Does The Container Store pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, The Container Store employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at The Container Store. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at The Container Store?

43% of The Container Store employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated The Container Store 2.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.1 for culture and values and 2.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at The Container Store?

Sales Associate (191) , Visual Sales - Part Time (67) , Sales (57) , Prime Time Sales (50) , Retail Sales Associate (41) , Project Specialist (40) , Visual Merchandiser (38) , Manager (30) , Sales Associate/Cashier (27) , Full Time Visual Sales (24) , Part Time Sales Associate (24) , Full Time Sales (23) , Store Manager (22) , Leiter Auditmethoden / geschäftsführender Direktor (21) , Part-Time Sales/Visual (20)

What are the pros of working at The Container Store according to real employee reviews?

"Great people that work there that really go the extra mile to help customers look out for other employees." ((in 188 reviews)); "discount is good but they don't pay you enough to even have money to spend there." ((in 121 reviews)); "Great coworkers Friendly Discounts Elfa" ((in 98 reviews)); "The benefits are great and the company is always putting together fun events to keep everyone motivated." ((in 91 reviews)); "Excellent Training for everyone." ((in 85 reviews))

What are the cons of working at The Container Store according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management reflects on how why the store is so messy." ((in 107 reviews)); "level managers don't seem to be taught how to work with each other or with full" ((in 77 reviews)); "Limited hours and schedule status" ((in 41 reviews)); "Clear favoritism on the part of management" ((in 33 reviews)); "Poor upper management fails to maintain the culture that made TCS great." ((in 27 reviews))

What are employees saying about The Container Store layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about The Container Store layoffs and their outlook for job security at The Container Store in 2026.

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3.2

43% would recommend to a friend

(1,960 total reviews)

Joel Bines

46% approve of CEO

33% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.7

Diversity & inclusion

3.1

Culture & values

2.9

Work/Life balance

2.8

Compensation and benefits

2.6

Senior management

2.6

Career opportunities

The Container Store has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 1,960 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The The Container Store employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Ventas al mayoreo y al menudeo industry (3.5 stars).

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2K reviews

3.0

Mar 1, 2010

Best in Retail

Order processing/maintenance/visual sales

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Ranked in Fortune for the last decade in best places to work. Good environment and management tries to get everyone involved and informed.

Cons

Pretty medial job if you are not upper management. If you enjoy retail then this will be the place for you. If you are looking for something more than I suggest looking elsewhere. Scheduling and management seems a bit confused and unorganized a lot of the time. Terrible hours like 5am shifts and working to midnight the night before.

5.0

Feb 14, 2010

Apply!!! Apply!!! Apply!!!

Part-time sales/visual

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

This place is the greatest place to work. I never thought I would ever be in retail but I applied on a whim and have fallen in love. The people are awesome and the management truly cares about you as a person! The Container Store has to be one of the greatest places to work, and guess what Fortune Magazine agrees!!

Cons

I have worked The Container Store for 8 months and haven't had one thing that I have an issue with!!

2.0

Feb 10, 2010

TCS - You're losing your best!

Sales

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great employees - great discount - great products

Cons

Horrible communication now - used to be excellent. Training used to be the best - now there is little to none. Most p/t work 3hour shifts - 3 days a week while they are hiring other "seasonal" employees. Who can live on 9 hours a week? That's not even PART time!! Managers never leave the back office - F/T used as lure to p/ters but seldom given- live on laurels of "Fortune 500" but morale is the worst I've seen in several years. Better get this fixed before some of the best sales people in the business go elsewhere!!

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