r/CostcoEmployee

I own a small gas station store, and after a Costco fuel center opened nearby, things changed faster than I expected. Fuel customers started dropping, inside-store purchases slowed, and I had to reduce employee shifts to control costs.

Pranay, one of my most reliable employees, started losing weekly hours and overtime income. Earlier, he handled billing, shelves, and customer support during busy hours, but now there simply isn’t enough traffic to keep the full team active.

The hardest part is watching good employees face income pressure because of growing fuel competition.

So I was kicked out of the deli because I had a major health violation and they put me in front end. Now I thought I was forbidden to be in fresh departments ever since that incident but sometimes they have me going to meat or bakery to help? I’m confused because its like why do u want me there I did something really bad but I don’t know what do u guys think

I am going to be the only baker this weekend on Friday and Saturday (potentially Sunday as well). A bit nervous, as i am not the main mixer, nor has mixing become second nature to me yet, but I am going to do my best and do all that I can. Its gonna be a rough holiday weekend and I wish everybody luck, especially my bakery peeps who keep getting more and more time consuming tasks. <3

I used EthicsPoint to anonymously report a supervisor for sexual harassment. EthicsPoint came back with “An investigation by operations management has not found support for your allegations.”

Are there any next steps for me to take? Or am I doomed to just worry that this guy is gonna try to find me out and feel dread every time I see him?

Any other Costco Forklift drivers feel that they have been denied a position in a different department because upper management (not manager of the actual department) feel that they don't want to lose a forklift driver? Or am I just gaslighting myself?

my warehouse doesn't want front end employees starting until 11 am and they want us to leave way later. the earliest 8hr shift i can get now is like 11-7:30. they've only been enforcing it for a week last week i had earlier shifts like 9 or 10 am.
they're pushing it onto everyone regardless of seniority. i've been here 3yrs. my coworker who's been here 8+ is now leaving at 8pm and my supervisor (10+ years) left at 9pm the other day.

basically until 11 am they want all the stockers / morning people to cover the front end until we ( the actual front end employees ) show up. my coworkers that work in the back are really stressed and exhausted, they just don't have enough time to get everything ready in the back or the rest of the warehouse.

seriously , is any other warehouse implementing this? they just want people coming in later and later regardless of availability. the front end is super understaffed until we get there and it's honestly not much better after the morning people leave for the day

hi everyone so I did one edible like 2 weeks ago and I start on this Saturday. Will that show positive? I have been completely sober on everything since the

Our warehouse has been open for 5 years and we haven’t had a meat department supervisor or a posting for one that whole time. There has been conversations but we’re always told to get our sales up. We are constantly performing above average and only have 2 cutters, 2 closers and a manager is this normal?

context: I’m RPT and in AM merch so my shifts start at 4am.

This might be just a general job question but for a very specific circumstance… this weekend I have approved vacation (Fri-Sun) and we just came back from a long weekend.

When my initial schedule came out (2 weeks ago) I had one 5-hour shift on Tuesday essentially putting my days off for Weds+Thurs and then I would go on vacation. It changed again last week where a shift was added on Wednesday, and changed AGAIN a few days later back to Weds+Thurs off.

My supervisor (who also does the scheds) has called me this morning at 6am telling me I am now short days and has added a shift for tomorrow. It is not 24-hour notice since this shift starts at 4am.

The personal issue is the Thursday off has been untouched for basically the entire 3 weeks since this schedule has come out and I have vacation days right after so I obviously made plans around this.

I guess I‘m asking is how do I defend myself in this situation without getting written up since I can’t make it to this shift? Or what’s the consequence for being short on hours for the very first time? Am I worrying too much about this? lol

I just got hired FT as a membership clerk for a warehouse, and I’m having second thoughts. I am leaving a call center type role, I am most worried about the 90 probationary period. How difficult is it to get past? Also what is it like for you as a membership clerk? Obviously I need to show up on time and for every shift, but is there anything else in that role that could cause me to be let go in that time frame? I have a lot of perks with my current role time off wise, but the potential to make more with Costco within 2 years of being there is really enticing. I’m just afraid of leaving my current job, not making it past the 90 days because I won’t have the option of returning to my current role. Thank you for any insight!

My manager was telling a coworker we get a discount at boot barn i believe is this true? I only knew about the reimbursement up to like $70? If not steel toe

Drug test was clean but I still need to do the background check. I was offered a part-time position in skilled maintenance. I was hoping to get some more insight on the work. From my understanding, it's basically janitorial work right? Thanks!

Do any of you guys in merch have nothing but the red jacks? My warehouse has only 10 red pallet jacks (Raymond), and the rest are the grey jacks (Crown). My last shift i had to use a grey jack and i couldn’t even move some pallets bc the pallet was too heavy. I adjusted my jack in these stubborn pallets and it still wouldn’t move.

All I know is the red jacks never give me this issue. My question is do you guys have exclusively red jacks, and if not how do you guys get around a bad jack? Also who is responsible for us having good equipment? There’s dates scribbled or etched onto the old grey jacks and some of them are around 2-7 years old and they are completely terrible to work with in a high paced environment.

Hi. I just got hired on at my local warehouse. I haven’t received any information on what the medical/dental benefits looks like after the 90 day probation yet. Could someone explain the premiums cost for FT and what the coverage looks like?

EDIT: For US-based warehouses

I’ve heard there’s like a hierarchy where CDS is like the “red headed step-child” within the warehouse. And people say that Costco workers treat CDS workers like they are less than. Is this true?

was told there’s an “unwritten rule” for stores not to accept depot employees not sure if this is an actual thing.

Today I’m filing for a leave of absence. My warehouse is one of the older ones and small. We are being squeezed to compete with the larger stores financially and it’s taken a toll on my mental & physical health.

I am an A.M. merchandiser for sales. My shift starts at 4:30 a.m. along with the clothing department. I always arrive around 15 mins early to ease into my day i.e. drink a monster, put on my steel toes, contemplate my life choices etc. Almost every day the clothing department crew, its about 4 of them, come in and clock in right at 4:30 and go into the break room to change into their work gear and do what they need to. they don’t spend any more than 5 mins in there.

Today we got a new manager starting today and boy he is he an asshole. he stood by the break room at around 4:25 watched them clock in and told them no going in the break room after you clock in. then asked why none of them came ready to work in their steel toes and proceeded to send them home. clothing looked like a disaster today and i’m sure they will get write ups. do y’all’s managers do this as well? With the way some employees are already burnt out I feel this clown will definitely be causing some resignations.

Genuine question, does corporate actually know how a lot of employees feel right now?

It feels like morale has been getting worse and worse every month. More work gets pushed onto fewer people, departments run short constantly, and everyone just seems burned out. A lot of long time employees I know don’t even sound like the same people anymore.

What’s weird is I honestly can’t tell if corporate is completely oblivious to it or if they know and just don’t care because the numbers still look good.

It reminds me of that quote from Casino where you start wondering if someone is clueless or fully aware and just letting it happen anyway.

I’m not trying to rant, I’m genuinely curious if other employees feel this too or if it’s just my warehouse.