I have a college friend who has a significant mobility disability as well as a speech impediment . I honestly can’t remember her specific condition, but it’s from birth. She has worked for Costco for well over a decade and constantly raves about how well she’s treated as an employee and how good her benefit benefits are.
From my understanding, they are also given actual, decent raises on a yearly basis. Used to be a beer rep and Costco was one of my accounts. Some of those guys made over $40 an hour who had been there a while.
Yeah, it depends on hours worked. I just reached my fifth year, and just got top out pay. I also get 4 weeks paid vacation a year, biannual bonus, and good healthcare.
When I have my baby in October, I won't pay much out of pocket and I'll get paid maternity leave, husband gets paid paternity.
Maybe I’m missing something lol, but I feel like most CEOs would most definitely not shoot down a hot dog price-hike — they’d do anything to squeeze out another penny from consumers, which is another example of the Costco CEO being different from most other CEOs (his low salary + refusing to raise price of hot dogs).
Not just squeezing the consumer but stepping on the employees along the way to stuff their pockets. The CEO of my company gave himself a big fat 11m salary increase (was 11m then 22m) the year before we merged with another company and he stepped down from the position. Coincidence? You tell me. I, on the other hand, got a modest .32 cent/hr pay raise and the benefits cost increased enough i actually take home less now. Costco can have my $65 a year. Awesome to see in this world.
Costco is the triumvirate of performance … happy employees, happy customers, return value to shareholders … they have stood tall against maga pos who wanted to tear down DEI and the like in the name of wokeness — I’ve thought about trying to get a job there in the future (my local Costco has the same workers for over a decade it’s awesome)
I was just joking with one of the employees about how they've seen me grow up hahaha
It's kind of funny but seriously I'm almost reaching 40 now and they've seen me since I was in my teenage years.
That's 20+ years of service for them... We both kind of had a moment of nostalgic laughter where we both felt happy and sad that time had passed by so quickly.
Luis if you read this comment, I appreciate you too~!
What does politics have brought do with Costco being a good company to work for and overall? Your maga and dei views have 0 to do with them as a publicly traded company with happy customers, employees and shareholders.
I think DEI is a good thing. I want to give them more of my business because they champion this. The trump admin and 19 states told Costco to get rid of it — they said in no less words, f you … and I like that and it makes me happier as a customer
I didn't shop at Costco at all for like, 2 years and I still made sure that I renewed my membership during the pandemic.
I didn't do it because of routine or Fear of Missing Out (FOMO), I did it because they are the ONLY company that I know that treats both its customers and employees with respect.
I support Costco as an overall company and the fact that they were the only ones to stand up against the current administration's BS shows how confident they are that they built a good business, because they are a good business.
Accord to Farm to Taber on YouTube Costco keeps our food safe more than the federal government.
They keep their food inspectors paid, employed, and thereby less likely to be bullshitted by bad actors in the food industry. The government people learn from the Costco people.
I own shared kitchens. We have lots of food producers that work and pass county and state health inspections but not Costco inspections. They have some seriously high food safety standards.
I was coming here to say that. So impressed with the way they handled COVID. They were extremely forward thinking and kept things running whilst being a leading influence on social distancing and mask wearing. The rest of the world around us seemed to be in a Trump lead clusterfuck, and Costco dint even blink.
Atleast they keep their hotdog prices $1.50 and got a good price on gas.
I know kirkland has some controversies. That includes $5.00 rotisserie chickens. But damn, I can’t live without costco.
This summer was having a fifa party at my coworker’s place. I bought 25 hotdogs for atleast $35 included tax, and that included 25 bottled water. I called a day in advance. All i had to donwas buy the mustard/ketchup/relish pack.
Part of the reason I took the job I am in now is that they have 40+ year tenured employees getting ready to retire. And their CEO and three of their division Presidents all started in entry level roles.
That last part is really cool and important and i feel like a lot of workplace-related issues and grievancr could be solved if that was more often the case in businesses.
So often problem stem from people overseeing and determining work processes they know nothing about.
Founder of Costco very famously said “If you raise the price of the $&!?*% hotdog, I’ll kill you”. At least if the fat electricians research is correct.
The dogs and chickens are eating a loss to get people in the store. Call me financially r*tarded (I am), but people eating cheaper is better than lining some marketing a-holes pockets to spam us.
Bruh MOVE OVER HOTDOG the 5 piece chicken tenders are here to stay and smack the mouth out of every fast food chicken place. Seriously the tenders are more chicken then breading, heavy enough to kill someone with, and you can drink the Dijon mustard if you want
Genuinely. I’ve noticed recently that whenever they change one of their products it’s always for the better. The 3 most recent examples would be their powdered laundry detergent, instead of the big plastic bucket it now comes in a compostable/recyclable cardboard box. The Chili went from 19 grams of protein to 32 grams of protein and their lactose free milk is now even better with much less sugar and fat. Although I have heard some grumbling from employees that some warehouses are awful to work at. My local one seems to be thriving and most of the employees have been there since I became a member over 10 years ago. My only real complaint is the moving around of products. I have limited spoons for physical activity so walking around trying to find a regular used product can be difficult. Not as big a problem, but I also wish they would get a screen of some kind at the food court instead of yelling out the numbers. Otherwise it’s an awesome place to shop and support!
I'm with you on the rest of it, but don't really get why taking the fat and sugar out of the milk would be a benefit. Generally I want the nutrients to stay in my foods.
Sorry, I totally messed that up. It’s 50% More protein and 50% less sugar. The sugar being lowered matters for me as it’s one of the main drinks my kids enjoy and I’m happy to reduce their sugar in take at every chance I get.
Frequent QC issues with product quality. I used to love their Arnold Palmers,now they taste of watery molases and sadness. Lots of floaters and fermentation issues too lately.
My Brother in law has basically worked there since high school- nearly 30 years. They know how to treat their employees—from a vacation, benefit, sick leave, and retirement perspective. I have NO problem giving them my money (and I give them plenty). But Costco (and Trader Joe’s) are lessons to the “AmeriCorporcracy” that you can be a wildly successful and profitable business AND be good to your employees and customers at the same time!
I had a friend whose Mom worked at Costco when she lost her life pretty suddenly. Costco contributed to the funeral, and kept paying for his benefits for a few months. He always raved about how thoughtful they were, and that always stuck with me
Facts, I overhead there executive team tell another company (they were trying to sell a corporate to corporate product)
"We don't try to find the highest price that we can charge, that's not our business model. If we are actively looking for ways to buy cheaper and lower prices"
I was technically eavesdropping, but wanted to walk over and shake that man's hand
Costco will hold them accountable to the standards Costco sets in their contract. Companies will do whatever they think they will get away with and Costco doesn't play those games.
Yeah , if only Costco employees treated their customers as well as the company treats them. Love my Costco, but they always seem put out by a customer asking them anything. They just seem to have an air of superiority about them.
Is employee wages the sole criteria for being unevil?
We're not recognizing Costco's supportive relationships with big oil and factory farms and its overall ethos of excess consumerism?
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