Costco is Full of Hate - EARLY MORNING STOCKER Costco Wholesale Employee Review

It was as though I was working among prisoners. You are dehumanized by your coworkers who have a sense of superiority as a result of being there for so long. ...Costco has been praised by many for being such an ethical company. In reality, the only facts that contribute to that ideology are that employees make a few dollars more than they would at Walmart, in addition to higher-up positions that pay considerably more than their counterparts at comparable retailers. There are also good health benefits. However, no amount of money should be able to justify emotional abuse and ultimate objectification. There is homophobic hate-speech thrown around casually in a jokingly manner. During one of my first few days, I was pummeled by a shelf of about twenty boxes of Synergy drinks, all of which contained 6 glass bottles. One employee who noticed asked if I was okay only to subsequently alert the person from whom I was taking direction with the statement, "You didn't tell him that the shelf was broken!" (I was stocking the drinks as they collapsed on me.) The man then came out of the produce cooler and said to me, "Just do one layer." He then walked back inside of the produce cooler. I was left with bruises from the occurrence, and it was basically ignored by everyone. The company culture at Costco is repulsive. In reality, the people who constantly praise Costco and consider it to be the most ethical company ever are most likely members of the higher middle-class who would never find themselves in any comparable line of work. With that said, they view the people who work at Costco or within any similar contexts as people whom they're above on the social hierarchy ladder; they think it's wonderful that the incompetent, poorly educated people who occupy the bottom of society's rankings are given the amazing opportunity to make $13 an hour as opposed to $9. Would Walmart be viewed as the holy grail of employers if they raised their pay a few dollars and increased their benefits? If the answer is no, then Costco shouldn't be idealized like it is today. Costco is a glorified Walmart. Costco is a place in which you will be demeaned and put down if you approach anyone with kindness or compassion. Kindness and compassion have no place there, and the majority of the staff aren't even capable of recognizing anything of the like. It's like a prison in the sense that the employees feel as though they're empowered by being able to treat new people as if they're worthless indentured servants. I had to endure the wrath of the person who was supposedly training me during my first few days when I made a mistake with stacking oranges. A few boxes fell over, and she screamed profanity at me. This was in conjunction with being treated as if I was her misbehaving child who needed to be disciplined. Honestly, Costco Whole Sale is the worst context in which I have ever found myself. It was depressing just waking up to know that I'd be going there after the first day, because the first day exposed so much of what they're about and set the time for my brief experience there. I had never been so dehumanized and put down before working at Costco and around some of the most volatile human beings I have ever encountered. I left with physical injuries as well as emotional ones. Costco is a disgusting place that only perpetuates some of the most hateful mindsets in society. I will never be returning, and that is the happiest thought I am left with after my abusive experience at Costco Wholesale.