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Posted by nowforsale on September 27, 2006, 2:10 pm
you decide
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Posted by -zero on September 27, 2006, 2:19 pm
> you decide
You mean you have to DO drugs to work at Home Depot?
-zero
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Posted by Todd H. on September 27, 2006, 2:50 pm
> you decide
Heh... LOL.
That's a good question! Given that the folks in the trades aren't
exactly known for having normal percentages of drinkers and tokers,
one could certainly reason that folks with experience and know how
might get turned away at HD. But, at a retail outlet, do you really
wanna be dealing with the addict subset of otherwise knowledgeable
tradesfolk anyway? I mean, they let those folks operate forklifts
near customers and all.
But I'd have to think that it's a 2nd order effect at best, and that
lousy pay, corporate drive to show earnings and revenue growth, and of
course, us creating our own hell as consumers by consistently valuing
low prices over quality service is likely more to blame for the
difficulty of flagging down a knowledgeable person at Home Depot.
However I will say this:
You can much more easily find a HD associate that knows
something about home improvement than you can a Guitar Center
employee that knows jack shit about what they're selling. So
it could be worse!
Best Regards,
--
Todd H.
http://www.toddh.net/
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Posted by Steve B on September 27, 2006, 5:42 pm
> you decide
>
From the experiences I have had with Home Depot employees, I would say that
drug usage is a REQUIREMENT for hiring.
Steve
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Posted by Tom G on September 27, 2006, 5:57 pm
> you decide
While on vacation, I was picking up something in a Home Depot in Mesa, AZ.
I overheard the manager thanking the one and only person checking out for
coming in on his day off. I asked the manager if help was hard to get. His
answer was yes..that they had even taken to trolling the shopping malls
looking for people who might want a job. And he said most of the people
they found, never showed up to work, even if they happened to pass the drug
test in the first place.
Tom G.
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