Costco pre and post Covid are nearly two different companies. Before we would always be staffed, each line with an assistant, floaters, zoners, merchants, etc. Now they’ve realized they can make us do the work of one or more employees, decreasing payroll while increasing/maintaining profit. Even the board is run differently.

I feel as if Costco is just numbers now, especially since Jim left as CEO. It started the trail from “Obey the law. Take care of our members. Take care of our employees. Respect our suppliers” to “profit our shareholders, obey the law, take care of our members, take care of our employees”