work hard, management will get a bonus. not you. - Anonymous employee Circle K Employee Review

1.0
Mar 18, 2013
Anonymous employee
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Pros

There were a few pros when this was still Holland Oil, but it sold to Circle K back in 2007. Unfortunately, Circle K didn't take the opportunity to get rid of the supervisors (Pokorny) when they had the chance and now these people are still there, and the job is worse.

Cons

The pay is a slave wage....raises are about 15 cents a year. and there's a salary cap for anyone who isn't management. Speaking of management, they get really nice bonuses on the backs of their employees, who get nothing when the store looks great and the numbers are good.

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