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You don't actually explain why you would pay a distribution center employee more, but in any case I don't believe that's why. Costco's employees get paid well
by lsiebert 12y ago
You don't actually explain why you would pay a distribution center employee more, but in any case I don't believe that's why.
Costco's employees get paid well because it reduces costs to hire and train employees as well as pilferage.
Also, I'm not sure how it fits in, but there are radical differences in the items between costcos just a few miles away, at least in the bay area. They are more neighborhood oriented then you might think.
- thomaskcr 12y agoYour second line answers the first, and also there is more to know. Distribution employees are generally interacting directly with the ERP, driving forklifts, handling the receiving process, etc. Managers handle a lot of those things at the store level, that's not feasible at the distribution level. On your last line, my knowledge of what Costco carries comes from a CNBC doc - so I'm not arguing that you're wrong, that's weird though because they made it seem like they have the exact same product selection everywhere (except produce/meats) and it's carefully curated. One example was the sizes of Motrin they carry, they only carry one size (180).
- lsiebert 12y agoIf you are in the bay area, I'll happily give you the two I'm thinking of.