Costco Wholesale reviews

I tell everybody that if you do not have a Degree or know a trade, or if you are going to school and need a part time job, you need to work at Costco. To anyone reading this considering working for Costco, know that you could be a part time cart pusher making $25/hr getting bonuses twice a year, with excellent insurance and a 401k. Getting sick/vaca, and all the benefits you can think off. Just for being a good retail employee. The best way to get in at Costco is you have to know someone already working there who can vouch for you. OR, do what I did and ask for the hiring manager and make sure they know your name and face. That way when they are hiring, and they see your name, they can schedule an interview. Costco main hiring season is March/April. They also hire extra seasonal temporary employees in October. But just know that they can just let you go in January when seasonal position is done. It is a temp job. BUT when March comes around, you can ask for the hiring manager and let him know you worked there seasonal and loved it and want a permanent position. It is best to create a relationship with either the dept manager or hiring manager while working seasonal so they remember you when permanent positions open up. You start off making $13, IF you can get in. You get benefits (incl. sick/vaca) after your 9 month probation. The thing about Costco, if you are reliable and a good worker, meaning you aren't calling in, hardly late, and give excellent customer service, you will make it past your probation. Its that easy. So as long as you make it past your probation period, you will make it at Costco. Costco does not keep bad employees. They have a strict tardy/sick call policy. They have a strict attitude policy. You cannot go to work with a bad attitude and show it. Hint, that's why every time you go to Costco, everyone seems like they love their job. its easy and Costco takes care of them. You get raises based on the amount of hours you work, not by your work ethics like most companies. Like I said earlier, if you are employed at Costco, there is no reason you aren't a good worker or have good work ethics. So raises are based on amount of hours you work. they reward based on how much time you put in. Typically its 50 cents for the first 3 or raises then its $1 after that. Top out pay is near $25. That's how you can be a cashier assistant making great money. It's just based on the amount of time you work. You start out part time, min 24 hours a week. But you can always pick up shifts, ask other dept. to be crossed trained to further your knowledge at Costco making you able to pick up more hours easily. Plus, it lets managements know you are serious about being employed at Costco. Once a full time position opens up, you can apply for it. But know, there are other part timers who are putting in for that spot too who been there longer than you. But if you have no tardys/sick calls, and great relationship with managements/supervisor, and the others have lots of tardys/sick calls, you can easily be picked. The same goes to applying for supervisor positions. I've seen 2 year employees go from pushing carts, to becoming a supervisor and go from $14/hr (24hr/wk) to $26/hr (40wk) because they took care of business. Once you put in enough hours, you start to earn bonuses twice a year (after each inventory). and bonuses are based on, again, the amount of time you work. And its for full timers AND part timers. Another thing that is true about Costco - Sunday Pay. Its time and a half. So if you are making $25 mon-sat, you are making $37.50 on Sunday. You do not get employee discounts. You do get a executive membership ($120 yearly value) and 3 basic members to give out to family/friends ($180 yearly value) The good thing about getting the executive membership free, is that anything you buy (other than gas, pharmacy, and tobacco) you get %2 back yearly. So if you shop there, every year, Costco gives a check of what you earned and you can use it there, or cash it out. SO the pay is great. And like I said before, if you are working there, you are good employee. Which translate to, the people working at Costco are great to work with. You make friends, sometimes long lasting friends. I've seen employees meet their wives there. It is a family oriented retail store. They have EAP (employee Assistant Program) if you ever need it. Costco does care about their employees. Costco have Christmas parties and give away things. You get all major holidays off. Costco is an excellent place to work at. Costco does not mind hiring students. If you are in school, they work around your school schedule. You have to turn in your school schedule and let them know when you can work. They will never make you pick Costco over School. A lot of Costco employees who went to school and graduate sometimes just stay at Costco. I know an employee who finished their teaching degree, but ended up staying at Costco because of pay and everything else great about Costco. That how great working at Costco is. But they will never be a secondary employer. Meaning, if you work for Costco, and have another job, they will not work around another job you may have.

Great benefits - You qualify for health benefits as a part-time employee within three months. Medical and dental are both through Aetna, and it is $23 per paycheck. Generic prescriptions start at $3 for 30 day supply. Continuous raises - In employee handbook you will know when you will get a raise, which is every 1040 hours. Every new employee starts at the bottom of the payscale, so you are not paid for how much you are liked, rather your time given. The employee handbook will tell you how much others make in each department as well as supervisor pay levels. Employees working that have worked over 12,500 hours will receive a bonus twice a year. Breaks - You MUST take a 30 minute unpaid lunch if you work over 5hours, which must be taken before the 5hour mark. 5 hour shift means you get 1 - 15minute paid break, over 5hrs 30 min (unpaid) + 15 min, 6hrs-9hrs - 1 30 min (unpaid) plus 2 15 minute (paid) breaks. Working over 10hrs means 2 30 min breaks, etc. Most supervisors/managers ensure you take your breaks though I try to keep up with mine before I go over the time. In addition, my warehouse gives you an additional minute to get to your break as they make sure you are not given the break time right after the clock changes. You will be told your start time (one minute ahead), and you add your break to that, so 3pm break would mean return at 3:15pm, or 3:30pm if its a lunch. Schedule - You will know 3 weeks of schedule at a time, which is posted on paper sheets in the breakroom. Some locations are trying out an online schedule though. My schedule rotates and they do give me random Saturdays/Sundays off plus a lot of instances where I have two consecutive days off, though not always. Most supervisors, managers, and coworkers are easy to talk to and treat you fairly. Harassment is taken seriously and they make sure that they have zero tolerance towards it.