Management at Costco Not All That It Seems?

No first person verification here. I don't spread rumors. But I do I believe I am hearing my information from very credible sources. From what I have heard, at least 2 Rego Park Costco Managers have gone to ALDI, seeking a lateral managerial positions.

Interesting. Hmmmmmmm.

I won't give names here because I am not about hurting Costco management, or any other employees. It is only about fair treatment for employees.

Btw, nice to hear from the front end people that support this blog.

RP Costco Finally Abiding by the Handbook?

As I have said, Costco has been notorious for holding employees accountable to the letter of the law of their employee handbook. At the same time they ignore their own obligations it spells out. I first took issue with their failure to post the employee schedule, as promised in said handbook the Monday prior to the work week. They finally did that this week.

Maybe some birds have been chirping in their ears.

Pack Your Bags, You Are Officially Laid Off.........

Butttttttttttttttttttttt, we are going to be be busy in Sunday. Wanna work then? That is what some RP workers have been told.

Laying off people is one thing, but asking those same people to work after they have suffered from being told they are no longer wanted is a cherry on top of humiliation.

Lotsa people, from, er uh, Costco, are lookin for positions at Aldi. I know of at least 2 managers at Costco that are interviewing at Aldi. Hmmmmmm.

Doesnt Seem That Management Can Keep a Secret

Wow, someone who works up front - one of those supervisoreeee types gabbed a lot. Gave away the layoff announcements, i.e. you are fired, prior to the actual carnage.

Always great for someone to hear they have been fired by others insinuating they will be in short time.

Carnage at the Front End

Did anyone notice the nervous faces on the "first faces of Costco" (i.e. front end, cart crew and member services personnel?) Well, they weren't worried about slipping on a patch of ice, seems that RP Costco is once again thinning the herd. Seems that several people in the aforementioned departments have been let go. Final tallies aren't in yet, but I'll inform as soon as known.

All the best to my fellow employees in their involuntary retirements.

UPDATE: NOT AN UNCOMMON PRACTICE COSTCO, 160 WORKERS AT COSTCO IN EAST HARLEM KICKED TO THE CURB EARLIER IN 2010.

Its Collllllldddddd Outside.

Costco workers can expect much colder conditions inside. From high ab ove, orders are to cut as many hours as possible!!!

Remember part-timers, the employee handbook guarantees 25 hours a week. Yes, thats that silly handbook that says that the following week's schedule must be posted on the MONDAY prior to the following week.
BUT it was posted on FRIDAY. I hope Costco's violations of its own regs didnt screw up any co-workers plans.

Not lookin for radical changes, but a Union could curb these problems.

Right now, employees have no place to voice a complaint except with a supervisor. Do you think your supervisor will properly vent your frustrations? What do supervisors do? They report tomanagement. They are making waves, causing problems, etc. Do you think they want to do that? So WHO is working on your behalf?

NOBODY. VOTE for a union!!!

How might a unionized shop benefit Costco workers?

Let's look at history:

"Costco Wholesale Corp and union negotiators have reached a tentative agreement on a new labor contract for 13,000 Costco workers in California, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters said. The agreement raises annual wages, lifts semiannual bonuses and increases retirement packages."

These are heartening results, but what I like about a union more is that it is a vehicle whereby the hourly part-timers at Costco have a voice to challenge the company's confounding policies about scheduling, seniority and task allocation.

As things stand now, we have no voice.