Circle K reviews

3.1

44% would recommend to a friend

(5,647 total reviews)
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Alex Miller

45% approve of CEO

40% positive business outlook

Circle K has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 5,647 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Circle K employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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6K reviews
3.0
Jun 24, 2017

Silly Politics

Recommend
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Pros

Can work from home, salary is good. Overall generally a great job. Great team to work with

Cons

Manager changes, company structure changes, two faced department heads,

4.0
Jun 16, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

If you have a good manager this is a great job. Good co-workers make a huge difference as well. The job is pretty simple. Clean stuff, stock stuff, make sure food and coffee are hot and fresh and be nice to the customers. There is room for advancement but you need to stay on top of asking about raises and promotions they are not just going to come to you and say here's an extra 50 cents per hour.

Cons

The pay is horrible. I have 20 years of management experience and they offered me $8.05 per hour. When I refused to work for so little they said they could do better. I did not find out what my pay was until 3 days after I started working. I was started out at $8.50 and was quickly raised to $8.75 but I don't see any more money in the near future.

2.0
May 3, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Free coffee, soda, and oven meals. Weekly paycheck if you like that sort of thing, I'd rather be paid twice a month. Some areas pay higher than min wage if you can snag shifts there. 9 Vacation days once you hit a year. Third shift is nice and quiet for the most part if you are a student and need some time to do homework outside of home. Customers can be nice at times, especially the regulars.

Cons

Other shifts push their work load onto 3rd shift, then get upset when it's not done consistently. Most shifts only have 1 or 2 people, 3 if lucky when we get a new higher. Night shift only ever has 1 employee despite the fact training manual says there should always be 2. Everyone talks about everyone behind their back, including managers and shift leads. Never had a store meeting in the year I've been here. Tardiness is a huge issue when the manager isn't due to be in, including shift leads and assistant managers to the point that I've sometimes stayed an extra half-hour, then management complains to me about having over time. Assistant Managers abuse lower staff to the point that turn over is high. No one is willing to talk to other employees about flaws or issues, so issues keep happening. When someone calls in or takes a day, there is never anyone to cover since there is only the bare minimum of people on shifts. Management doesn't understand that by federal law employees are allowed to have breaks and get upset if you take one. Anything that needs to be fixed via maintenance takes weeks to get done.

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