Cost Plus: Where You're Free To Be Whomever We Tell You To Be - Anonymous employee World Market Employee Review

2.0
Sep 13, 2010
Anonymous employee
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Pros

-Great discount -Fun and interesting products -Good variety of customers that enter the store -Focused on customer interaction -Beginning to offer customers incentives for loyalty, also offering interesting contests -Finally beginning to be recognized by magazines and television shows as a reliable retail establishment

Cons

-Very little training for all forms of employees, from management to cashiers -Incredible number of programs that are being forced down our customers throats. Failure of employees to implement these programs can lead to termination. -Confusion from higher ups about expectations and new programs -Inconsistencies of in stock items, way too many of some products and not nearly enough of others -Constant threat that employees are being watched through security cameras by corporate offices

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5.0
Mar 6, 2026
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Pros

Fun atmosphere, chill coworkers, decent discount, I could come to work do my job & there was no drama. I worked there seasonally during Christmas and loved it, they didn’t keep me on after cause I was one of the last hires and they had to cut like 30% of the seasonal staff so I was bummed. The manager was nice, so were the assistant managers. Customers were chill, thanked us a lot for being there. Got some good stuff between sales and discount.

Cons

Not enough hours which I knew before I started, cash registers could use some updating

3.0
May 28, 2026
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Pros

being the cashier during the holidays was super fun. it was busy but in a way where the time goes by fast.

Cons

the manager micromanages and sits in the back watching the cameras the whole time. she then tells the supervisor on the walkie talkie that she's watching you. everybody talks about how they hate her even the assistant managers.

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