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Costco Wholesale reviews

3.9

74% would recommend to a friend

(18,644 total reviews)
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77% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

Costco Wholesale has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 18,644 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Costco Wholesale employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Ventas al mayoreo y al menudeo industry (3.5 stars).

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2.0
Jun 11, 2008

No training and lack of respect.

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Pros

The pay and benefits. That's it. Otherwise it's no different from any other crappy retail job.

Cons

No: training, communication, encouragement. Training is not just minimal, it barely exists. Somebody here needs to read a couple management books. Good training and reviewing that training periodically is the only route to quality employees. It also seems like they don't want to tell you your full job description so they can make you do whatever they want, whenever they want. Management just automatically assumes you're doing something wrong and never says a thing when you do something right. Various "decisions" are made by the top brass on a whim with no real thought behind it and are often changed behind their back anyway. Nobody ever knows what is going on and why. All their activities seem focused around putting out the various fires instead of planning ahead. They also constantly make new rules which fail to be enforced within a few days.

4.0
Jun 10, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Costco provides a good working environment with excellent benefits (for the industry). The company is led by a "man of the people" who makes obeying the law, taking care of the members (consumer), and taking care of employees an effective way to reward shareholders. The quality of product we sell is quite high which means that I don't have to deal with irate members often. The price is also fair (besides luxury goods the highest profit % is 14%). The employees are taken care of well by industry standards and there are many long term employees as a result. Sinegal is a fierce warrior on our behalf, spurning Wall Street in defense of his values. Lots of room to promote as the company is solid even in these troubled financial times and looking to expand.

Cons

Communication is poor in general. This company has many levels of management but "office" work is nearly universally looked down upon in the warehouses. Lots of discretion the actual operation of each individual warehouse is left up to the location manager so company wide standards are vague and subject to interpretation (this can be beneficial at times as well). Hours are odd due to the retail environment. Being a member of the service industry has many downsides as well when dealing with difficult or upset individuals.

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