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The Container Store

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The Container Store reviews

3.2

43% would recommend to a friend

(1,960 total reviews)

Joel Bines

46% approve of CEO

33% positive business outlook

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
1.0
Apr 7, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Coworkers, with exception of managers were incredible and friendly. The employee discount is generous.

Cons

No matter how hard you work and how fast you go, it will never be enough. I was literally told to keep the expected pace while working I should be literally running through the store. Lack of management communication: Managers would not communicate with one another, you would be told to complete a task by one manager and then yelled at for completing it by another manager. They did not communicate with each other before delegating tasks. On several occasions I watched coworkers broken down into tears by the way the managers talked down to them and stressed them out. The regular workers are great people who go out of their way to take pride in their work, and when day after day they are told they are doing nothing right with only negative feedback- I watched many people cry. Minimal pay for the amount of stress you will receive.

2.0
Apr 5, 2019

Push Push and Keep Pushing

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Discount, coworkers, discount and coworkers

Cons

Not enough resources....frustrated customers at registers....two new closet lines, but no training on how to sell them.....too many questions to ask customers: are you a POP Member? Would you like to sign up for out credit card?....favoritism at its worst...

2.0
Oct 8, 2018

Prime Time Associate

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-40% discount -Most other part time coworkers were pretty awesome -PTO and 401k after you have been their for a certain amount of time -There are different things to do for each type of person (Sales, visual sales, stocking, order processing, elfa)

Cons

-Terrible company culture -Management will not listen to part time employees -The people that they promote from within are not best for the job. Saw 6 people who were promoted to fulltime or management that were bad picks for the company and employee morale. Really turned me off from continuing to work there part time -Wanted part time employees to have fulltime availability

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