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The Container Store

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So long Kip and Garrett, Hello Wal-Mart hell!!! - "Pin" Wearing, "Wooden Box" Owning Employee The Container Store Employee Review

1.0
May 28, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

The best reasons would have been the empowerment of part time employees, the scheduling, the relationship between full time, managers, and part time employees. But that was the old Container Store.

Cons

I've been working for the container store for years and make a good wage and now with the economy the way it is, I barely get hours (6 a week between 2 days). There is a lot of shady meetings that the full timers have; especially the "store managers" that feel it's appropriate to have a "one on one" meeting on a weekend day. The trust I had with the managers is all but gone from helping out way too many times only to have the negatives of my performance be the only thing that sticks in their heads.

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Pros

Friendly environment, prioritizes staff safety, and offers several benefits.

Cons

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1.0
Jun 23, 2026
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Pros

Everyone from director level on down in my department was great. Very collaborative. Gave you autonomy to do and try new things.

Cons

Where do I start…Sr. Leadership is TERRIBLE. I mean absolutely horrific. No direction and plans were changing at the drop of a dime after the BB&B “merger”. You could feel the shift in the culture, just NASTY attitudes and taking the employees for granted. The new CEO and the rest of Sr. level execs acted like everyone was just expendable workhorses. They touted reopening the headquarters cafe as some awesome benefit so they could bring people back to the office full time. If you’re going to be bullish and require everyone back, have some guts and just do it. But don’t act like a cafe is some life changing benefit to get everyone excited. Anyway, blind leading the blind. The merit increase or raises - non existent. No 401k match. Nothing positive because the company is so broke. The new store concept sounds a mess. Save yourself and don’t even apply, let alone accept an offer. Joel Bines is no longer the CEO. He was a great guy and I think he had great ideas. Marcus Lemonis is the new CEO and I would give him a thumbs down.

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