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Costco Wholesale

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Joke Of A Career - Analyst Costco Wholesale Employee Review

1.0
3 Feb 2018
Recommend
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Pros

-Work/life balance. -Decent Healthcare by industry standards. -Almost impossible to get fired (job security). -Not in Seattle. -Free Gym on site. -Deli is OK.

Cons

-Pay is dismal. For the surrounding area of the home office you cannot afford to live anywhere. Taco Time and Brown Bear Car Wash actually offer higher starting pay right now the street then they do at the Corporate Headquarters and offer benefits as well. -Management is horrible. Due to compensation being so dismal they will 99.9% of the time lose any talented or qualified employees who would be competent managers leaving only those who have a masters in brown nosing or the nonstop flow of nepotism from upper management and executives. -Basically zero employee appreciation which has gone more and more downhill since Jim has left the company. -Retaliation is rampant. -Many improper relationships between management and employees working under said management leading to very questionable promotions. -HR is a joke and if sought for assistance will only aid in getting yourself blacklisted for promotion or any advancement. -Zero incentive for employees leading to long term employees becoming extremely complacent and doing very little work compared to peers while being paid at times much much more than harder working counterparts. -TOP DOWN Lack of care for employees. It was quoted from the latest shareholders meeting when asked about low pay and cost of living for the area that Craig just stated we make enough. Easy to say when your taking in $650k a year. -Education is worthless in this company. Your degree means nothing and will not get you anything here. Anybody with any higher education beware high school dropouts will be your equal. -Employee holiday party will cost you $150 and they do not accommodate enough tickets for all corporate employees. Only the few special ones who are not living paycheck to paycheck and can afford it are able to go. -Zero upward movement. Basically have to wait for somebody to have a heart attack to retire for any movement to happen.

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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
25 Oct 2014
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Pros

Very affordable high quality health insurance benefits even for PT employees. Great for working parents who split up child care and need coverage. The key to succeeding at Costco is to work hard, have a good attitude and be nice to people. It's hard work and fasted paced, you have to be down for that to succeed.

Cons

At this warehouse you are required to work 5 days per week, even if you are PT at 24 or so hours. This means lots of 4-5 hour shifts rather than fewer 8 hour shifts which is tough for those who commute a long distance to work or have to cover day care.

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