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Commonwealth Joe

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Retail vs. Corporate - Anonymous employee Commonwealth Joe Employee Review

2.0
Oct 21, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

As long as you put in your available hours with enough warning, management did an okay job of respecting employee time off requests. Some coworkers were great. Free coffee is a huge perk, and the company has started to add some benefits for full time employees.

Cons

The company tends to push out employees with new or innovative ideas that do not mesh with the CEO's ideas. There is no respect for staff autonomy. The corporate office has no respect for the retail staff, frequently coming in, making jokes at staff expense, and disrespecting staff's time and expertise. When the air conditioning broke at the height of the summer (in a shop where the equipment maintains a temperature above 200 degrees), staff were expected to work full time +, and the corporate office laughed in staff's faces when asked for a bonus or any recognition of the WEEK spent working in 100+ degree store interior. There is a frat vibe from the office, with the only female staff hired being young and stereotypically attractive and not in any management position.

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5.0
Mar 14, 2025
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Pros

- Innovative team of supportive coworkers: If you see an opportunity, they let you go after it. - Amazing product: Passionate team of roasters, who ensure the coffee is consistently great! - Room for growth: The company is quickly growing, so there's a lot of room to take on responsibility and find something you're interested in.

Cons

- Growing pains: As with any company, sometimes we are stretched thin and don't have the resources to give an important project our full attention. On the opposite end, sometimes we put all our attention towards one part of a project, before we have the logistical means to see that project through. These are things that will improve as the company grows.

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1.0
Feb 4, 2026
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Pros

Good health insurance Free coffee

Cons

Bad hours Extremely low pay Brutal and unsafe working conditions (ask any cafe employee about the loft( Disrespectful and apathetic upper management Extremely high employee turnover rate

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