Worst I've seen in 30 years of retail. - Anonymous employee Circle K Employee Review

1.0
30 Mar 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

I found no pros unless you include the manager being gone most of day and nobody running the show.

Cons

I ended up working there because they bought out the company I was with for years. I was told to wear street clothes when I come in to do the cooler or work outside "so you cant be forced to run the register." I was then told that I was working on my own time and was not to clock in because I was out of uniform. Are you kidding???? THIS IS ILLEGAL!!!!. The manager's family works in the cooler and puts truck away and they are not employees. Then when they leave they have a big bag of groceries with them that never gets rang up or paid for. I was also ordered to bring cookies from home, made on my own time at my own expense, so they could sell them for the company charity drive. THIS IS ALSO ILLEGAL!!! Charity drive is supposed to be for a short time and benefit the March of Dimes. Charity buckets are out ALL YEAR LONG, AND THE MANAGER HOLDS THE MONEY IN HER BANK ACCOUNT BECAUSE SHE IS NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE THE BUCKETS OUT OR BE COLLECTING MONEY. She makes $400 a week (saw her paystub) and spends money like Oprah on a mall binge. I called the anonymous whistleblower hotline, and then Got 3 hours the next week after being full time before I blew the whistle. Everyone spends all their time lying for each other, and to each other, and on each other when it suits them. I walked out and hired an attorney.

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Cons

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Pros

Surprisingly Great Access to Benefits. I opened up an HSA and had access to a company sponsored HDHP insurance plan, so it's a legit savings account. Well, they throw the food out at the end of the day, so if you buy anything while you're working there then you're making a mistake. Great work environment, like they can actually sell chocolate bars inside! -- What a bar.

Cons

Well, you can only stay there for so long. I found if you don't try out the deals then your particularly hurtful to customers, the caviot is the food deals are a waste of time. They'll work you if you try the stuff, so just don't try anything.

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