Topics regarding layoffs at Costco Wholesale Corp.

Topics regarding layoffs at Costco Wholesale Corp.

Will all the recalls cause layoffs?

I love my job. It’s by far the best one I’ve ever had, and that makes me irrationally scared something will come along and take it away. These latest recalls have me stressing non-stop about the possibility of layoffs. Can someone please tell me I’m... — read more 

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Costco Layoffs 2025

Do you think there may be small/medium/large Costco layoffs? Any chatter, news or rumors?

Costco Layoffs 2024

Do you predict that there will be Costco layoffs? Any chatter, news or rumors?

Costco is Yahoo Finance’s Company of the Year

https://finance.yahoo.com/video/costco-yahoo-finance-company-141837308.html I'm rolling my eyes at this news. I look forward to leaving "Yahoo Finance's Company of the Year" soon.

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For all people saying there is not enough labor

My local Costco has just finished doing interviews with 500 candidates out of a total of 5000 applications. There were 90 individuals hired. Beginning salary of $19.50, full benefits after 90 days, and a 401k match of $0.50 to $1.00 after six months... — read more 

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| 1740 views | | 3 replies (last January 19, 2023)
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Costco lays off employees in Southern Utah.

The sales numbers for the St. George UT. Costco location are down by a large margin! In fact their sales numbers are so far down, that they have laid-off their entire seasonal workforce . Costco management said " we're not sure why we are doing so... — read more 

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Losing together

Blowes is nothing more than a dead end job. Its like a race, you hit the pit stop to refuel, then you get back in the race and move on. Its was supposed to be just a temporary job til you find something good, that was me after being here double digit... — read more 

INNOVEL IS HERE

All INNOVEL teamates are so happy to be joining Costco. Our nightmare is over

Forced out

I was forced to write a letter of resignation.

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Morale @ Davenport

Morale at the Davenport iowa location is awful. Management has zero ethics and does some shady stuff

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Costco Layoffs 2020

What are your thoughts about potential Costco Layoffs 2020? Any news or rumors?

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Current state of Lowes explained

What is happening is simple. The current CEO and his affiliates are no longer putting out the illusion of a family oriented organization and clearly stating their purpose: to appease the shareholders and hedge fund activists. It is a hard pill to... — read more 

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News

https://www.businessinsider.com/lowes-employees-morale-store-restructures-2019-10

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Reduced Hours?

Seeing a lot of people getting reduced hours and being forced to work shorter shifts more days a week. Is this normal this time of year?

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| 1600 views | | 1 reply (August 28, 2019)
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Albany ny

Is it true they are opening a costco in albany, ny?

Davenport, IA Costco!

They treat there employees like c-ap. They just throw you out there without training you and expect you to learn in 2 seconds on what to do in your department, then yell at you when you do something wrong. Do not, I repeat do not apply there. It... — read more 

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| 2040 views | | 1 reply (February 27, 2019)
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New store

Where and when ‘‘is the new Costco coming to Port St Lucie,Fl? Anyone know?

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New Davenport Store

New Iowa store Desperately needs to replace Warehouse Manager. Cuts people and hours but spends money on frivolous things like matching staplers and tape dispenser because NO COLOR allowed!

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| 1401 views | | 1 reply (November 5, 2018)
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No cuts

Costco rarely lets people go

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Deli

What hours do other Deli associates work and how many deli associates do you have ??

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Costco / Virginia Area

Costco is laying off employees in the VA area. How can other major companies in the country be giving $1000 bonuses to employees because of tax reform but Costco decides it's cutting!

Costco Layoffs 2018

Redundancies, RIFs, Layoffs, Job Cuts, Surplus, there is a ton of names for pink slips but do you really think that we'll be affected here in Issaquah.

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| 2744 views | | 1 reply (January 19, 2018)
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Expanding, No Layoffs at Costco (as of August 2017)

Costco continues to expand and add more stores. I am not aware of any layoffs, but you never know what the future brings - we'll see if more people will start buying online. Right now we are able to compete on price and service with online retailers... — read more 

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| 2500 views | | 3 replies (last August 19, 2018)
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Costco Layoffs 2017

How many times do we need to be surprised by executives - do you think that we might have job cuts in corporate again - here in Issaquah.

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| 3280 views | | 2 replies (last March 24, 2017)
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Huge layoffs at Costco, Canada

People who claim that Costco don't have layoffs are wrong. In Calgary, Costco have recently fired hundreds of staff. They are also paying minimum wage (less than $15 CAD) not much more than Walmart. I worked for them as a forklift driver for just... — read more 

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| 4550 views | | 4 replies (last January 21, 2016)
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Costco Layoffs 2016

What is the likelihood of Costco layoffs in Issaquah in 2016? Please let me know if you have any information.

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The worst company I have ever worked for

This is by far the worst company I have ever worked for (I do have quite a bit of experience). The managers treat the staff on the shop floor like PURE trash and have no idea how to manage, mentor, coach their staff, I have been informed this is the... — read more 

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Conservative Mgmt

We have very conservative management over here at Costco, finances are run in a very disciplined manner and we think seven times before we hire somebody. As a result, we are lean on the resource side and that results in the fact that we have minimal... — read more 

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Downsizing discussion

I think we should limit this discussion to downsizing and layoffs, I get that you might not like your manager but I do not think this forum is targeting that kind of feedback. We should share information about layoffs, downsizing, cuts, RIFs... — read more 

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| 2830 views | | 3 replies (last January 22, 2016)
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@ Anonymous

I can read two things into your messages. One, you should report this store to Corporate in a reasonable manner. They will do something about it. Two, you are a lousy employee and not willing to do things the way your paycheck-provider wants. You... — read more 

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| 2480 views | | 1 reply (January 29, 2015)
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BTW - Costco never had layffs, never, never

BTW - Costco never had layffs, never, never. The company keeps expanding and will continue to do so for a while. People are let go all the time, in corporate or in the field - this is performance driven and is not a layoff based staff reduction. I... — read more 

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| 3404 views | | 5 replies (last April 5, 2016)
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I shop at Costco every weekend

I shop at Costco every weekend. You can get a lot of great things in bulk at a very cheap price.

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