Home Depot stocked shelves with empty boxes in its early days

Re:Home Depot stocked shelves with empty boxes in its early ... by fma on Friday June 08, 2018 @08:37AM (#17264682)

Im from Atlanta..head quarter of Home Depot and have a few colleagues who were long time Home Depot employees. From what I was told, after the founder retired one of the new CEO (I think they've had a few and I forget who made the decision) decided that they didn't need to pay for knowledgeable employees and instead hired regular stock person, employees, rather than those who have experience in construction world. This is why your experience there sucks now.

Go to ACE if you want someone that knows something.

Edit:It was former CEO Nardelli.

From Wikipedia "Nardelli was notably criticized for cutting back on knowledgeable full-time employees with experience in the trades and replacing them with part-time help with little relevant experience"

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Re:Home Depot stocked shelves with empty boxes in its early ... by shaftway on Friday June 08, 2018 @12:38PM (#17267139)

Honestly I'd be fine with that if they admitted it. I have way more respect for someone who says "I don't know" than someone who doesn't know but tries to pretend they do.

I've had good experience at ACE, but they are typically smaller so I get less selection if they even have what I want, and in my area they tend to be more expensive. I trend towards Lowe's because the staff will give me the "I don't know" answer.

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