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BJ's Wholesale Club

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BJ's Wholesale Club reviews

2.9

41% would recommend to a friend

(3,858 total reviews)
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Bob Eddy

45% approve of CEO

38% positive business outlook

BJ's Wholesale Club has an employee rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 3,858 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The BJ's Wholesale Club employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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1.0
Dec 8, 2017

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Recommend
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Pros

1.A lot of departments to move to 2. Cafeteria 3. Generally Good People 4. If you shut up and do work like a robot, then you can get by 5. Oh theres a Starbucks! (It closes at 3? and its operated by cafeteria workers, not even Starbucks workers, so quality is not consistent)

Cons

1. High Pressure Enviorment 2. Disrespectful Management 3. Deceving Job Titles 4. Below Market Average Pay 5. Toxic Work Enviorment 6. Company and department Does not breed success 7. High Turnover Rate 8. Company has neglected its finance and accounting departments 9. Overpriced and below average food cafeteria 10. Bad excuse for a gym 11. Lack of stability and constant change, especially when it comes to floor plans 12. Seniority reigns and new talent leaves as quickly as it comes into the company 13. No company events or anything to help build team morale, it is a do as your told job 14. Broken system, not just accounting but the whole finance team, it works like a broken clock and has a team too big. This could be easily fixed by fixing the system so the company does not need an oversized team to help fix the mistakes which should not happen in the first place 15. The team is too big, 5-6 people for what should be one job and this means pay is too low and work gets done very slow 16. The work is boring and should not exist in the first place as it mostly comes from a broken financial system 17. The hours are 9 hours a day since they do not pay for lunch. While most companies are reducing the workday and offering work from home, this company is going the opposite direction 17. Lack of respect for low level employees from senior works, who are not even management or a supervisor, which can stunt growth and can be demoralizing 18. Prehistoric requirement to ID in every single door in the building so the company can track where you are going or if you took a long lunch GASP 19. No Existance of work life balance 20. Very bad for anybody who has multiple commitments, aka children, grad school, second job, since it will suck the energy out of you

1.0
Apr 12, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- You get a pay check on a weekly basis, so it's easier to plan your weekly spending. - Free membership

Cons

- Overworked: This is due to being understaffed. Management expect someone to do their normal tasks plus random planogram resets on a whim. For example, I could be myself preparing cookies and muffins, then all of a sudden we NEED to stock the shelves with corn breads immediately. Then 10 minutes later, I am asked to clean off the bread shelves and wipe them all down and scrape all the stickers off. This is priority one. 20 minutes later, I get in trouble for not finishing the cookies. - Low pay: The pay is minimum wage. They do not want anyone to work the bare minimum just to get by, yet they pay the bare minimum. You get what you pay for. - Lack of communication: There's no communication between management and employees. There could be new managers and not one word would go out until someone ask, "who's that?" Once I was working and a manager in plain clothing walked to me and asked me to do things and walked away. No introduction what-so-ever. Not even a "Hi". I had to ask someone to find out he was one of the managers there. How can you take anyone seriously as manager when they don't even talk to you like a person? - Turnover: The turnover rate is way too high. This makes working there extremely difficult. <see point 1>

1.0
Feb 17, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

The company used to be a great company to work for. After more then a decade with the company I have seen many changes and difference in leadership. Ever since the company became privately owned it has gone down the drain. BJ'S is now more interested in cutting payroll and inventory any way they can.

Cons

Company and moral throughout the clubs is in the gutter. Upper management is kept in the dark because everyone in the field is so afraid of job security that no one will say anything.

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