Employee Friendly...On Paper - Seasonal Sales Associate The Container Store Employee Review

3.0
3 Mar 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Pays well for a part-time (prime time) job Employee Discount is great! Friendly Customers (many shop on a regular basis so you get to know them) Easy to use POS (easy if you can work a computer) Time scheduled to train (full week of training)

Cons

Inflexible Schedule (have to send in requests far in advance because they make the schedule 3 weeks out) Rude Veteran Staff (tell you what to do and sometimes it's the opposite of what management has said) Training on the policies and procedures but not the products sold (nice to get trained on the product so you can recommend to customers and not lie to them) Don't call in sick (they will be rude to you - care more about you finding coverage for yourself instead of getting better)

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5.0
22 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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
Business outlook

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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