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The Container Store

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Not all it's cracked up to be - Anonymous employee The Container Store Employee Review

1.0
Feb 4, 2011
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good pay, nice discount, lots of training

Cons

Very few hours given, push employees to the very edge of what their minds and bodies are even capable of, cold and sometimes ruthless management(at least at my store), rarely given praise individually, only value certain types of people(i.e.; loud, outgoing), comments by other employees: "i feel like a failure when I go home", "the managers hate me and avoid me", amongst other terrible things.

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5.0
Jan 24, 2026
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Pros

Amazing management, I can't complain about that.

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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