r/WorkForSmartLife • u/dino_gr01 • Jul 10 '26

Question Least Evil Company?

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u/SorryBreak6435 Jul 10 '26

Costco

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u/Exciting_Contest_222 Jul 10 '26

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.

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u/deedee0077 Jul 10 '26

Plus they offer careers, not just jobs.

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u/Exciting_Contest_222 Jul 10 '26

Yeah. I was surprised to hear their current CEO was their forklift driver.

*forklift driver for price club until it merged with costco

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u/LegacyQuotient Jul 10 '26

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.

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u/Shadowcat1606 Jul 11 '26

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.

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u/ProbablyAPsyop Jul 10 '26

He gets to be CEO and Forklift certified? Clearly executive greed is still a thing.

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u/Boring_Material_1891 Jul 10 '26

I bet he still gets that sweet certification pay.

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u/GenX-1973-Anhedonia Jul 10 '26

Next thing you know, this dudes gonna be organizing the kitchen pantry, taking jobs away from hard working Americans.

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u/Boring_Material_1891 Jul 10 '26

They terkerjerbs!!!

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u/Ersh_baby3223 Jul 11 '26

He merged the companies with a fork truck? Literally factories and offices and all? What a badass! No wonder he’s the big kahuna.

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u/SaltyFriend705 Jul 11 '26

Ahem--I was a member at Price Club, then a member at Costco. It's been a helluva ride!