It's not what it used to be... - Anonymous employee The Container Store Employee Review

2.0
23 Feb 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Compared to working retail elsewhere it's better Training Communication (on some levels) Generally nice people to work with

Cons

A LOT is expected of employees, with not much in the way of acknowledgment, praise or reward Conflicting priorities Not enough time to accomplish goals/tasks given and work the sales floor Managers completely out of touch with the staff and the sales floor Don't get paid nearly enough to have customers be often rude and even swear at employees Management micromanages employees at every turn Need some sort of rotating 2 days off in a row for FT employees

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
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Pros

Decent pay for the most part

Cons

No raises, no bonuses, as an IC doing every other department is more important. Lots of forced overtime at the last minute.

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