Costco Wholesale Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Costco Wholesale part-time for more than 7 years

Pros – If you stay long enough, the pay is great and if you're ambitious enough, you can move up.

Cons – The work is hard, labour intensive, but can be worth it.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Costco Wholesale part-time for more than a year

Pros – guaranteed work hours for part-timers

Cons – very busy workplace, you're one within many

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Costco Wholesale part-time for less than a year

Pros – Good hours, pay was a little over minimum wage.

Cons – Stressful and tedious work environment(like a perpetual boxing day sale). The buddy/mentor I had did nothing to help me and it was my first time in retail. Office drama and politics.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Costco Wholesale full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – benefits, wages, promote from within

Cons – retail hours, hard to start out as part time when full time work is available elsewhere

Current Employee – been working at Costco Wholesale part-time

Pros – great for students and room for advancement in within the company

Cons – it could be stressful dealing with rude costumers all of the time

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Costco Wholesale part-time for more than a year

Pros – Wages start at a decent amount and increase after working a certain number of hours.
The management is really nice and everybody is really helpful and friendly.

Cons – Not much room for vertical movement throughout the company without having been there for a very long time.
It takes a lot of hours to get the increase in pay, so for somebody who really needs the money, expect to be there for a while before you see it.

Advice to Senior Management – When I was working there I was a morning merchandiser and it seemed like the night people did absolutely nothing. Stuff was messy and it seemed like the work they did had no contribution to the work we were going to have to do and didnt make our jobs easier

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Costco Wholesale

Pros – There are no advantages to work at Costco besides the fact that it looks good on your cv. Decent management.

Cons – Hard work no benefits bad food poor pay lame people not outdoors no discounts far from everything short breaks depressing environment

Advice to Senior Management – Pay better.

Former Employee – worked at Costco Wholesale part-time for more than 3 years

Pros – great student program
work around your hours

Cons – no chance of promotion if you started out as a student
HR department is non-responsive
everything is based on seniority

Advice to Senior Management – utilize your graduating students skills!

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Costco Wholesale part-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Great benefits
Good pay if you don't have an education
You can meet some great people
Teaches you to work in a fast paced environment
You can gain experience from many different departments

Cons – Bad Management
Hard to move up
Don't care about there employees (everyone is treated as if they are replaceable)
A lot of cliques and favoritism

Advice to Senior Management – Everyone just listens to whoever is above them despite first hand advice from employees on the front line who know better. Listen to your employees....

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Costco Wholesale part-time for less than a year

Pros – Its a good part time job especially for students.
They have good student retention program for those who do not have enough time to work for at least 15 hours a week.
There is a good management?employee relationship
good work culture

Cons – Can get very demanding at times, especially during the christmas season and days before inventory check.
Lack of communication down the organization's chain of command, especially in regards to changes in an employee's shifts.

Advice to Senior Management – Improve the communication down the organization's chain of command.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend