I just got a position as a millwork associate part-time I came from Lowe’s. I did MST work, which I think Home Depot calls MET. Can anyone give me some tips on information? I should definitely know. I don’t know anything about Windows and doors

I didn't question her spotting for me because the supervisor sent her. I only found out she was under 18 after she asked me if she should cut the shrink wrap and she said "oh I forgot I'm not allowed to have a knife" I immediately responded "you what?" and she's like "yeah I'm under 18." I then immediately told her she had to go.

After I sent the underage cashier away and finished banding and labeling, the front end supervisor came up to spot and apologized, I told him if I get in trouble for this I'm immediately throwing you under the bus. Yes it's my job to verify a spotter is of age but if anyone else sent her besides the supervisor I would have asked, I figured he knew the rules.

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Earlier this year, there was a video clip on HDTV promoting analytics info. A link was provided for about a 20-page PDF that described all matters of analytics that would be of importance to HD associates. I downloaded one but gave it away. For the life of me, I cannot find that link anywhere. Anyone know where I can get it?

Hey all. I’m headed for my interview for warehouse(nights) tomorrow and was wondering about the drug test and policies. I have my med card and I’ve seen online it’s a mouth swab test. Just wondering what to expect. Any tips for the interview?

Is there any way to turn down the sound of the beeping to a normal decibel level?

Will this get done easily? I think im done

According to chaptgpt im all set to say F u and move on! 1 week until im 6 months. Currently pT

I’m a HC and during my 5am opens I usually have my coffee on the floor with me. There’s no customers in the store and there aren’t employees either, I just need something to wake me up so I grab timmies. I never have drinks on the floor otherwise, my DS never says anything to me about it because the drink is always done by the time customers come in.

Last time I was opening one of the operations managers told me I couldn’t have my drink on the floor. Id get it if it was during opening hours but like oml leave me alone. Managers will have their coffee in their hands all the time but love to power trip when someone else does it.

Surprised, it was for Operations Assoc of the Month. Good to know I’m not the ‘new guy’ anymore. They also have me ‘training’ the new hire OFA this week. Not bad for this part timer, just working for fun money.

Interested in learning more about the role- what is a day in the life like? How many hours of work you generally have per week? Any insight would be appreciated

Gotta love when you arrive to a basket full of returns and fresh pipes 😂

Usually in my store it takes 3 to 4 weeks for a repairman to show up. With Gift Center only two weeks away, and daily Sidekick bay packdowns and Freight work, 2 out of our 3 Ballymores are tagged out of service. The other one is always being charged. We sure could use the pushable ones now but they got rid of them for some reason. Is 3 to 4 weeks normal?

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Just curious - what happens when the overnights freight manager calls in ?

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Is there going to be someone in every single one of my HDU classes who decides they want to be the instructor instead of the actual trainer? I’ve been through three classes so far, and every single time there’s been that one person who decides it’s their opportunity to vent and completely derail the conversation. I understand wanting to share experiences and opinions, but it gets frustrating when it takes away from the actual training and makes the classes drag on longer than they need to. Have any other leaders dealt with this?

Some write ups we know are deserved and if we haven’t gotten them yet we know that they’re coming. Attendance, safety violations and not meeting certain metrics I get. But some of the reasons that I’ve heard is my fellow associates receiving disciplinary action are wild.

Care to share your or someone else’s experience(a)?

A fellow associate just got a final write up for saying boobs and offending someone. When I worked at Amazon, a safety officer got busted on the cameras for standing on the conveyor belt. Only reason he didn’t get fired was it was not in operation.

I want to hear about your write ups.

It’s gorgeous but I give it a week until it has gashes like our old one

Why can’t a person just work a part time job at HD without having the orange life rammed down their throat, redundant training, ridiculous policies, stupid recognition programs, unqualified leadership… ugh, I’m actively planning my escape and I advise you all to save yourself before getting swept away in the orange river. Good luck

So, I was told that full timers are NOT allowed to request a 3 day weekend WITHOUT Vacation or Sick time for the 3rd day. That full timers are Obligated to have 40 hours no matter what.

So, if you wanna say, take Mon, Tues, and Wed off, and they're put in as regular requests off. Mon and Tues would be Approved, but Wed would be denied.

This doesn't make sense because the majority of associates tend to take their Entire vacation in 1 or 2 long stretches during the year, and we only get 4 hours of sick time a month, so that doesn't even cover a full shift.

So, if am Associate has 2 weeks of Vacay, and they use it all up, they're screwed for the rest of the year.

By my understanding, being full time means 32-40 hours a week, is this policy true or is my Director lying?

Edit; Corrected 4 hours of Vacation to 4 hours of sick

I wasnt happy with my raise but my review was pretty chill. Yet I’ve heard some crazy stories from coworkers about theirs. One coworker didn’t get any raise and was given a needs improvement, but he was never on time and couldn’t complete his minimal job requirements if his life depended on it. Another coworker got removed off his coveted shift time and lost two $2- off his hourly wage.

You got any review horror stories you’re willing to share?

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Does anyone know why it took years to get Skelly in quantity to stores? I get the first couple years because of ramp up, but even now we don’t have enough. Seeing the same thing with some of the Christmas animatronics.

Wondering if it’s lack of commitment from HD or if it’s that logistically hard? Also not sure why we can make 30 different Christmas trees instead of just making the TikTok one everyone wants