Does Lowe's Home Improvement pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Lowe's Home Improvement employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.3 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Lowe's Home Improvement. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Lowe's Home Improvement?

61% of Lowe's Home Improvement employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Lowe's Home Improvement 3.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.4 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Lowe's Home Improvement?

Sales Associate (2543) , Cashier (2205) , Customer Service Associate (1856) , Sales Specialist (1120) , Head Cashier (1081) , Customer Service Representative (969) , Department Manager (929) , CSA - Customer Service Associate (858) , Sales Associate/Cashier (722) , Department Supervisor (677) , Assistant Store Manager (515) , Front End Cashier (500) , ASM- Assistant Store Manager (434) , CSA (391) , Retail Sales Associate (388)

What are the pros of working at Lowe's Home Improvement according to real employee reviews?

"The people who train you are really helpful and the pay is good for someone just starting to work" ((in 4455 reviews)); "The benefits are good and scheduling and we were working towards building relationships in the community" ((in 3414 reviews)); "Great people that work there and are very helpful when learning the job for the first time." ((in 2729 reviews)); "Coworkers are great and will teach you what you need to know for the most part" ((in 1485 reviews)); "Good work environment and the facilities provided by the company are really good" ((in 655 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Lowe's Home Improvement according to real employee reviews?

"Management was poor and had you working 16 hour days on occasions with heavy lifting all night" ((in 3576 reviews)); "Bad manager leads to if youve got time to lean youve got time to clean mentailty" ((in 1403 reviews)); "Long hours and shift times flip flop throughout the week making it difficult to have free time with family." ((in 1132 reviews)); "The management is usually pretty bad and there is basically no training for the job position." ((in 846 reviews)); "No work/life balance for senior managers (worked no less than 50 hours a week but paid for 40)" ((in 831 reviews))

What are employees saying about Lowe's Home Improvement layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Lowe's Home Improvement layoffs and their outlook for job security at Lowe's Home Improvement in 2026.

Lowe's Home Improvement reviews

3.5

61% would recommend to a friend

(47,880 total reviews)

Marvin Ellison

67% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

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Lowe's Home Improvement has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 47,880 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Lowe's Home Improvement employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Einzel- & Großhandel industry (3.5 stars).

Reviews by job title

48K reviews

4.0

Mar 23, 2023

Good if you can find a store with competent leadership

Night operations supervisor

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

-Among the highest paying retailers, including Walmart, for hourly supervisor positions. -Improving technological capacity -Consistent but "unplanned" bonuses are regularly awarded to all associates by current CEO

Cons

Store quality varies wildly from store to store. Some markets have extremely high senior leader turnover, a phenomenon which began when the current CEO onboarded. Some of the initiatives the company has launched need revised, particularly everything surrounding logistics and freight flow, in store replenishment processes, etc. The company relies too much on brute forcing their way through freight issues at a store level. Supervisors are glorified complaint takers and power equipment operators. I've also been laid off by this company in spectacularly borked fashion by the previous CEO. The company didn't intend for us to find out on our own, but it happened anyway when Lee Hect and Harrison, the law firm that represents Lowe's in the event of mass layoffs, mistakenly used UPS to send out verified notices of separation/severance packages. This meant everyone who was getting fired KNEW they were getting fired a full week in advance.

2.0

Mar 16, 2023

Not flexible or open to modernization

Project manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Huge company so less likely to get laid off in recession. CEO seems great but not sure he sees what’s really going on at corporate.

Cons

No flexibility in work schedule . They are going to 3-4 days a week in office. Even though there was success in hybrid for 3 years they do not care and want everyone back in office to sit in gray cubicles. Not many leaders, way more upper level that do not know how to lead people. Downstream of work to lower levels so Directors do zero work has been my experience. Benefits are absolute trash. Insurance package is the worst I’ve seen experienced, deductible for family is extremely high along with a high monthly cost. Calm is a mental health program they offer with a very short list of available therapist and basically zero child therapy options. Vacation days are basic- no creativity here, get like 15 days max. Last but not least onboarding is horrendous. No training, no level of awareness of how bad their onboarding is and this is an easy fix and they don’t see it. Oh and many high up VP to P level constantly drop pro GOP buzz words and headlines straight from Fox News- on conference calls with tons of people on them.

1.0

Oct 21, 2022

NOT A HAPPY PLACE TO WORK AT

Analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Work from home, later hours of work

Cons

Very bad Work culture, Bad Manager, Lesser Perks and Salary

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