re: Is there a more useless group of employees than those working at Lowe’s?

Your government.

Ever been to Wal-Mart?

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They make like $9.50/hour. What do you expect?


I put in some years for Lowe's & still know people that work there. I can assure you there are zero employees making $9.50/hour. Starting pay is $14/hour and specialists are making something like $20/hour. I remember thinking I found a gold mine job, getting hired at $10/hour there like 15 years ago.

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And most of them still don't know that much about doing an actual job. They know about the products for sale and how to special order.
If you get upset with Lowe's or HD because you can't get specific questions answered, maybe you're not cut out for the project you're working on. The stores advertise that their employees know something, but you need to go in there with the assumption that they can help you load stuff and that's about it. It sounds like many of you have your expectations set way to high.

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Is there a more useless group of employees than those working at Lowe’s?

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Easy question, I'll take a stab at it. Every federal government employee in the country.

Human Resources is always the answer to this question.

A good solution for both these stores is to hire older men that are retired and just need some extra money for retirement. Pay them the same as they would the local hood rats. They may be slower, but there's a good chance they know the answer. Keep a few young ones to do the heavy lifting.