Costco has always been an example concerning how they treat their employees compared to its major competitor (Wal-Mart) in the Discount Industry.
Moreover, it gives them a certain advantage on their main competitors.
1) Average Hourly Wages: The average hourly wages at Costco is around $21 per hour and starts around $11,5 per hour, and of course, …show more content…
Interestingly, Walmart CEO Douglas Mcmillon made generally $19.1 million amid that year. Walmart's CEO gains as much as 800 normal representatives, as indicated by CNN Money, contrasted with Costco's CEO making 50 times more than the organization's middle pays.
4) Recession: At the point when the monetary emergency hit and different retailers laid off labourers, Costco's CEO affirmed a $1.50 a hour wage increment for most of the hourly representatives, spread out more than three years.
5) Thanksgiving: While a large portion of its rivals are constraining representatives to take a shot at Thanksgiving Day (one of the most important day for Americans and Canadians), Costco will avoid the pattern and stay closed.
6) Advertising: The organization doesn't publicize nor does it contract an advertising staff. In the mean time, Walmart dropped $1.94 billion on promotions in 2014.
7) Marks-up: Costco never stamps up items by more than 15 percent, while most retailers usually check items up by more than 25 percent.
8) Gender equality: Costco scored to a great degree with a well (90/100) on the Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index, an evaluation of LGBT arrangements in the work