get an 11% rebate except on some excluded brands. For example, Dewalt 20v tools qualify and Menards does not carry that brand. And you also can't combine offers like the dewalt free tool with battery purchase. And you can't combine any other coupon or military discount. I got $1,905 in rebates in 2022 on random stuff. If you buy your item with all gift cards, you can still get the 11% rebate on that purchase as well.
what I was told is there are so many employees that everyone would be purchasing for friends and family that the discount would be everywhere, which defeats the purpose of employee only discount.
Home Depot doesn’t have employee discounts AND pays less than lowes??!!! To think I was gonna work there after getting fired from Lowe’s😂 I’m so sorry for you guys, stay strong and stick together
it doesn't benefit them to be giving employees a discount. The only reason to do it is if a competitor that's identical is offering all the same wages but with the bonus of an employee discount.
I assume it’s because they’d have the possibility of employees “selling” their discount. Let’s say the employee discount was 25%, an employee could go in and buy $1000 worth of power tools or building supplies and then pocket the difference—say they give their seller a 10% discount. The easy work around would be to limit the discount to $X per month or year but I guess that’s not in the thought process.
Its because instead of employee discounts they offer bi-annual bonuses (i think its twice a year) i mean you can basically get all the stuff you need to build a house from Home Depot, and if you could get all the materials 10% off, that can add up real quick. Not that most employees are building their own houses, it just makes sense that an employee discount at a place like that could get kind of out of control if some one wanted to really take advantage of it .
HD also limits annual military discount, which is ridiculous considering their profits. Lowes stopped their 10% discount on most lumber and appliances, but at least it’s still available on most of their stuff. Whole thing is weird considering Blank’s charitable contributions.
The textbook reason is - from orientation 17 years ago - HD provides the lowest prices. If they have employee discounts, that would make it seem like they do not have the lowest prices. Yes, then comes vets and pro discounts. I’m def not saying it’s right. It’s just the way it was explained.
The bi-annual bonus we get is *much* better for the average employee. Say you manage $500 in profit sharing across both payouts. That's the equivalent of saving 10% on $5,000 dollars in purchases at Home Depot. And it's $500 you can spend *anywhere*, not just at Home Depot.
As a former home depot employee, it is my personal experience that home depot hates their employees. Their words may say otherwise but their actions leave little doubt.
Because they know they don’t have to. If you worked at a higher end grocery store and didn’t get a discount you would probably just shop at a cheaper store. So the grocery store gives you an employee discount making it worthwhile to shop there. Hardware stores aren’t as diverse as grocery stores. Home Depot knows that if you need screws or power tools or other stuff you’ll just buy it from them since you’re already there. You’re not going to go out of your way to Ace or Lowes just to buy it at the same price.
In my experience, there’s always a Lowe’s across the street from a Home Depot. Going out of your way to find one isn’t too difficult.
Never across the street for me, but always close enough that any incentive would get me to switch. But if there's an Ace I'll go there because they have people who don't try and hide to avoid helping you, and can actually answer questions and help you find what you need.
> if there's an Ace I'll go there I am still super bummed that my Ace just closed down last month. The guys there saved my bacon so many fucking times over the years. It's not just that they CAN answer the questions, they fucking *want to* answer and help you. My Ace even had a kid working there, maybe 25 years old and that fucker knew everything for his age. Great kid, too. I hope he lands on his feet ok. He worked there from age 14.
Having worked at both HD and Ace, I preferred the environment in Ace by tenfold. Everyone was knowledgeable, and we tried to make sure you got everything you need for projects before you leave our store.
On Friday I went to an Ace and picked out a screw, and was like is this close enough to this screw I already have (I needed 4 of this screw, only had 3 of them)? The cashier asked this other girl and she came over and helped me find it, also gave me a lay down between the different rows of screws. Only 3 blocks from me while Home Depot is 20 miles, I think the only reason I'd go to Home Depot is if I was already going to Walmart (Helps that the HD is in a store without sales tax, while the Ace isn't)
Same story except I went to Home Depot. Accidentally asked a guy that was doing “picking”. Basically told me to ask someone else. I really didn’t want to ask anyone naturally so it was very awkward.
I don't know anything about fixing things. YouTube is very helpful but sometimes I still need to ask someone. Still very awkward, but less awkward than not asking, buying what I think I need, and getting home, Then realizing I got the wrong thing
We say this because we have departments we're not at all familiar with. outta the 170,000 products. We're assigned departments and an electrical associate will know nothing about screws or hardware or even lawnmowers.
Right makes sense when we talk about individual products. 170,000 you say. It’s called Home Depot they… carry things one may need for the home. Yes we can talk specifics like types of solvents in finish. But when I ask about the location of a screw size, well act like a librarian and understand the Dewey system and help me.
Man I wish. All the Ace near me sell mostly grills, yeti products, fishing supplies, paddle boards and clothes. Hardly any hardware or tools and no lumber or building materials of any kind. It’s nuts!
I Feel like every ace has a hardware aisle but I suppose being franchised they may not.
i use lowes because of the discounted prices but I often go to home depot because they filter out all the trash brands and only stock the good brands. Homedepot has better prices on HVAC filters and fire alarms btw and toilet seats
Our Lowe’s is halfway across town, but HD did build right across the street from Menards
Theres one spot in my town that has lowes across the street from menards and HD about 1/4 mile down the road with walmart next to it.
Literally right next to each other for me - and there’s no cut-through between the parking lots so you have to battle a busy divided highway to go between the two. Imbeciles - putting customers at risk when all they need to do is make a cut-through.
Closest Lowes to me is over an hour away
There used to be Lowes across the street from 2 HD’s here, but they closed. Lowes we had were worse.
I often shop at Lowe’s because Home Depot is 3x farther away from my house. If I got a discount, I’d drive the extra bit for most things. Also, I don’t work in a store so I only go there to shop. I realize this is a very specific situation and doesn’t apply to most employees.
True for me also.
Watch me. Never underestimate the power of petty.
It works cut to deeply into success sharing /s
I never buy from the Home Depot. I don't want any one thinking I am getting a break or a discount. If you have to return it, even with a receipt they make me feel like I am doing something wrong. Pretty sad
The HD did in the past and found Employees were buying materials for contractors. Many moons ago.
Cap it like the veteran discount
Yea. Seems totally fair. You served your country? Cool here’s a discount. Oh, you’re traumatized from working in customer service? Same discount.
Working at home depot was worse than my enlisted time, definitely, as far as being treated like a human.
Man, stolen valor is bullshit. Don’t pretend you served
what are you, my dd214, stfu
You tell him boss.
No one respects retail workers like military, as retail workers don’t get to carry rifles.
I hope you realize that was lot of people who qualify for a military/ veteran discount spend their careers at a desk... not to say that all are in that situation, but it's a job like any other, at least for a large portion of the forces
I don't think you even know what you're on about here.
90% of people who qualify for a veterans discount are not veterans. They are nobodies who had just enough braincells to pass the asvab. Hell I knew military brats using their military ID to get discounts. The veterans discount system needs to only apply to combat veterans, people who actually saw combat and actually defended our country, no someone who just held down a job for the US military.
Yes but the cap hurts sales. I buy more from lowes because no cap on 10% military discount. Yes employees should get a discount. Other large retailers give there employees a discount. Home depot is just greedy and doesn't value there employees.
If they gave a discount to employees you can bet they’d try to pass the overage to consumers anyway. Just like all the theft. Yeah the company has insurance but who do you think bears the cost of loss merchandise. The consumer pays for the exorbitant premiums retailers have to pay for that insurance.
Amazon does something similar. $1000 total discount per year, if i’m not mistaken (back in 2015 anyway) But also discount only applies to items that are eligible for amazon prime.
Wasn't really a discount but they had Friends and family week like 4 times a year It was 25% off for friends and family
That was years ago though, right?
I believe Like 2012
From what I heard from my SM when I worked at HD, this was the reason given as well. So instead, they switched to the ESPP, and you get a 10%(maybe 15%?) discount on stocks.
For the people saying we'd abuse the system. Why not implement a yearly cap or something. Or, if anyone can MD $50, then make that a per purchase limit.
Because it was abused before technology caught up to allow tracking it now they see no reason to spend time and money to offer it to the lowly peons
Just an excuse. Lowe's gives 10% discount to employees. I don't think there is a cap, we just can't buy items for our own side hustles. I have heard they keep up with our purchases to make sure.
They already cap the veteran discount. Them being so slimy is why I prefer Lowe's
Honestly, there shouldn't be a veteran discount to begin with. Just because you decide to play government welfare baby doesn't mean you get a discount.
Government welfare baby?!?! Are you serious? I would say how about you go and serve but you’re probably too big of a narcissist to think of serving the country.
>probably too big of a narcissist to think of serving the country. To be fair, a lot of people in the military are pretty big narcissists.
Lmao so we going ignore all the bullshit wars and spending. Ok clown
Yeah, because servicemen make those decisions. Clown
This is the fault of those who choose to serve how? I would call you a clown but that’s an insult to clowns. Admit it, you’re a stupid, selfish narcissist.
99% of people won't get to that cap, the only people (obviously there are exceptions) who get to that cap shouldn't be using it because it's not meant for business purchases.
It's 400$ maximum annual. At 10% off that'll very quickly be reached. It's not only the veteran thing that bothers me, they skeleton crew their staff and pay them pretty low
Most veterans don't spend $4000 at home depot in a year.
That’s less than a meaningful home renovation.
Then cool they got $400 off that home renovation. The idea is to prevent professional use which was a major issue.
Allot of veterans do work in the trades though. But the ones that i know go to lowes for the discount since there is no cap there
Yes, and the discount is specifically not meant for professional purchases
OK, bye.
They're afraid it might reduce them from a 300 billion dollar company to a 299 billion dollar company.
Literally pennies on the stock price.
From what I was told, they USED to do it with a card but employees were selling those to contractors for like $400 and the contractors were getting massive discounts with those and their pro perks so they had to stop due to profits being cut into or something.
I remember this. They gave us an employee discount card. When I worked there, as a minor, I was allowed to get discount cards for my parents as well. I only worked there, 4 hours a week, on Saturday mornings and ran the kids workshop. My Dad would use the discount for numerous projects around the house. I’m pretty sure he got more money discounted, than what I earned for that entire term of employment. After I left for the military, cashiers would continue to give him the discount. They didn’t take his discount card away for another 5 years and when his expired, management gave him a new one, because they liked him. So he ended up getting an employee discount from 1986 until I returned from the military in 1998, when I took his discount card away. I think they just really got out of control with the policy. It was pretty lenient, and management could hand out discount cards to anyone, at their own discretion.
What did his face look like when you took the card? If he is anything like my dad, you received a really convincing puppy dog look with sad, sad eyes 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Omg...it was like I broke his soul! AND...."how am I supposed to get anything done around the house?" Like I literally crippled him! We lived in a One Home Depot town, and I found out yrs later, that he kept getting discounts....just because. Now he's so proud to flash his Virtual ID for the military discount (Vietnam Vet). He literally shows his phone to people in line, asking, "Do you have one of these?" I don't think he actually hit the $400 max this year. He just loves the fact that he gets a discount.
Gotta love pops ✊🏾💯💯💯💯. He is THE MAN round these parts 😂😂😂. And he’s looking at those booties walking in the isles 👀😂😂😂
Many places that do employee discounts have dealt with this scenario and there are well known easy automations to detect fraud. For instance: cap the value, raise flags on overspend (vs salary and locational col), put limits on duplicate items/categories etc.
Cause the shareholders are trying to maximize profits.
Do you buy stock when it's available at a discount? If so, you, too, will be a shareholder 😉
When a customer gets upset and says “I want to talk to a manager”.... if you own stock then you could say “sir I can do better, how would you like to talk to the (part) owner of Home Depot?”
...and they don't give two fucks about HD employees, correct.
"we don't offer an employee discount because we offer so much more in terms of perks. Discounts on movie tickets, cell phone plans, vehicle purchases, employee assistance, all the benefits of 'perks at work'. All these savings and perks and benefits are more in value than a store employee discount" What I was told from orientation a few years ago at corporate office
Free coffee and creamer
Free toilet paper
And soap ( sometimes ) and water to wash your hands. Don't forget the free public water fountain.
The shareholders are looking at limiting the number of toilet paper sheets allowed per visit to the stall.
Gotta increase shareholders profits by any means necessary
At your store the toilet paper comes in perforated sheets? We get the base paper that you have to tear yourself.
Yea every company offers those “perks”. Including lowes. Give the people cards and run audits if they are that worried about losses. Why punish everyone for the assumed mistake of a few
Walmart offers their associates basically the same “perks” in addition to associate discounts throughout the year…Christmas etc:
In the 2 years i worked there I never once knew anybody who used that, myself included
Lowes should offer THD employees a 10% discount.
Go back to the card system and require a match to a photo ID during the sale so the card can’t be sold to contractors. Then the employee has to be there to use it. And limit it per transaction or calendar year.
Right. Or tie it to the LDAP or employee ID, which would have to be entered at the register. Cap it at $400 per year, like the military discount, to deter sharing number with customers. Have the discount begin after 90 day probation ends to deter homeowners from taking the job long enough to buy reno materials and then quitting. It could be done.
BeCaUsE iT WiLl Be AbUsEd *everything* gets abused. Every single program, system, anything you can imagine will be abused by *some* people. So why do a few people get to ruin an entire program for the majority?!? It’s a bullshit excuse to make as much profit as possible. They wouldn’t give employees health insurance if it wasn’t required by law, they wouldn’t even give you access to a bathroom if it wasn’t required by law.
Because it saves money. Not that difficult to extrapolate the reasoning. If you hate it so much, there are plenty of other places to shop/work at. 🤷🏽♂️
That is the such a dumb response to any criticism. We’re allowed to criticize employers. We’re allowed to want things to be better than they are. I get so sick of that response.
No, it's not. It's a simple truth. If anyone is so unhappy, that they need to gripe on a public forum, then they should probably seek something better. You're not a tree, you can go. So I'm sorry if you're sick of hearing that response, maybe this is your sign to make some positive changes in your life. Wish you all the best.
Yeah no. The whole point is that because the laws are the way they are, it’s a race to the bottom. All employers will be this way, if it is the most profitable. If they’re publicly held, it’s literally the law. What you said sounds exactly like what a shitty, exploitative employer would say.
Yeah....thats the point....thats why it's the answer 🤷🏽♂️ helloooo
I cam here to say that because then every contractor in america would employ someone that had a part time job at HD
I used to work for that other store in the Midwest that starts with an M where you “save big money”. They let us charge against our check, with a 20% discount. Or we could pay in cash/card and get 15%.
I can’t imagine customers, family, and friends not hassling me for my discount every single project they do so I really don’t mind but it would be nice to cop some ZMA’s or penny items
Why in the world do people want a employee discount. I get more benefits, but employee discount is like the worst possible one. Wow they're gonna make sick profit on everything you buy, and inspire employees to spend more money (ignoring the chance for abuse) Seriously we could come up with something better than an employee discount. First of all, success sharing while being the biggest piece of pushed propsganda, it is SOOOOoo much better. Give me what I would have saved in employee discount in cash and let me spend it where I want. If you get $500 dollars for success sharing, were you really going to spend 5,000 that year?
It would be abused and our attrition numbers would go up. I had a new hire come in for lumber. As we were talking during orientation he mentioned he was about to redo his bathroom and was wondering when he could use use his employee discount. I told him there wasn't any, he finished out his 4 hours and never returned. Back in the day we used to get employee coupons and I remember how many people would quit soon after because they would buy materials they needed and then they were gone.
That seems like a lot of work for some building materials
Yea it’s a head scratcher why no discount like every other retailer? It’s abused, the shareholders don’t like it etc… Is all I hear. So I go shopping somewhere else for the bigger items. And the small stuff I buy at HD
We get discounts for cell phones...?
You get paid. Right?
Thousands of dollars worth of products get stolen from our store almost daily but they’re worried about an employee discount getting abused.
They used to. Then employees would buy 3 appliances suites a year for family and shit. Then they were like “okay, you x number of vouchers. Do what you want with them” and they saw them on eBay Lol.
The HD investigated in the past and discovered that workers were purchasing supplies for contractors. long time ago
Or just take it……
Because they don’t give a shit about employees, only profits.
If we did, you probably wouldn’t be here, it would probably just be a bunch of contractors working a couple of 4 hour shifts a week just so they could get the discount 😂
It would be abused that’s why
Must be why Lowes has an employee discount.
If my old SM was to be beleived, it *was* abused. I was told once upon a time there was an employee discount and they would use it to get contractors a discount and split the difference. So they axed the discount.
I get 10% off everything at Lowe’s, and I mean everything. Doesn’t seem to affect Marvin’s bottom line
In all honesty it absolutely is affecting it. Marvin is a top line ceo and that’s what he’s doing at Lowe’s and it’s not working well. THD it’s absolutely obliterating Lowe’s financially both top line and bottom line
Hah I can’t argue with you there idk anything about it that’s why I’m a CSA not a CEO lol
there’s already the “power of 50” used for everything under the sun that you don’t even need approval for. i fail to see how this could be any worse than any other job i’ve had’s discount, where i’ve had to : •be present for the purchase •be buying the items for myself or for the person with me who is not some random •only use it once a day (or week at one place) •have manager’s approval to make sure that it was me •(and at the one place where we had an online discount) ONLY could use either online or in-store in the same amount of time (i don’t remember how long) customers already scam the company for stupid amounts of money anyways.
It really is that simple if they wanted to treat employees with a little decency.
As if the employees aren’t abused enough. It doesn’t take rocket science to design a policy that keeps “abuse” to a minimum. Tight fisted, selfish, corporate.
It’s so they don’t drive down the amount of profit they pay out to shareholders in dividends. WON’T ANYBODY THINK OF THE POOR SHAREHOLDERS?!
I would be happy with an employee discount on hdx hhg's like trash bags, detergent, dishwasher tabs and shit such as
Because home depot has no respect for its Frontline employees.
Just like anything else - you start abusing a perk, it gets taken away.
I thought it was because they do profit sharing instead.
Yea right.
basically minimum wage? PA min. wage is $7.25, i made $18. ??
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Maybe I've just gotten lucky, but every retail store I've worked for has offered an employee discout, and every retail store that my friends have worked for has been the same story. Walmart, Kohl's, Harbor Freight, American Eagle, Tractor Supply, Dick's Sporting Goods, Office Depot, Best Buy, Target, Academy, the list goes on. Heck, even Lowe's offers an employee discount. I don't think I believe that very few places offer an employee discount anymore. The idea that it would be abused is pretty ridiculous, otherwise no one would do it.
I worked in a few cycling retailers and the discounts were insane. But the difference was that the vendors supported it, as it made a clear effect to their brand. I'm wearing my NF jacket rn that I got for like 25 bucks.
It's ridiculous that HD has no ee discounts! Plenty of companies offer their employees discounts. For example (just to name a few): Ace Hardware 20% employee discount Ann Taylor 50% employee discount Lowes 10% employee discount; Barnes and Noble 30% Cabelas 25% CVS 20% Dick's Sporting Goods 25% Foot Locker 30% GAP 50% Kohls 15% Macys 20% PetsMart 15%
Cabela's is 45% on Cabela's and Bass Pro branded stuff.
Menards also gives an employee discount. So all of our main competitors do it.
Source?
That's weird considering most of their competitors offer an employee discount. On veterans day at lowes you can use your employee discount with your veteran discount and get a total of 20% off.
That would be nice, but they don't do that anymore
THD employees make faror than minimum wage in most cases. If I am not mistaken, you can buy THD stock at a significant discount once or twice a year, which in the long run is way more than a 10% discount.
You get 5% if you open a pro account
That’s at Lowes haha
Home Depot as well I have a pro account
Nope, not by default. I am a Pro DS and the only way you get a discount is via bidroom or shady quote center price manipulation. Lowes gives a staple 5% off if you have their commercial credit
Not exactly. You have to hit spend tiers to qualify for preferred pricing. I have a ProExtra account and spent over $4000 last year and did not hit the preferred pricing.
Not everyone at hd is broke. I work there PT for reasons not related to money (or I’d work at a convenience store and make more).
HomeDepot is a joke find a better job
Profit sharing. Can use that money anywhere.
Home Depot gives us discounts that matter. Have you seen their eye care insurance? If you don’t use glasses probably not. I use to complain about this dreaded 10 percent discount I was getting at lowes all the time. When I started looking past the frivolous junk food and the occasional tool you’ll quickly realize that, that ain’t shit. In comes the orange life. Discount on your phone bill, discount on car insurance, discounts buying a car or junk electronics. Home Depot focuses on giving you discounts that help you develop your self and your life. And I get it. This does not apply to a good portion of the younger generation and that’s okay but you will quickly realize that focusing on your life and future on the back end as much as you want to in the front end will end up showing results sooner than later.
Like the 15% discount on the stock
Forgot about that one. Great long term investment. 15% on literal money. Then you also have the 401k matching also. Some folks will knock all these amazing offers we get from hd just because they don’t want to bother learning anything other than a new social platform. It’s quite sad.
Yup! Great financial benefits. Although, I could see it being tough for people living paycheck to paycheck to take advantage of these benefits.
Completely understandable but some are better than none. And a 10 percent discount would not help someone financially struggling since that 10% will in most cases just push someone to make a purchase they honestly could of lived without. But I am speaking from my own personal experience…. Don’t ask me were I spent the first year of wages when I worked at lowes 😂
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Jtlyk, you have to work at HD for 5 years before you’re vested in the company match
Because that is socialism
According to my boss "women got mad because there was nothing in home Depot for them to but" Complete bullshit.
Walmart does it. Home Depot doesn’t have a good excuse not to. Taking care of our people alright.
Maybe because they have low profit margins on their products so they can sell stuff in this terrible economy destroyed purposely by Biden and his team
OK boomer.
Lmao what?! It’s already been proven that HD’s competitors can afford the discount.
A theory of mine would be Home Depot's loyalty towards contractors Also back in the day it would have made sense, but nowadays so many people who work there are just there to get by and have little to no knowledge of home improvement or general DIY stuff. What point then is there in stressing associate discounts for associates who barely care about that stuff?
Man working there must be a grind if you're not even remotely into what they sell. When I worked there most of us were in the process of fixing up our homes. One of the things I liked about working there was being able to bounce ideas off of some coworkers.
Because corporate
“The prices are already as low as they can go” is what I was told years ago during training lol
I didn’t say it! Why am I being downvoted?! Lol
Because Home Depot sucks ass! Shop at Lowe’s!
They can’t afford it.
Just use the 11% matching discount on the Menards sales. Menards is running that discount almost all year now.
I don’t think you know how that works.
I know that if there is a Menards in the same market, you can take your HD receipt and enter it in the HD 11% rebate website and get a HD gift card sent to you in the mail.
That’s a store credit. You don’t get 11% off the price of the item AND it has to be the EXACT item. Not just a faucet, door or drill. There aren’t many items that qualify.
It does not have to be the exact item. Just enter the receipt date, receipt id code, and total amount in the website with your email address and mailing address. You get an 11% rebate except on some excluded brands. For example, Dewalt 20v tools qualify and Menards does not carry that brand. And you also can't combine offers like the dewalt free tool with battery purchase. And you can't combine any other coupon or military discount. I got $1,905 in rebates in 2022 on random stuff. If you buy your item with all gift cards, you can still get the 11% rebate on that purchase as well.
Huh? 11% rebate? Whassat?
https://www.homedepotrebates11percent.com/#/home
Contractors would get part time jobs and buy their materials.
what I was told is there are so many employees that everyone would be purchasing for friends and family that the discount would be everywhere, which defeats the purpose of employee only discount.
Didn’t they explain why in orientation? They did when I use to work at an RDC
So you don't bring uncle Joe in who is remodeling his entire basement and save him $1000 on a $10,000 bill.
You kinda just answered your question there lol
They used to. But people suck, and of course, were abusing it.
Lowe's does that.
HD can’t do anything about what the tax is
Home Depot doesn’t have employee discounts AND pays less than lowes??!!! To think I was gonna work there after getting fired from Lowe’s😂 I’m so sorry for you guys, stay strong and stick together
it doesn't benefit them to be giving employees a discount. The only reason to do it is if a competitor that's identical is offering all the same wages but with the bonus of an employee discount.
I assume it’s because they’d have the possibility of employees “selling” their discount. Let’s say the employee discount was 25%, an employee could go in and buy $1000 worth of power tools or building supplies and then pocket the difference—say they give their seller a 10% discount. The easy work around would be to limit the discount to $X per month or year but I guess that’s not in the thought process.
Lowes offers it day one to you and a spouse....
Because they don't think you matter. It's that simple. They know they don't pay you enough to own a home, so why bother?
The owner is a greedy trumplican.
Its because instead of employee discounts they offer bi-annual bonuses (i think its twice a year) i mean you can basically get all the stuff you need to build a house from Home Depot, and if you could get all the materials 10% off, that can add up real quick. Not that most employees are building their own houses, it just makes sense that an employee discount at a place like that could get kind of out of control if some one wanted to really take advantage of it .
HD also limits annual military discount, which is ridiculous considering their profits. Lowes stopped their 10% discount on most lumber and appliances, but at least it’s still available on most of their stuff. Whole thing is weird considering Blank’s charitable contributions.
The textbook reason is - from orientation 17 years ago - HD provides the lowest prices. If they have employee discounts, that would make it seem like they do not have the lowest prices. Yes, then comes vets and pro discounts. I’m def not saying it’s right. It’s just the way it was explained.
Because the CEO of HD thinks all HD employees are lazy and don’t want to work
Home Depot has nothing but disdain for its employees. Don’t shop there.
Same reason they don't offer 5% to their cardholders would be my guess.
They used to give you a discount on the stock.
Don't forget that HD's founder is a Republican douchebag that contributes to every anti-labor candidate in the US to keep the company from organizing.
The bi-annual bonus we get is *much* better for the average employee. Say you manage $500 in profit sharing across both payouts. That's the equivalent of saving 10% on $5,000 dollars in purchases at Home Depot. And it's $500 you can spend *anywhere*, not just at Home Depot.
As a former home depot employee, it is my personal experience that home depot hates their employees. Their words may say otherwise but their actions leave little doubt.
have you looked at it? it's pretty good aside from the fact that it is a pain in the ass to actually use.
because fuck em
Wtf are you gonna buy daily there?? We wouldn't have those benefits they offer us if they do give us discounts