Costco Wholesale Reviews

Pros

The highest paid in retail with the best benefits and bonus packages

Cons

Extremely busy environment, very high maintenance members and can be hard labor depending on which department you are working in. Ie, stocking, carts crew, merchandising

Pros

The work environment is a fun and educational place to work. It is all about who you know and what you know and working at Costco gives you that platform.

Cons

It is very fast paced with new products coming and going which can be very daunting especially when customers expect you to be an expert in every product.

Advice to Senior Management

It would be nice to get better recognition for going above and beyond for customers.

Pros

Good pay. Full benefits working part time. Many advancement opportunities.

Cons

Some positions demanding and stressful.

Advice to Senior Management

Management flexible and helpful. Very involved.

Pros

Great coworkers, managers treat you with respect, great pay, flexibility with time off, opportunity for advancement, a very comfortable place.

Cons

Members will often take out their frustrations on employees for reasons beyond the employees control and some members do not respect company policy.

Advice to Senior Management

Streamline some of the formalities to make things more efficient and have proper security at busy times of the year such as Christmas.

Pros

Easily able to learn and move up in the warehouse, they make you feel valued and pay really well. Love it here

Cons

It usually is more than a 40 hour week and it is hard to get time off around holidays. Seniority is not always number one in promotions

Advice to Senior Management

learn to talk to the younger people that want to learn and wll some day be running this company it will help

Pros

It was so great working at costco because all the managers and employees love there jobs so it makes it an easy experience.

Cons

I didnt like the fact that they were so ruled by seniors and who was there first and thought its best to be first if you knew your job.

Advice to Senior Management

Management is great just get to know your crew a little bit more as far as seasonals. Do not treat them like crap.

Pros

benefits and pay are great

Cons

30 minute unpaid lunch, give us a hour and pay for half

Pros

It is an all around great place to work. Great benefits and they really take care of their employees. They are really willing to teach you the business in order to help you advance.

Cons

Seniority is king. A person can be with Costco for 20+ years and pretty much not do anything but still be employed somehow. A lot of times they aren't even disciplined for not doing their job. At that point the only thing that would get them in trouble/fired would be stealing.

Pros

Benefits are very good for the industry.

Cons

Retail is hard to raise a family with hours of operation

Advice to Senior Management

Good luck

Pros

They have good benefits and pay. You do get to meet a lot of new people from all over the world.

Cons

The downside of Costco is thee very little respect. All departments are ran differently and all management plays by different rules.The biggest con is for me is getting time off and your work schedule. They will change your schedule up too a few hours before and and WILL NOT call you to ask you if ok or not to change schedule or tell you. If you don't come on there time you get written up. A lot of the time the schedule not posted until the day before the new work week. How are suppose to have a life that? On;y way to move up is to be friends or family member of some one in the warehouse you are working at. In my option is not fair at all. The management just doesn't listen you at all,

Advice to Senior Management

My advice to Costco management is to respect your employees and listen to them. Please put out the schedule up in a timely manger and call us about changes, Talk to your employees like people not your ruts.