Other choices than Home Depot: Lowes, Orchard, local hardware stores! F'off HD.

Best thing to do is go with a local store, but if that's not an option - Home Depot is best. They treat their workers fairly well.

Do your research, folks.

My son has worked at Lowe's for 15 years, Home Depot fired my sister and her boyfriend because the store was purging full time employees so they used a flimsy excuse.
My brother walked out after 3 weeks working there.
There's my research.

Maybe it's different where you're at, but here in the heart of Lowes country, they treat their employees extremely well. They're not perfect. No company is. But they're head and shoulders above Depot. As a veteran sales VP once told me, Home Depot were the most unethical bastards he'd ever dealt with.

If he's not - might be able to cut the Depot some slack here...

Still profiting from the company.

If the company openly disavows the statements, and disengages themselves from this clown, that may be another story.

But I ain't holding my breath.

Lets see if HD reacts...

Net worth $3.5 billion (September 2015) probably a lot of that in HD stock

but you never know

We bought an air compressor from HD. It was defective, so we returned it, explaining the defect and even telling them what the manufacturer said to do when they sent it back. We were immediately given a different one. So far so good. But the next time we went to HD (like the next day), we found the defective one back on the shelf. Haven't been back since.

Also, the owner of our local Ace is a friend, and good people.

AND, the next nearest hardware store is locally owned and independent, and AWESOME. They treat their employees great, and have been in the area for decades. A little more expensive, but well worth it.

I know not everyone has choices like we do, but I'm glad we never have a reason to even consider going to HD.

excellent care of me.

"Come on Bernie, be nice. Be a nice billionaire". Those are few and far between.

So you are going to punish one of the places that take care of their employees and treat their women employees well because of something an ex owner said?

Fuck off Home Depot, for anyone who is unfortunate enough to work there on these forums, I hope you find new employment swiftly because that ship just careened into the reef and is going down by the head for the count...

RIP Home Depot...anyone know if the Lowe's owners are as despicable?
I may just have to get things from Costco or mail order from vendros....

the founder was a rightwinger.

. . .treats it's employees well. Several defectors from Menard's over there and lots of folks who've been there quite a long time.

When there's a Menard's 4 blocks away, staying where one is says something about the pay, the treatment, or both.

Some people have issues with them, too, I realize.

The company has always been red and treats their employees like dirt. If there was a Costco in my town I wouldn't enter a Sam's Club as well.

... I stick with Costco and Lowes.

The closest Coscos to me are 100+ miles. That's a big carbon exhaust plume.

The Home Depot guy is same as Hobby Lobby and Papa Johns and the awful chicken place I can't spell. Religious fanatics and bigots.. Everytime their CEO's make cruel, ignorant or bigoted public statements, they tell me to stay away and I do.

Jimmy Johns.
Founder a right wing big game hunter.

He's definitely a RWNJ. I don't fault him for being a hunter. I fault him for being a self proclaimed trigger man who does not participate in ethical fair chase hunting. He hires outfitters to find game, he shows up on site and pulls the trigger and lets his staff dress the animal and pack it out. He doesn't even use the meat. Maybe he donates it but it doesn't really matter. He's a slob hunter and that no ethical hunter wants to be associated with. My husband has owned a taxidermy shop for 30 years and would never do work for him. Jimmy John has a bad name in Montana. We don't buy his crappy sandwiches either.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_John_Liautaud

Aren't they?

Or something like that

The Pastor of my old Church told us to go there. Lines everywhere, then bam! They then rescinded their decision. I never went there before,never will now.

I guess we "stupid folks" should start shopping at Lowes, since we are too dumb to understand anything

..they will think we are bots. Instead post good things on the Lowes page..thanking them for their fair treatment of people yaddie ya

Please correct me if I'm wrong. I don't want to cast aspersions if they are incorrect.

I do know that CostCo has been at least a "blue" contributor. Of course any large chain needs to not offend customers. It's far easier for the Board of Directors and the top brass to take a politically-neutral stance, but they're all fallible humans.

Bernard Marcus retired over 15 years ago.

I'll be going to Lowe's today because they have our preferred furnace filters. I usually go to HD because they're a far superior store.

Silence is complicity.

Home Depot has no control over what the asshole says. Have some thicker skin.

Btw - Lowe's CEO is a republican, too.

you expressing your opinions about republicans?

off of stock dividends from any former employers.

the political speech of shareholders?

Be sure to stop by Chick fil A, Papa Johns, and Hobby Lobby on your way home.

Sorry, my outrage meter is a little more finely tuned then that.

The guy hasn’t worked there in years.

A more thoughtful response has a better likelihood of staying up on the page.

We've only been trying trickle-down for five decades!

You need at least three or four centuries before it starts to work!

Idiots.

What type of pizza do you like?

you vote and have you voted for Democrats? I'm just curious.....

... it shows in their heartless policies. And their small brains only harbor one thought GREED!
They all have flatline EKGs

chapter of the Koch bros. Americans for Prosperity. The Lowes founder is also a rightwinger. Not a lot of choices out there. The Ace stores are a franchise so each owner would be different. The one we lived near in Milwaukee had a crazy rightwing owner, but the one my daughter worked at in San Francisco was owned by a liberal.

Of course, the chorus of responses below ask them to disavow or otherwise distance themselves from the statements publicly OR mention that this person makes LOTS of cash off his stocks in the company.

Owner is a reich wing POS just like Papa John and others.

Don't give these fascist republicans your money folks. Vote with your wallet/purse.

It's the only thing these greed monster republicans care about.

press about the fact that the bonus is $1,000 for employees who've been there over 20 years?!?!?! I'm going to confirm this is a fact...

It's all a scam. The republicans would die before they ever did anything to benefit the average American.

You can count on that!

Here's the short list of evil Koch products to never buy. Please use and share it widely.

KOCH BROTHERS PRODUCTS TO BOYCOTT:

American Greetings Cards
Angel Soft toilet paper
Brawny paper towels
Dixie plates, bowls, napkins and cups
Mardi Gras napkins and towels
Quilted Northern toilet paper
Soft ‘n Gentle toilet paper
Sparkle napkins
Vanity fair napkins
Zee napkins
Georgia-Pacific paper products and envelopes
Lycra
Stainmaster Carpet

more but if you can afford, you would be helping local business.

There are some great ones by me. And there's one by my car pool buddy's place so I stop there once in a while.

they always take good care of me.

Fuck you yup I’m a democrat I won’t spend my cash at your store

I actually call and speak with someone (if possible), they'll take note.....just my 2 cents.....In fact, I think I'll call them myself just to express my feelings on their ridiculous bonus BS. I looked it up and it's true that you have to have been there for 20 years to get $1,000. The amount is based on how long you've been there.

and I find that their sales and willingness to price match gets me as good a price as anywhere else.

Well written words can have an enormous impact on social network site, but profanity will often get posts deleted. Many readers will bypass messages with gratuitous obscenities, dismissing your views out of hand because they are not safe to view in the workplace and other public venues.

my mother used to tell me that as soon as a person resorts to profanity, others tune them out - justifiably so.

I’ve found this to be true throughout my life.

I shop there exclusively because I already had a relationship with the owner - He is a fellow retired NCO who bought the store back in the 90s

He speaks highly of the Ace corporation.

It operates as a co-op so that local owners can take advantage of the economy of scale on supplies, advertising and a centralized HR/benefits program.

I don't know about the politics of it's board, but I imagine it's pretty Republican and the CEO went to Trinity Christian College FWIW.

But a quick google search didn't show any RWNJ statements of or associations with RWNJ characters.

Also, it's 4 blocks from my house rather than 15 miles down the highway, so that's a gallon of gas I don't burn

When we got new furniture and redecorated, we went to a locally owned shop. She helped us with interior design and helped us buy from companies that manufactured in the United States. We also have some furniture that was custom made by a local couple.

I have always liked Ace better than the other places, regardless of politics.

We haven't been to HD for years. We always go to Ace. Have to admit, part of it is the free popcorn.

Ace Hardware stores are individually owned and operated and the store owners own the Ace co-op.

(See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Hardware )

being struck on the head by one of those large boxes held up high--and they refused to pay her medical bills.

and, if I remember correctly, the asshole co-founders were behind the so-called "tort reform" that set caps on what people could sue these asshole corporations for when injured.

so FUCK YOU bernie. (and I bet my IQ is higher than yours. are you a mensa member/)

a few of us.

At least WE don't wear $5 toupees!

Nice "hat", Marcus! <groan>

company having left 16 years ago."

I think Lowe's is relatively apolitical.