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CDS (Club Demonstration Services)

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CDS Demos are not good for Costco - Sales Advisor CDS (Club Demonstration Services) Employee Review

1.0
Jan 31, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

It is in the dry, until a customer tosses something at you.

Cons

CDS is so poorly managed that they forced their workers to sign Arbitration agreements to keep their problems out of public court rooms, and so worried of their poor managers they also force No Class Action agreement that would make it so easy to make CDS pay for bad management. When they get caught, their managers attack the messengers and try to character assassinate them to keep them from saying anything else. It is a terrible place to work and the managers are accomplished bullies, that hate to do work, fire those that know the company rules better than their laziness toward work. CDS is a disgrace to Costco, and why Costco allows them in the buildings without being able to supervise them and offer open door procedures to CDS employees being targeted for harassment is just a sign that Costco is not the well managed place they advertise. CDS operated unsafe by not following sprinkler fire code regulations. CDS operated unsafely by allowing folk up carts to fall over in numbers that injured knees, bruised legs and toes. CDS served up nasty demo foods to Costco's customers contaminated with rusty metal and plating flakes of metal from wire cooking baskets. Violations of CDS management rules were common and Acts of Oppression by managers well out of control. Corrupt CDS managers form little clicks to make up things to character assassinate workers that file complaints. CDS demo products that are so unpopular that Costco's Customer spit them out. They serve high sodium, high sugar, and high carb foods that only make Costco Customer more like the fat photos of Wally World's Creatures fame. They set up goals for sales that can not be met for terrible tasting products. You will not find a more poorly managed outfit in the US. The regionals work out of their house, and there is no brink and mortal company out there. Mid and Upper CDS management has no idea of what really happens at the Costco store levels and such disconnected management makes for constant abuses. Do not even apply to CDS if you care for yourself.

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Pros

independent work, flexible, easy to get the hang of, quick hiring process.

Cons

non fixed schedule, often call outs, management isn't the fastest but they try, standing for 4-6 hours a day.

1.0
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Pros

Very nice people on my team. Most of us are retired and truly enjoy our customers.

Cons

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