Four Interesting Facts about Home Depot

H ome Depot is a company that truly shows that doing business in a different way can lead to enormous success. It is one of the largest home improvement retailer in the world from a very humble beginning. Its initial Stores were stashed with empty boxes to make them look filled When Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank Opened their first store, they did not have enough stock to fill the sixty thousand square feet they had. Instead of leaving the store to look blank, employees decided to fill the upper parts of the store where no customer would reach with empty boxes. People could not come to the store even with a pay During their grand opening of the store back in the year 1979, Home Depot had a problem with attracting customers. The pair stationed their children at the exit point where they were to give a dollar to everyone who came to the opening. By six in the evening, very few people had shown up, and the children went to the parking lot where they gave anyone who cared to listen to them a dollar. However, when Home Depot picked off, even the company that had employed the two proprietors went out of business. The Company Hired Athletics to Boos Employees Morale Before its cancellation in 2009, Home Depot had a program where it hired Olympic athletes from Canada, U. S and Puerto Rico with the aim of having them in the company to act as employees motivators. The hired athletics were given full-time pay though they worked on part-time. If the athletics won medals from competitions, the company encouraged them to show them to the employees. The main aim of this move was to challenge employees to pursue their goals with similar enthusiasm. Its Aprons are Dangerous People working as ground troops at Home Depot are issued with a traditional orange colored apron that eases their identification. The apron also prevents Van Halen shirt from being ruined by dust. Despite the apparent usefulness of the apron, it is not always all flowers with those who wears it. The aprons pose a danger when lifting equipment as the ground men sometimes are caught by the smock resulting to shoulder injury. [Photo: https://www.technobuffalo.com]