Looks can be deceiving - Morning Stocker The Container Store Employee Review

1.0
8 May 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Pays well for retail, offer good benefits to long time employees

Cons

boss told my co workers to go into trash compactor while it was on. My co worker said he's been doing that for years. Unsafe workplace, ignoring safety precautions. My Co Workers jumped up and down on cardboard while the trash compactor sucked it into a grinder. Extremly dangerous and stupid. Would never work here again. Long time employees refused to help me. I worked once a week and they had lots of inventory. When asked for help they would tell me "You figure it out".

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5.0
22 Jun 2026
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Pros

Friendly environment, prioritizes staff safety, and offers several benefits.

Cons

Various online training and creating various accounts just to use one main one.

1.0
23 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Everyone from director level on down in my department was great. Very collaborative. Gave you autonomy to do and try new things.

Cons

Where do I start…Sr. Leadership is TERRIBLE. I mean absolutely horrific. No direction and plans were changing at the drop of a dime after the BB&B “merger”. You could feel the shift in the culture, just NASTY attitudes and taking the employees for granted. The new CEO and the rest of Sr. level execs acted like everyone was just expendable workhorses. They touted reopening the headquarters cafe as some awesome benefit so they could bring people back to the office full time. If you’re going to be bullish and require everyone back, have some guts and just do it. But don’t act like a cafe is some life changing benefit to get everyone excited. Anyway, blind leading the blind. The merit increase or raises - non existent. No 401k match. Nothing positive because the company is so broke. The new store concept sounds a mess. Save yourself and don’t even apply, let alone accept an offer. Joel Bines is no longer the CEO. He was a great guy and I think he had great ideas. Marcus Lemonis is the new CEO and I would give him a thumbs down.

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