The national survey of 2,932 Canadians, conducted by Maru Public Opinion as part of the Canada’s Most Respected Awards Program, found that Costco was the most respected food retailer in Canada for the second consecutive time.
Loblaws can suck my fucking dick, after they stole money from me and fucked my credit with their PC financial bullshit and then never even gave me a refund or response after spending over 15 hours on the phone and in person has put me to the point where I no longer use any of their services when possible.
LOBLAWS NEEDS TO BE REGULATED.
I didn’t know that Bob Loblaw had business outside of his law blog
I’ve only ever heard positive things about costco as an employer. good on em
It’s not all roses but the shit that sucks, sucks everywhere so what can you do. The money is at least worthy of human life
Yeah, my wife worked for Costco for a few years and it was… fine. It wasn’t exceptional in any way, but it was decent. But for a retail chain, “decent” is a pretty significant improvement over the competition.
I’ve noticed that, at least historically, a lot of the buzz around Costco being a great employer comes from the States. Which makes sense, as the bar is even lower down there, so the same policies are much more impressive.
Short sighted MBAs that try to squeeze out every penny from consumers don’t realize (or don’t care) how valuable good will is.
It’s not even good will. Retaining skilled employees is worth more to the company than suppressing wages.
I worked for a Sobeys chain for over a decade and lost count of the number of times they let a skilled employee walk over a trivial promotion, only to have to fill their position with two people in the short term. Then after countless hours wasted searching for and training a replacement they’d do the exact same thing.
Like, you can’t bump your weekend dairy guy from $17.50 to $18 but you can replace him with 2 high school kids making $15.25/hour that combined still manage to do a worse job.
Their financials are quite interesting. They make basically most of their money on memberships. Or, to put it another way, the price of items in the store is roughly equal to the cost of goods plus their distribution and overhead.
Or, to put it another way, the price of items in the store is roughly equal to the cost of goods plus their distribution and overhead.
I find that really hard to believe, since I find it’s very difficult to get a good deal on anything at Costco. I’m sure there are some good buys, but that’s true for every store.
Costco either don’t have much buying power, or other companies are selling at a loss (which we know isn’t true, since other companies are posting record profits all the time).
