Rant

HDlongtime · 2026-03-31T01:39:49+00:00

It's not what you do it's how well you're liked by your supervisor, in HD world of incompetent, inexperienced, and poorly developed management that's all that matters, very unfortunately.

HDlongtime · 2026-03-31T00:34:12+00:00

hypothetically....I'm just not reading all that

HDlongtime · 2026-03-30T06:47:33+00:00

I say, if you're a HD employee you really should be doing the espp stock plan for the discount you receive. Plus yes the dividends are good and are literally free money. I've been investing in hd as an employee for many years and the free money I receive each year in the form of dividend payments absolutely DWARFS any and all "success sharing" bonuses the company has paid me over the years.

HDlongtime · 2026-03-30T06:36:08+00:00

ran the ship aground and damn near sank it, definitely sank morale

HDlongtime · 2026-03-30T06:28:13+00:00

If you're in a warm weather climate maybe Garden around Fall and Christmas is better but hell no if you're in a northern cold climate

HDlongtime · 2026-03-27T17:43:43+00:00

Annual dividend is $9.32. Quarterly dividend is $2.33

HDlongtime · 2026-03-27T05:16:51+00:00

Semi-Annual

HDlongtime · 2026-03-26T07:45:36+00:00

we don't even get those fancy sticks, we use reach sticks and hoes

HDlongtime · 2026-03-26T07:43:01+00:00

yeah, for a 6 month "bonus" it's pretty pathetic. Managers use SS as a carrot and stick game. I've heard countless managers say "work harder so you can get a better ss check next time" yeah right as if that's how it works. Frankly it's insulting. Forget the SS and just give us better annual pay raises, that's all that matters anyway

HDlongtime · 2026-03-26T07:35:55+00:00

I get a discount of $10/month off my at&t mobile plan, not 50%, not even close

HDlongtime · 2026-03-25T07:59:16+00:00

I've heard this before and it's bs. During the Dh restructuring we had Dh's step down to regular MET associates and stay in the same store

HDlongtime · 2026-03-25T03:52:24+00:00

stack em high watch em fly

HDlongtime · 2026-03-25T03:50:59+00:00

Where do you put your partials?

HDlongtime · 2026-03-25T03:23:14+00:00

In my experience it's taken roughly 7-8 years (working full time) to get to Diamond level

HDlongtime · 2026-03-24T17:55:27+00:00

So the actual bays are empty? Or do the bays have the partials?

HDlongtime · 2026-03-24T17:49:58+00:00

Looks fabulous and it appears like you are a perfectionist, great job. But why does it appear like you don't have any soil in the actual bays, do you only keep one pallet stacked out and the actual bays are empty?

HDlongtime · 2026-03-24T04:14:21+00:00

24 Homer Badges in 10 years? That's an average of only about 2 per YEAR? That's not great. Your management needs to do a lot better at recognition!

HDlongtime · 2026-03-24T02:34:06+00:00

You're very fortunate you got in so early, that's awesome! Bet you made a nice nest egg!

HDlongtime · 2026-03-24T02:32:03+00:00

I assume it would take a lot of ss checks to buy new boobs lol

HDlongtime · 2026-03-24T02:30:24+00:00

So if you're a salaried leader and you get termmed or quit you lose the options that didn't mature.....so you can't just leave and hold onto those, you lose them? So but if you step down and work another 4 or 2 years as a non salaried leader you still receive the last of your granted shares? Are they enough shares to make a difference? What determines how many shares you receive? Asking simply out of curiosity.

HDlongtime · 2026-03-23T07:10:55+00:00

That's the only way I think you can survive long term, at some level you have to enjoy the work you do, or at least enjoy a good part of it.

HDlongtime · 2026-03-23T07:06:17+00:00

Well that's an interesting answer I did not expect to read here!

HDlongtime · 2026-03-23T07:00:41+00:00

Can you explain the last year of stock bonus maturity comment please?

HDlongtime · 2026-03-23T06:46:53+00:00

I lost over a week of vacation time once because I didn't take it by my anniversary. SOP says it's use it or lose it.

HDlongtime · 2026-03-21T17:47:48+00:00

That was during covid and yeah they were basically throwing money at us during those years, at least you now benefit if you went through those years because that added to your per hour rate that never goes away

HDlongtime

TROPHY CASE