It beats unemployment, but not by a lot. - Assistant Store Manager Circle K Employee Review

2.0
Apr 7, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Weekly pay and direct deposit are convenient. As long as you're barely competent you won't have to worry about having your hours cut or being fired unjustly. Official policies are very lax so it's easy to keep up with expectations. Despite competition Circle K is squarely planted in most markets so I'm not worried about impending bankruptcy or mass layoffs this decade.

Cons

The compensation for hourly employees is awful. Your potential for raises and promotions depends entirely on your relationship with your immediate supervisor (not your performance) and a lot of the store managers that are hired are unfit to be CSRs. Upper management doesn't care and doesn't seem to have a solid grasp on how to move forward facing renewed competition from Quick Trip.

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Pros

Great work environment and the potential for growth

Cons

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2.0
Jul 15, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits such as health/medical insurance

Cons

Massive company. I worked a couple different roles from the “corporate” side, even if I was in stores a lot of the time. One thing I learned is that the “office” or “corporate” roles don’t really have a day off. Sure, it’s a Monday-Friday job but it’s like regardless of what you do there, you’re on call in some way but there isn’t any sort of incentive in return. You’re likely not going to get a sufficient work-life balance working here, because, again, someone is going to be calling or emailing you on the weekend or in the evening where either you have to handle it, or pass it onto someone else who can. Lack of thorough vetting has resulted in unqualified leadership with challenging management styles that hurt daily team morale.

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