Costco Wholesale – “Good benefits Bad Management”

Pros

The benifits and pay are very good. Flexible sched for those who are going to school or have another job.

Cons

Hours of work are not consistant each week. No set sched. which i know comes along with retail but they are still very bad. Employees are treated very poorly by managers. Most managers talk to employees as if they are not real people. Most managers will not listen to anything an employee has to say. Some departments are required to take on the work load of other departments along with their own without any compensation. So you are doing double if not triple the work of a normal employee without any extra pay or even a kind word. The fact that costco pays better and has better benefits then most retail jobs is constantly thrown in your face by managers.

Advice to Senior Management

Send someone to each store undercover as a new employee to check up on how management is treating their hourly workers. You would find out that most employees are treated terribly and that your management is made up of yes men who kiss the feet of the wearhouse managers. You would also see that the managers spend most of their day on their cell phone making personal calls. Also I don't think you would be happy to know that they are talking on their cell phones while driving fork lifts.