Circle K reviews

3.1

43% would recommend to a friend

(5,660 total reviews)
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Alex Miller

45% approve of CEO

41% positive business outlook

Circle K has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 5,660 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
1.0
Mar 16, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits package, fast paced environment, getting to know the regular customers could be fun.

Cons

Circle K has spent so much money remodeling to try to keep up with the Wa Wa's and RaceTracks and they are cutting corners at the expense of their employees. Managers are expected to be available 24/7/365, taking a day off or a vacation is out of the question. Home office management would show up in your store and you'd be expected to drop everything you are doing in your personal life, regardless of day or time, and run to your store to bow down to them. They literally expect the one and only manager in each store to be there ALL the time. The stress level literally gave me bleeding stomach ulcers and I wasn't permitted time to go to the doctors. The district manager literally told me "I don't work FOR YOU, so I'm not sure what you're expecting from me" when I told him I needed time off for health issues. I was only 32, that was when I finally decided to leave. If you did well in one store they would pluck you from the place you just spent the last 8 months reorganizing, rehiring and putting on the right path to put you in another troubled store where you'd have to start from scratch. In three years I managed 4 different stores. Awful

3.0
Mar 2, 2015

Manager

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great company, good benefits medical dental vision life ltd std , advancement flexible schedule good life balance 401k stock purchase plan

Cons

Pay for Asst Managers to low, no benefits below manager other then vacation time hard to retain employees due to hours given to store

3.0
Feb 7, 2015

IT Analyst

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Circle K offers a lot of opportunity for fast paced projects and implementations. They are in the mode of growing and acquiring assets so there will always be work. For some levels bonuses are offered and are based upon group accomplishments and company performance.

Cons

Hard to get time off without having to check in every day of vacation. Training is sparse.

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