Okay for short-term, bad for long-term - Anonymous employee DAISO Employee Review

3.0
Sep 29, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Very flexible scheduling. No quota, job is straight forward. Convenient workplace with both bus and skytrain access. Food court is located on the 3rd floor for long breaks.

Cons

Minimum pay. Supervisors are very biased and like to berate and pick on newer hires. Gossip is common within staff and supervisors. If you are a cashier, expect to work nonstop. Can be a very hostile and unwelcoming work environment should you be picked on one of the supervisors. Expect to be judged and even yelled at should you make even the tiniest mistake. If you're applying to this job, you should be of Asian background. Most of the employees here primarily speak Chinese, and so do the customers. If you're not, well... I wouldn't be surprised if people gossiped about you a lot, or one of the supervisors nitpicking your every action.

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Cons

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3.0
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Pros

Good hours (While I was there) Flexible schedule Nice pay

Cons

A lot of decisions were made not by management, but by higher ups at the company. Our stock was also decided on by some sort of computer algorithm, so we’d often have stuff in the back we couldn’t put on shelves without stuffing them. Overall, I think I got out just in time because former coworkers told me the hours got so bad that people were forced to go on food stamps.

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