Name: 【員工真心話】Costco 員工報你知！ (Workers Reveal What It's Really Like To Work At Costco)
Uploaded: 2019-03-07T06:22:33.000Z
Duration: 9 min 13 s

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Is working at Costco really all it's cracked up to be?

在好市多工作是不是真的並沒有所說的那麽好？

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The only way to find out is from employees themselves, and luckily, they're not afraid

唯一知道的方法是從員工問起，幸運的是，他們並不吝於。

Here's a look at what it's really like to work at Costco, straight from the people who

一起來一窺究竟在好市多工作到底是怎樣的，讓我們直接從最了解的人知道。

Working at Costco might seem like a simple job, but employees tell a different story:

在好市多工作看起來像是個簡單的工作，但是員工可不這樣認為。

apparently, it can be as exhausting as an intense gym session.

它似乎可以像密集的健身課程一樣令人筋疲力盡。

Rachael, a Costco employee in Colorado, told Mental Floss that employees are the ones who

在科羅拉多的好市多工作的 Rachael 告訴 Mental Floss 雜誌，都是員工在。

"When you see pallets stacked with 50-pound bags of flour or sugar or dog food or cat

「當你看到堆滿 50 磅袋裝麵粉或糖或狗糧或貓沙時，」

litter, a lot of that stuff had to be stacked by hand by employees before the store opens.

「很多東西都是得由員工在開門前親手堆上去的。」

Ditto for those giant stacks of shoes and bottles of salsa or five-gallon jugs of cooking

「同理，成堆的鞋子和沙沙醬或是五加侖的烹飪油都是我們搬的。」

Costco is a membership-based store, meaning you have to pay an annual fee in order to

是一家會員制的店，這意味著您必須支付年費。

get a card that allows you to shop there and enjoy all of those discounted prices.

才能獲得一張卡片，以便您在那裡購物並享受所有這些折扣價。

Every customer is expected to show their membership card to an employee before they walk through

每個顧客都需要在員工面前展示會員卡才能進門。

However, that doesn't mean customers are always happy about doing it.

但是，這並不意味著顧客總是樂於這樣做。

One Costco employee explained on Reddit that one of the hardest jobs there is working the

一位好市多員工在 Reddit 上解釋說，其中一個最難的工作之就是。

entrance simply because of the people they encounter.

在門口，因為某些他們遇到的人。

The employee said that customers tend to make things harder for the card checkers by not

他們說，有些客人往往會使卡片檢查員更難以做事。

showing their card, blocking the entrance when taking out their card, or forgetting

他們不給他們看會員卡，或是在門口邊拿卡邊擋住入口，或是忘記帶卡。

Another user explained that one of the most common issues that comes up is people trying

另一位人解釋說，最常見的問題之一就是人們在嘗試購物。

to shop there even if they aren't members.

Sorry folks, but that's not how it works!

抱歉了各位，但是他們不是這樣運作的。

Costco is known for having a terrific workplace environment, but it's not just the pay that

好市多以良好的工作環境出名，但不只是他們薪水讓他出名。

Employees enjoy lots of great benefits, and plenty of perks on the job as well.

員工可以享受很多優惠，工作上也有很多好處。

One of the best has to be the fact that they're able to shop after hours.

其中最棒的一點是他們可以在關門之後逛。

Kathleen, a Costco employee in Washington, told Mental Floss:

在華盛頓州的好市多員工 Kathleen 告訴 Mental Floss：

"You can shop after hours, and a lot of employees do that.

「你可以在關門後逛，很多員工都這樣做。」

You just bring your cart to the front register."

「你只要把你的購物車推到收銀台就好。」

Costco stores actually keep their member service counter open after the store closes for exactly

好市多正為此因而讓客服中心在關門後開著。

Oh, and you can't forget about the fact that employees have access to all of the wonderful

哦，你不能忘記員工可以嘗試所有最棒的免費樣品。

free samples that make weekend Costco shopping that much better — and you better believe

這讓周末的好市多採買之旅更棒了—毫無疑問的。

One Reddit user who claimed to have worked there for over seven years said they ate a

其中一個 Reddit 網民聲稱在好市多工作了超過七年，他說，

lot of samples, and added a helpful tip to non-employees:

他們吃了很多試吃品，也給了許多非員工的人許多提點。

"The demo people are there every day but Saturday and Sunday are the prime times to get free

「給試吃的員工每天都在那，但周六和周日是獲得免費食品的黃金時段。」

Another Reddit user who had worked at Costco for over two years jokingly said that workers

另一個在好市多工作兩年以上的 Reddit 網民戲稱，

there called the samples the "Employee Buffet."

員工都稱這些試吃品為「員工餐。」

Every Costco has the same policy for customers who are leaving the store: after you pay and

每個好市多於離開商店的顧客都有相同的政策：付款後在離開前，

as you are walking out, an employee checks over your receipt and looks at the items in

員工都會檢查你的收據並檢查你推車裡的商品。

But have you ever wondered how they do it so quickly?

但是，你曾有想過為什麼他們能檢查如此快速？

Apparently, they aren't reading the entire receipt.

顯然地，他們並不是在檢查收據。

Thomas, an employee in California, told Mental Floss:

Thomas，一個在加州的員工告訴  Mental Floss：

"We're looking for items on the bottom of the cart, big items like TVs or alcohol."

「我們在檢查在推車底下的商品，尤其是大件商品像電視或酒類。」

One Reddit user talked about it on a thread, saying that employees count the number of

其中一個 Reddit 網民在串流上說，員工數你推車裡的商品。

things in your cart and see if it's the same number as on the receipts.

They also said that they check for expensive items:

"Lots of people I knew just checked for the expensive things and didn't bother with anything

「我認識的很多人知道我只是檢查昂貴的東西也不在乎其他東西。」

Another user said that they also look for doubles, saying:

另一個網民說他們也會檢查多出來的商品：

"Most of what we find is actually errors with scanning.

「大部分我們發現的都是掃描時的錯誤。」

Had someone accidentally key in the number for a $1000 item instead of a bag of avocados

「我們曾經有人不小心為一袋酪梨輸入了一千塊美金。」

Costco employees are generally pretty happy, but one very common complaint is that their

好市多員工大部分都很快樂，但是卻有個常見的抱怨。

technology seems to be very outdated across the board.

就是他們的硬體科技似乎已經過時了。

"Whoever is in charge of technological advancement and taking the digital systems that run our

「無論是誰負責技術部門和整個公司的數字系統，」

entire company into the future needs to take a step back and reevaluate what we're doing."

「都需要退後一步，重新評估我們正在做的事情。」

Another employee complained about not being able to look at their schedules or submit

另一名員工抱怨無法查看他們的班表或在網上提交請假單。

time off online and not having a tablet to use to check inventory, adding:

也沒辦法用平板查看庫存，他補充：

"Why do our computers and registers look like they came from the '80s?

「為什麼我們的電腦和註冊部看起來像八零年代的？」

Why is everything done by paper and pencil?

「為什麼所有的東西都是紙筆？」

I get that this kind of stuff is expensive to upkeep, and by not doing tech upgrades

「我知道這種東西維護成本很高，但是沒有進行技術升級，」

we keep our prices low, but it's time to join the rest of the world."

「我們很賤價，現在是時候跟上世界腳步了。」

It's pretty common knowledge that, in most stores, there's more inventory in the back

眾所周知，在大多數商店中，倉庫後面的量有更多。

— all you have to do is ask an employee to check for you.

你只需要請員工幫你查看一下就好。

Well, at Costco, what you see is what they have.

但是，在好市多，你看到的就是他們所有的貨了。

One Costco employee told Reader's Digest:

其中一個員工告訴 Reader's Digest：

"Costco is a 'warehouse' store in a literal sense — we don't have any additional storage

「好市多從字面上來說就是個『倉庫』，我們沒有多餘的庫存。」

If it's not there, don't ask us to check the 'back.'

「如果上面沒有，不要請我們看庫存。」

One employee said something similar on Reddit, adding that if you notice the item is up on

一位員工在 Reddit 上說了類似的話，並補充說如果你注意到商品，

the pallets on the higher shelves, you can try asking someone to get them down, but they

在更高的架上，你可以試著請人幫你拿下來。

但是，他們可能並不會這樣做。

"I've been told they don't take down pallets from the shelves because it would require

「我們被告知不要從架上拿東西下來，因為這會需要」

driving the forklifts through all the customer foot traffic, roping off the aisle and the

「需要在充滿人流的走道中開升降機，封鎖走道。」

one opposite for safety and would generally cause too much hassle.

「在安全疑慮上，這也製造太多麻煩。」

If something is up high and there's none on the floor, just go back the next day for it."

「如果地上的架子沒了，但更高的架上還有，你只能改天再來。」

「我真的不知道我們有這些。」

"Well, we sure do, is it working out for you?"

If you've ever worried about how your food is being handled at Costco, let this reassure

如果你曾經擔心過好市多如何處理你的食物，讓我們放心吧：

you: employees say food safety is a really big deal to them.

員工說，食品安全在好市多是很重要的。

"If an employee forgets to remove their apron before exiting the department, they must remove

「如果一名員工在離開部門前忘記脫圍裙，他們在脫掉圍裙後，」

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