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Corporate HQ - not good prospects for IT

Developer II
Former Employee
Worked at Costco for less than 1 year
September 16, 2010
Issaquah, Washington
1.0
Doesn't RecommendDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

They try to treat people well.

Work-life balance is great.

Some really nice people there.

Warehouse operations are really with it.

Even the most clueless among the leadership are trying to do the right thing.

Cons

No encouragement to do a quality job, let alone go above and beyond. Management in IT has no idea what they are doing. They are all "people managers" yet decide all of the strategy and process. Too much process, yet all that process does not yield quality, timeliness, responsiveness, accuracy, or dependability – pretty much the reasons why you would install a process in the first place.

No ownership or accountability. I have not noticed any discrimination of minorities, but definitely spotted plenty of nepotism.

Advice to Management

Start with accountability. Educate yourselves in the field in which you are managing. Trust those people working for you, and empower them.

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