If you want to do nothing and get paid, Costco IS is for you! - IS Analyst Costco Wholesale Employee Review

Technical debt Dead weight Parking - have seen people recently resorting to buying scooters to get from the parking garage to the IS buildings. Scooters! Honestly I don’t blame them that’s a long walk and the shuttles are slow. Slow shuttles. If you have to park at the main garage, be prepared to wait for the shuttle then wait as you stop at other buildings and going through Issaquah traffic. And if you have a manager that demands you work your “shift” be prepared to have to figure in your commute time not just from your house but also the commute from the main campus so you be on time for your “shift”. Food is cheap(er) but not that good. Even the coffee in the deli isn’t free. Never worked for a place that didn’t even give their employees free coffee. Seems like most people don’t care about their jobs. The probably had no experience doing what they are doing, just trained on the job. Here, read this “job-aid”... Never managed Active Directory? No problem! A lot of former “cart pushers” in IS that don’t know anything other than “Costco IT”. (Which is usually the wrong way to do it). Others that now that they are out of the warehouse and at corporate are just on “cruise control” (do as little as possible, watch YouTube, go shopping at Best Buy, etc) until retirement. The good people all leave because they can’t enact change No work from home AT ALL. - this is especially frustrating because considering what they pay tech workers you can’t afford to live anywhere near No incentive. I’m a top performer but why should I even try? The difference in yearly raise is 1% between myself and the guy who falls asleep at his desk every afternoon No accountability. You can literally cause a mistake that results in millions of dollars in lost profit/sales and nothing happens. Holiday vacation blackouts - this is the dumbest thing for IS. There is a change freeze during this time anyways. This is the PERFECT time for IS to be able to take vacation. Issaquah - traffic is so bad. Most of this is Costco corporate employees. Since you can’t work from home it only makes the issue worse. Also if you work in IS you have to work out of the Issaquah office. Nowhere else. Mind you that you can’t afford to live anywhere close. Be prepared for an hour commute each way to Maple Valley/Covington.