Costco Wholesale Corp. is raising pay for most of its hourly US workers to more than $30 an hour amid contract talks with unionized employees.
  • @[email protected]
    13•4 hours ago

    Meanwhile Costco in Australia is pushing to have penalty rates abolished. They might be good by American standards but they can get fucked trying to erode Australian workers rights.

  • @taiyang
    11•5 hours ago

    Ok fine, maybe now I’ll consider getting a membership. But I still don’t have room for bulk items.

    • Blackout
      3•1 hour ago

      They sell 36x18x60 shelves for $30. Just started going last week and it was the first thing I looked for

    • @[email protected]English
      4•3 hours ago

      I don’t qualify for membership, but as far as I can tell its generally only useful if you want to get expensive branded items for a bit less. I could get the same product type for less at Aldi. 12 tins of chopped tomatoes for £7.19, meanwhile at Aldi they are £0.39 each which would come to £4.68 for 12 of them.

      Also I can walk to Aldi, the nearest costco is like a £30 return on the train. I normally only spend £30 on shopping each week for the 2 of us anyway.

      • nfh
        2•3 hours ago

        You need to qualify for membership in the UK?

        As an American, It’s the cheapest place to get a variety of fruits, veggies, several types of cheese, coffee, and toilet paper, at least on average. The catch is just that you need to buy in large quantities. They definitely have fancy and expensive brands too, but I don’t think they do as well here. They’re also a really popular place to fuel up cars, because they’re usually cheaper than the area around them, but sometimes up to 10% cheaper.

        I guess that you need to drive a car there is also a catch, but I just moved to the second place I’ve ever lived that’s within reasonable walking distance of a grocery store, so driving to get groceries is normal to me. I lived near an Aldi for a few years, which was awesome.

        • @[email protected]English
          2•1 hour ago

          In the UK its pretty normal if you live in a town to have multiple shops within an easy walking distance. I usually cycle as its easier to carry stuff back in bags on my bike. Sometimes get a weeks shopping for the 2 of us on my bike.

        • GreatAlbatrossEnglish
          1•1 hour ago

          You technically have to qualify for membership…But they’re not exactly rigorous in the checks.
          There is a certain type of blow-hard over here who will make qualifying for a costco membership a point of pride.

          Fortunately, most of ours can be reached by bus too.

  • @[email protected]
    49•8 hours ago

    Well, at least when my disabled ass loses my “welfare” (federally directed VA disability payments), I’ll have a soul crushing retail job to hope for

    • Pistcow
      78•8 hours ago

      Worked at Costco for 2 years. Most of the employees love their jobs. I wanted more and move on, but kid you not, there are people still working at my old warehouse that started the same day I did 20 years ago. Wages were good, the benefits were great, and everyone respected each other.

    • @[email protected]English
      12•5 hours ago

      Most importantly… if you ask the conservatives, if you pay your workers a living wage, you fail capitalism your stock prices are doomed

      https://www.financecharts.com/compare/COST,WMT

      Yet unless I’m an idiot, when I put the chart out to 10 years… I see costco’s stock price leaping… and walmarts price pretty damn flat.

      • Billiam
        1•4 hours ago

        I live near a city that has both a Sam’s Club and a Costco. I wonder how they compare vis a vis sales, pay, and employee retention?