Costco Wholesale Reviews in Vancouver, BC Area

Pros

Good pay
good benefits
good bonuses
good vacation
opportunity for advancement
long term employment
allows cross- training in different depts

Cons

Senority means nothing
favortism plays a huge role
manditory 5 day work week for part time with no chance of booking and extra day off unless it is a personal leave day or vacation day
no chance of rotation on holidays off such a Xmas
transferring or changing of dept you start at the bottom with bad days off and late shifts regardless of tenure
target on your back if you choose to use your right of our so callled open door policy
being a business that operates weekends and night the lack of help of child care

Advice to Senior Management

Don't keep crappy employees but reward the ones that work hard and have given the years of service instead of rewarding all newer employees because their time will come too
listen to your staff

it's not fair that the poor management of buildings reflect the hard work of our CEO

Pros

I took a summer job while in university, which worked out well because Costco hires lots of temp workers during the summer - if you work 3 months or less they don't have to give benefits. Pay is better than minimum wage, which is great. I was told the benefits were good for long-term employees.

Cons

The people I worked with were nice, but my boss was very odd, and lacking in people skills. When customers asked for help finding sizes, I got in trouble for helping them - customer service was NOT important to him, working as quickly as possible was. I've always been a very hard worker but spending 8 hours hunched over folding clothes is surprisingly hard on your back. I started as his favourite employee, but he changed his mind after I helped a couple customers. He also literally knocked customers over as he walked through the store as quickly as possible, and never seemed to notice. He was dedicated to the company, even coming in on his days off. Strange person to work for, I definitely did not return the next summer!

Advice to Senior Management

Screen your managers a little better! Maybe teach customer service skills - time is money, sure, but you can be helpful AND efficient.

Pros

adequate pay, job security, alot of room for advancement ,friendly place to work. awesome because all uppper positions are only given to people within the company. regular opportunities for advancement. very sympathetic to the needs of personal life regarding time off.

Cons

management not always listening to employees, company oriented management

Advice to Senior Management

Listen to the feedback of both middle management as well as lower level employees