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Worse all the time - Book Buyer Powell's Books Employee Review

2.0
Jun 5, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Good discount on used books, health insurance is pretty good

Cons

Actively go out of their way to screw over union employees. Cannot be trusted to their word. They blamed their money troubles during the covid shutdown on the employees, saying they paid us too much. After they started reopening they did everything they could to cut our compensation back to what you get when you first get hired, even for people that had spent decades with the company. They really like to look like a fun indie bookstore, but Ive worked for giant corporations that cared more about their employees

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5.0
Feb 17, 2025
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Pros

It was fun working there

Cons

Too many books to read

3.0
May 20, 2026
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Pros

Employee loan program, employee discount, co workers and customers.

Cons

There is a definite feeling of bitterness from upper management that they have to deal with a union workplace. I’ve worked with doctors and high level administrators in my other positions and my Powell’s co workers were some of the most intelligent people I’ve ever worked with. It’s really too bad that upper management did not seem interested in taking the advice of their frontline workers more into consideration.

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