Good place to work. - Part Time Sales The Container Store Employee Review

4.0
18 Oct 2013
Recommend
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Pros

It is generally a fun place to work. The Foundation Principles are a great base with which to launch a customer service business. The customers are great and love the store. They bring an energy to the store that is synergistic. Great products and a great discount.

Cons

No regular schedules thanks to a computer scheduling system. A regular schedule is employee friendly and cutting hours to meet sales after the fact seems to be a misguided system. It is difficult to be guaranteed enough hours to meet many employees needs. And the expectation of wide availability to fill Merchandise Processing shifts (late night/early morning) eliminates many candidates who can't commit to that wide a range. The talent pool seems more watered down than it was a few years ago. Health benefits offered to PT employees is very limited.

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5.0
22 Jun 2026
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Pros

Friendly environment, prioritizes staff safety, and offers several benefits.

Cons

Various online training and creating various accounts just to use one main one.

1.0
23 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Everyone from director level on down in my department was great. Very collaborative. Gave you autonomy to do and try new things.

Cons

Where do I start…Sr. Leadership is TERRIBLE. I mean absolutely horrific. No direction and plans were changing at the drop of a dime after the BB&B “merger”. You could feel the shift in the culture, just NASTY attitudes and taking the employees for granted. The new CEO and the rest of Sr. level execs acted like everyone was just expendable workhorses. They touted reopening the headquarters cafe as some awesome benefit so they could bring people back to the office full time. If you’re going to be bullish and require everyone back, have some guts and just do it. But don’t act like a cafe is some life changing benefit to get everyone excited. Anyway, blind leading the blind. The merit increase or raises - non existent. No 401k match. Nothing positive because the company is so broke. The new store concept sounds a mess. Save yourself and don’t even apply, let alone accept an offer. Joel Bines is no longer the CEO. He was a great guy and I think he had great ideas. Marcus Lemonis is the new CEO and I would give him a thumbs down.

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