They don't treat all employees equally - Sales Person The Container Store Employee Review

3.0
Feb 18, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

For the most part, very nice people to work with Good employee discount program

Cons

I've worked in stores in several states - no uniform 15 minute break during your shift "because we aren't required by law to provide it in this state" Same for overtime - if you work more than 8 hours, you receive overtime pay in some states, all others they don't pay "because we aren't required by law to in this state." This unequal treatment of employees is not fair and resented by many. Older employees have no chance of advancement because all full time jobs are labor intensive in terms of moving and lifting, so if you aren't able to do heavy work continuously, you aren't promoted. Your past management experiences or people skills do not seem to matter and are not considered for advancement. Wages are not keeping up with competition - Places like Walmart, Amazon and Target are all paying $15-$19 an hour to start, but our average part time employee is around $13 per hour! Company making record profits but wages and 402k contributions are frozen

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5.0
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Pros

Their business, benefits and products are all incredible.

Cons

My position did not allow for a healthy work/life balance. I was never "off".

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3.0
Jan 28, 2026
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Pros

The Container Store has the most thorough training process of any company I've worked for. The environment was nice, and my coworkers and managers were all great. The employee discount is significant.

Cons

I applied because I was not getting the hours I was promised by my other part-time retail job. During the hiring process, they said I could work as many hours as I wanted, up to 29 hours per week. They did not mention until I was hired and asking for my hours that hours are dependent on how many customers you get to sign up for the rewards program. As a cashier, everyone I checked out who was not a part of the rewards program and did not want to be counted against me. Customers who are already a part of it don't factor in. I could check out 40 people in a shift, only have 5 who weren't part of the program, and only get 2 of them to sign up, and I would be penalized for that with my hours. If you work floor shifts and sign people up on the floor, it's able to boost your score since you don't interact with non-rewards members who don't want to join the system at all, but I was never offered floor shifts. They expected a 60-70% conversion rate, which is not realistic. Most people who want to be part of the program already are, and those who aren't typically aren't willing to even hear your 20-second pitch about it.

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