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Good company to work for in retail. Bad in IT

Software Developer
Current Employee
Has worked at Costco for 20 years
December 13, 2017
Seattle, Washington
3.0
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEO
Pros

Good company overall, very stable. Great in terms of job security.

It's a good company to grow if you do not have a professional education. The company only promotes from within, so the probabilities of starting from the bottom and becoming very successful are very high. It all depends on the person.

Job opportunities everywhere and easy to promote.

Cons

Very low pay compared to other companies around, especially in the Seattle area. Very slow to change and adapt new technologies.

Management continues to obtain all kinds of different tools that do the same thing and push upon the employees the worst of them, even though there are already functional tools that people already use. Management believes there is only one way to go, even if everyone else does not agree.

When challenged, upper management said: "In my experience, I know that it is going to happen anyway, so I learned to just go with the flow and accept that I cannot do anything, so I suggest you do the same."

Advice to Management

Listen to your employees. Learn about what other companies are doing to keep their people happy, so that your company grows. Happy employees will do more for the company than unhappy people.

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