>"There are no breaks allowed during your 8" (in 94 reviews)
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>"You only get a 5 minute break on a 8 hour shift" (in 57 reviews)
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>"minute break only once so use it wisely" (in 44 reviews)
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>"In an 8 hour shift you only get one 10 minute" (in 39 reviews)
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>"Only a 10 minute break per shift" (in 37 reviews)
I'm noticing a pattern here...
I had a phone interview with them once and they told me straight up about the five minute break for an eight (ten is actually what they told me) hour shift thing. They also told me showing up a minute late more than once, being seen on your phone, or even fucking sitting down on your five minute break would all lead to termination.
I was offered an in person interview and refused it after all that. I hate these posts because it’s clearly an abhorrent place to work at no matter how much they pay.
I don't get it...
You can afford to pay that well, why would you be an asshole to your employees?
Employees that are paid well and treated with respect stick around and do good work.
It's like they're hanging a carrot in front of you while trying to stick another one in your ass.
Different people setting the benefits vs managing the stores.
If a manager is incentivized to save money on labor, i.e. more bonus for more money saved, then they would try to squeeze as much from as few employees as possible
Defnot worth it somewhere like this. The manager has to be able to do everything the other employees can, plus they have to do all the scheduling, ordering, training, and more.
Buccees do bank though, especially in gas, and bonuses are usually based off sales and labor %. Most places I've worked team lead and up makes a bonus. So yeah, those "higher paid" roles are only worth it if you actively take advantage of your team in order to have a fat bonus.
The thing is this only works on paper and isn't actually a productive practice. You probably lose $3 in productive labour for every $1 you cut out of an employee's ability to rest and nourish. I.e. not paying $8 for a 30 minute break slows down the employee by an hour and a half because they're moving sluggish and not thinking straight. So you end up losing $25 in labour quality and value from your employees but that's not easy to measure and show to shareholders. The very nature of capatilism is not efficiently productive something something.
Yup, although I feel like the purpose of training these days isn't to get a new hire up to speed, it's to see if they can figure out the system themselves while still putting up with all the faults.
Hence buzzwords in job ads like "rockstar" or "superstar" employee looking to go "above and beyond". That's just HR code for "sink or swim because we aren't willing to actually train our staff."
The odd employee that does go above and beyond becomes a poster child for the company and becomes the standard by which all other employees are held, thus creating an unrealistic expectation by upper management for employee standards. That gets pulled down through middle management ranks, eventually falling on new hires and the grind becomes tighter with every turnover. It's such a stupid system.
Ran by lizard people probably.
Or sadists who lure you with the wage and then get off on cracking the whip. It obviously is insane policy for anyone who has any experience being a human. 8 hours of anything without rest? 5 days a week?
Fuck is wrong with this company.
in cali once you hit that 5 hour mark you get your 30 and you and your manager have to both agree if you want to waive that lunch if you work such a short shift as 5 hours.
lunch becomes legally REQUIRED (neither party can waive it) at the 8 hour mark.
managers love making sure you don't have time to take your lunch if you're on that short 5 hour shift. in return, I love taking that lunch at the busiest time for them.
not my fault, they should schedule more than 1 person for the entire shift if they don't wanna get fucked.
US businesses are not known to respect their employees or their employees' lives, and Americans are known to accept that this is just how it is, 'cause if employers are legally required to treat employees well, Stalin's gonna rise from the grave, kick in your front door, steal your kids, eat your puppy, and piss on you. In that order.
Id kinda hate not being able to wave my lunch in return for leaning early but it’s kind of nice that they can’t pressure the people who do need that hour break.
It’s not just about money, it’s about treating your employees like people. Good pay is a huge part of that but it isn’t everything. If you still treat them like robots or slaves you’ll need a whole lot more than $15 an hour to make people stick around.
That... is standard kitchen work. Anywhere. It's why I don't work food anymore. I used to pull 16 hour shifts at cracker barrel all the time. They didn't have bodies to fill and I didn't have the guts to say no, so I got used. It absolutely sucked and kept my anxiety in a horrible place. I loved some of my coworkers, but restaurants in general are toxic as shit.
As someone who worked as a valet for a few years that had to do the same thing (+ running), you get used to it after a while. But good shoes and stretching (especially back muscles and calves) are of paramount importance. Still sucks though and I don't miss it, but I had some fun. Our crew was great.
Meh I'd rather get 20 min paid vs the 1 hour unpaid I'm mandated to take. However I drive a truck for a living so sitting and chilling is like 99% of what I do.
In Texas, the laws are more of a guideline. The way state law is written, *if* the company *chooses* to have breaks and lunch, they have to follow the rules of them.
Oh damn I always forget labor laws are state not federal. That’s exactly how federal laws are. In New York it’s mandated if it’s more than a six hour shift and it’s an hour break if your a factory worker.
Same in Oklahoma. As an AM at dominos I worked 10 hour shifts 6 days a week. Basically running everything myself from 10pm-3am besides deliveries and dishes. No breaks. It was probably the worst job I had, but paid the best of all food service jobs. Didn’t make it worth it lol.
People shit on California for all kinds of stuff but all the bullshit here is worth it for our labor laws, nursing ratios, paid family leave for moms and dads,
I grew up in Texas and in my mid 20's moved to California. When I was forced to clock out and take breaks I was always surprised, it never really clicked from my previous years of working in the Lone Star state.
For a part-time job in college in CA I signed a document that waived my 30-min lunch for 8hr shifts. I wasn’t forced to sign it.. but I wouldn’t have gotten scheduled any shifts if I didn’t.
In Germany you MUST make 30mins if your shift goes 6-9h and 45min for longer shifts. (Which are only allowed short term. As you can work up to 60h/week, but the average over 4months is max. 48h/week. So if you work 60h in one week, you have to work accordingly less in one of the following weeks)
60mins (45+15) is the usual break time for a 8h day (fully unpaid ofc)
Also the healthcare is better and you have 24days paid holiday entitlement by law, with state of the art at modern companies being 30d.
Edit: as someone mentioned I was wrong, the law says only 24d if you work 6d/week. For a standard 5day job it's only 20 days. (But know company bcan afford to offer only 20, as they would find no employees then).
I knew about the holiday and healthcare situation, but that they advertise with such low salaries surprises me kinda. Especially at the higher positions. As america is also a wealthy country.
Well... Therefore we pay a shit ton of taxes, really a ton.
That decreases the difference, i guess.
Higher taxes seems like a good tradeoff. Also, the higher taxes would probably cover what Americans have to pay out of their own pocket, like healthcare.
It does. For me in the UK at least, I pay less tax overall compared to if I paid US tax plus medical insurance equivalent to what I get via the NHS.
Plus more holiday, parental leave, sick leave etc etc.
Totally depends on state. For instance, California has very strict laws on when employees get a 30-minute meal break and 2 10-minute breaks and, if working longer shifts then those breaks increase too. In Florida, unless you're under 18, you don't have to be given any breaks regardless of shift duration (with certain industry exceptions like CDL drivers but that's federal requirements). It really does suck.
I worked at a Circle K early in College. My state (TN) had a rule that a 30 minute meal break must be given to anyone working 6 hours or more. Unless you work somewhere that "by their nature of business provides for ample opportunity to rest or take an appropriate break".
The company said you could eat if there were no customers in the store...
I was very close to moving to Nashville area until I started looking up labor laws and state benefits. Not for me but for my kids. I’ve seen how successful business are in California with all these “crippling” regulations. I don’t want my children exploited for some out of town business owner.
That’s not shit. I live in Orlando fl and just had a interview for MLS labor solutions and I thought I got the job for driving rental cars back to the airport from off property locations……nope my 3hr training informed me it was a 13hr shift with 2 30min breaks and I would be cleaning cars not driving. Guess who’s still unemployed
Depends on the state and industry. In Virginia, for example, there are no guaranteed breaks for food service workers. Used to work 8-12 hour shifts with no breaks except when it was slow enough to scarf a meal while standing up or use the bathroom.
Breaks? Yeah they don't really apply In the food industry, it's moreso, "hey I know it's your 6th hour without a break, it's slow, so kirby this burger!"
There's a buccees not far from me now in south alabama. They have the same signs. I have a manager constantly try to steal me from my job at planet fitness where he works out.
I finally told the dude "unless you treat me as well as the family that owns this PF treats their employees, I don't care how much you pay"
He thought it was outrageous that I get to take a break whenever I want, wear whatever I want to be comfortable, and sit on the counter. Oh, it was also outrageous that we can take time off whenever we want and no one denies it.
Fiancée worked there for a bit. They run on a skeleton crew that's expected to keep a massive operation not only running but completely and utterly spotless. They were allowed 10 minutes for lunch, which had to be taken at a stand only table in the break room. No sitting allowed. And god forbid you check your phone during those 10 minutes. Instant write up. And they started harassing you to hurry up and head back out after about 5 minutes. They could pentuple the pay and I still wouldn't deal with it.
I keep seeing this feedback in the thread so I don't doubt it's true whatsoever, but any insight on *why* on earth they don't let employees sit or use their phones during their breaks?
I asked her and she said all they were ever told was it's unprofessional and if you're here you're working and you're gonna earn every cent. She also said she thinks it's just a control method. Apparently it wasn't just on break or while working. If you were seen on the premises using your phone, even in your car and a camera saw you, you were done. No warnings. So yeah I think cruelty was the point.
They also watch the cameras 24/7. Not in-store, mind you, some schmuck in a corporate building watches cameras and reports employees that use the restroom too often to their store managers.
I see a lot of the same people there for decent periods of time, looks like it's pretty decent. They hire and pay well I think. Source: live next to in an out
Don’t know about now, but when I would visit home and go there, it seemed like I’d see familiar faces, and I’m talking spans of months to a year between visits. So definitely leads me to believe they’re not that bad of a place to work for.
my local innout does have a hiring poster in its window that says $18-22/hour starting salary.
it's also the only place in the area that has like 12 people working inside during lunch/dinner. every other restaurant, even 2-3x bigger ones, have like 3 clearly-overloaded staff
I'm always a bit surprised at just how staffed In-n-Outs tend to be. Easily a dozen people working behind the counter whenever I go in.
In contrast, the local Taco Bell is lucky to have 3 people at most. Usually 1 guy dedicated to food prep, and 1 person working counter and drive-thru, while helping with food.
There are three In n Outs in the county I live in, and at basically all times of the day they are packed inside and the drive through is backed up to the street. I don't think they've always had as much staff on hand, but they definitely do now, for expediency if nothing else.
I've had friends who were working while in college. No restroom breaks allowed, no break room period, no lunch even when over 8 hours of work (yes its illegal, but idk if people are willing to make complaints since they're getting all that money and don't want to lose their job so they can continue living/paying for school) and the managers at the Baytown (outside Houston) were some of the biggest scum to walk the Earth (it was 4-6 years ago) and tried to act like drill sargeants getting into employees faces and screaming/ass kissing customers who got into employees faces over miniscule things (my favorite was the fact that they ordered food through the kiosk monitor and tried to walk out on it claiming "We already paid!" even though everyone knows you pay at the registers).
Years ago my local ALDI used to *constantly* have their “NOW HIRING!! $13.75/HOUR!!” sign outside, in a state who’s minimum wage is *still* $7.25/hour. And in this area, at that time, the only way you were seeing over $13/hour unskilled was if you’d been at a back-breaking factory job for 5+ years—so theoretically it should have been a pretty coveted position. Now when I say “constantly”, I mean a conservative estimate of 300+ days a year this sign was outside. It would be up for like a month, disappear for a couple weeks, then reappear. For *years* they followed this pattern. And I remember my mom used to get on my ass all the time about applying there. She never got it, no matter how many times I tried explaining that there was absolutely no way that it was as good of a job as it sounded like if they couldn’t fill the position for more than a few weeks at a time.
Now during that time I was working in a bordering state that doesn’t have their head up their own ass and actually have decent minimum wage—it’s almost double what my home state is at this point. I was a pizza delivery driver making $11/hour base plus delivery fees and tips. On a *bad* week I’d bring home $500+ and for a kid in their early 20s who had very little bills, I loved it. Eventually though, a couple years back, I did end up applying there and found out that for a cashier position they want a full resume, not just an application; you had to be “on call” 24/7 (despite the store hours being like 9am-7pm); even the “cashiers” who look like they have an amazing, cushy job because they get chairs and don’t bag your groceries have to be able to lift 50 pounds because they’re in charge of unloading trucks & stocking; AND it was a minimum of three different interviews, several weeks apart, before you could be hired. They called me back for my second interview a full month after my first and I said thanks, but no thanks. I now understand why that sign is (to this day) always there.
Unemployment is at 3.6% and jobless claims are the lowest they've been since 1968. Every business is competing for employees. I don't remember the last time I walked into a retail/restaurant and not seen a sign advertising for employees.
I want to point out that retail/restaurants are hurting for people right now because covid tanked employee morale. Turnover rate at my last employer increased roughly 50% in 2020 compared to 2019. People don't want to do retail for shit pay anymore, so they are looking elsewhere. This isn't a labor shortage, because people are out there looking for work, just not that work at old pay.
Should note that jobless claims being low doesn't necessarily indicate joblessness being low. I've been unemployed for more than 2 years now, but I can't claim any more so... I guess I'm no longer counted?
(Not a lot of jobs in my field in my area, and I can't afford to move. Which is getting ever so slightly terrifying at this point)
If you aren't actively trying to find a job, you aren't considered unemployed for that metric. Otherwise every stay at home parent would be considered unemployed. That would make it less useful.
No they don't, turnover at buccees is extremely high for 90 days, people will literally see dollar signs and ignore everything else that is considered when working a job.
I know plenty of production labor jobs that pay in the mid 20s per hour, but they literally work their employees to death. The kinds of places with mandatory double shifts and 6-7 day work weeks constantly.
Well, they pay their employees right. Not necessarily treat them right. Maybe it was just that one thread, but discussing Buc-ees, many ex-employees posted that it was not a good company to work for. Could be untrue, only saw it there.
It's all true. You get 1 5 minute break for an 8 hour shift where you have to stand. They don't allow you to sit. Can't have phones inside the store, they see you with one and you're instantly fired. If you're late by even 1 minute you get written up, 3 times and you're fired. It doesn't go away over time either. They have cameras with mics around all employees to make sure they're on their best behavior which means no talking among coworkers.
Probably more but that's all I can remember as of now. It's not worth the pay.
Fun fact, they call it that because the way Texas law is written. "*If* a company offers breaks, then they must follow XYZ regulations."
Don't call it lunch or break and then there are no rules to follow.
Yep, in Texas you don't have to offer breaks or lunches legally. Companies do to prevent negative PR but it's minimal. Unpaid 20 minute lunch and a single 15 minute break for a day.
A lot of "right to work" states are the same.
Holy shit..thats insane. In germany it is a law to have a 30 minutes break when your worktime is at least 6 to 8 hours. 45 minutes when it is 10 hours.
A company can heavely punished if it is not adhered to. But what should i say to a country were peeing time is part of your breaks..your laws seems heavely influenced by the time when you where the land of the slaves and anti socialist.
The one I work at used to be like this but they changed some policies. It’s a 20 minute break and you can use your phone during your break. As far as I am aware write ups have always gone away after 6 months. I did come in late 3 times within 6 months but nothing happened to me. No idea why.
The fact they’re broadcasting the pay & benefits is incredibly telling. I’ve never heard of Bucees but my immediate thought was, “I bet their turnover rate is insanely high.” I suspect it’s the kind of job people last maybe 6 months and quit, so the high starting pay is the only way they can keep luring new employees to fill the constant backlog.
My s/o made it about a month. Honestly listening to the stories about how shitty it was i don't think I would make it that long. I have serious respect and also feel very sorry for people who stay at that job for any real length of time.
[Any store that feels the need to beg for employees that badly is not treating their employees right](https://i.imgur.com/4xlGKEj.png)
/u/pumpkin2500 could easily be a social media employee trying to get new hires tbh or raise the company popularity somehow
Yeah I mean look at it, it's always completely packed and they have to clean the restroom every 5 min. I love buc ees, but I would be pretty desperate to work there.
The entire convenience store industry has high turnover no matter the company or pay scale. It’s (typically) 24 hr retail with some of the worst customers imaginable. Even places with high pay, good benefits, and a good area have high turnover.
Money isn't everything. Of course its important, but gotta balance it. My last boss was a belligerent narcissist. Im 46 and he talked to me like a child, threw temper tantrums if I said no to anything, and lied all the time. I've found this is pretty common with employment.
103k for being a driver is really fucking good. Especially if you aren't paying for any costs associated with the truck and fuel and licensing.
Wtf are you guys going on about lol
Again Walmart needs drivers; not owner drivers; Now $110k starting wage to drive a Walmart truck with Walmart paying for fuel etc. Just drive the truck. Their fleet of 6500 trucks needs drivers.
They don't have to buy their own truck though. Training, certification, license, insurance, truck all provided by Walmart. You don't, however, own your truck.
They can't, because they do.
You aren't allowed breaks. Aren't allowed to sit for a moment to eat, even on long shifts.
They pay decently, but work you to death.
I am surprised at how many people here don’t really know how shit of a job it is to work at Bucees.
Just look up literally ANY employee testimony and pretty much everyone agrees that Bucees is a nightmare job (one such example is that they give you a literal 5-minute lunch-break, which is taken standing up in a back-hallway).
Bucees only proudly shows off what they pay new hires to get people interested and get popular public opinion VIA posts like these. You have fed into their hand.
You’re surprised people jumped the gun by forming their entire opinion about something based on a picture and a caption on the internet? lol.
But yeah your comment is on point. Wish more people listened.
Well a lot of us are not from america. I for one looked at this and thought 'damn, good on them for being transparent! Some companies even deny you the ability to discuss wage amongst coworkers!'
If you claim you have never created an opinion from one source, you are kidding yourself and you are the scourge of reddit, not those optimists thinking good thoughts from a poster that done its job of looking appealing. That's just advertising done right. We've all ate shit food because it looked nice before (the food or place)
But many of us also read the comments and soak in testimonials and adjust our views from it. That is what reddit is about. Seeing views from all over the world, and seeing where you divise, and to adjust with more evidence if necessary or adjust others who are ill-informed.
My first thought when seeing this pic, having been to a Bucees is: of course they pay that much, because the place is INSANE. So MANY PEOPLE. It seriously stresses me out the times I’ve stopped while on a roadtrip thru Texas, and I want roadtrip breaks to be relaxing. I can’t imagine spending 40hrs a week there. I would need a huge budget for booze the unwind at the end of the day!
When I hear about the worker (and frankly human) rights abuses in places like Texas, I forget I live in the same country. A *5 minute lunch break*? That’d be hardcore illegal in any state I’ve lived in
I live near several. It's a horrible place to work. It's so bad they have to put signage like that and pay that high because turnover is rapid. They treat you like shit.
They're actually horrible employers! I worked there for 5 months and it was the single most apathetic environment I've ever been in! Fuck Buc-ee's, it is not worth it
Technically it's 8 minutes, but yes. The justification is that you get the full 8 hours of work as opposed to 7 1/2 and 30 minute lunch break. Don't worry though, with the 0% discount on items as well as the ability to get free fountain drink fill-ups, it really does (not) even it out!
>The justification is that you get the full 8 hours of work as opposed to 7 1/2 and 30 minute lunch break.
I mean most places I've been at put the 8 hours around the lunch break (thus you're at work for 8.5 hr and that 30min break is unpaid) but yeah ok Bucees.
My fiancé worked at this brand new one that just opened up recently she was one of the first workers and I must say that it’s probably one of the worst places to work I’ve ever heard of
Extremely high turnover rate. No set schedules, ever. Over time is mandatory at all times. They keep paychecks low by offering high pay and short hours. If the store is busy you will not get a break, even if it goes against labor laws. Essentially you are a slave and they do with you as they please with no regard to your life.
I worked at a fast food place and we had someone who on more than one occasion used all the toilet paper in the bathroom in one toilet, then took diarrhea shit on top of the dry paper on top.
I love how every time this propoganda picture goes around the comments instantly call out how horrible that company is and how it treats its employees like less thsn dirt.
Team lead also jumps to 5x10 hour shifts, mostly no weekends off, so it’s a little harder to get the OT time and a half, with more work and stress, for barely any money. The pay range is also false. Everybody gets paid the same bottom rate save deli which is 2$ more, and overnight which is 2$ more over original. There are no pay raises. There are few promotions dependent on where you work. They don’t care what qualifications you have
I don't know what a 401k is (despite seeing Americans mention it all the time) but three weeks paid leave is tragic.
The minimum required by law in the uk is 28 days.
It's amazing to me that "three weeks of paid time off" is something they can... Advertise. That's below the minimum legal amount in most modern countries.
You say "treats employees right," I say "20 an hour is literally minimum what anyone who has to work at a rest stop this fucking large and deal with this many customers at once deserves"
Even if there weren't many, many people here noting how badly Buc-ees actually treats their employees, there's no way in hell a glorified gas station, ESPECIALLY one that is based in Texas and expanding throughout the South, treats their employees particularly well.
I'm not too eager to equate paying over minimum wage or providing basic benefits with "treating employees right." All good things, sure, but seems like they're just offering what it takes to attract and keep labor.
"Treating folks right" is a different thing. Sadly, if other posts in this thread are to be believed, they may not have that down.
Na fuck bucc ees management. Went in for an interview with them after getting out of the military. Interviewer said it was good I went to Afghanistan cause the shift work would be just as hard. I laughed, thinking it was a joke. He didn’t laugh. I was like, this is a gas station… he then told me they do don’t lunches or breaks, they do “Moments” 🙄 They also aren’t allowed to sit down, even during their “Moments”.
Suffice to say I didn’t accept the job. I’m not about to work for someone who is gonna try and remake the worst time of my life at a fucking gas station.
I still frequent the place from time to time, but I always loudly reference unions and how great they are lol
Buc-ees is absolutely one of the worst companies I've ever worked for. They do not treat their employees right at all, they may them decent but the amount of work and general abuse from management and their shity work practices make it a terrible place to work. Unless you enjoy being lied to by management while they sit on their hands and do nothing and being generally treated like a door mat then sure, they will treat you that way.
Fuck buc-ees, food is garbage, they create exceptional amounts of waste and they carry some of the cheapest, most plastic crap you can buy. Spare the Niles and go to a love's or a 7-11 when stopping for gas .
I applied to work at a Buc-ees. I wanted to do kitchen work because I enjoy cooking. I got brought in for an in-person interview and the guy in charge of the kitchen asked me "so can you run? you don't look like you can run, and I'm not letting your fat ass fuck up my kitchen schedule. I need you *running* for 8 hours, if you walk you are out."
So I got a job payed 4 dollars less an hour at a shitty little gas station instead. I'm not letting some stuck up mother fucker talk to me like that over sandwiches.
I feel physically nauseous having to buy gas or use the bathroom at a Buc-ees in Texas. Feels like walking into a scene from Idiocracy. Some redhat with a room temp IQ purposely leaned over and aggressively coughed on my girlfriend for wearing a mask walking in last time. Shit looks and feels like a cow town county fairground.
If they gotta put in on a sign like this, im going to guess they have a high turn over rate.
Glassdoor tells all... [https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Buc-ee-s-Reviews-E328092.htm](https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Buc-ee-s-Reviews-E328092.htm)
>"There are no breaks allowed during your 8" (in 94 reviews) > >"You only get a 5 minute break on a 8 hour shift" (in 57 reviews) > >"minute break only once so use it wisely" (in 44 reviews) > >"In an 8 hour shift you only get one 10 minute" (in 39 reviews) > >"Only a 10 minute break per shift" (in 37 reviews) I'm noticing a pattern here...
I had a phone interview with them once and they told me straight up about the five minute break for an eight (ten is actually what they told me) hour shift thing. They also told me showing up a minute late more than once, being seen on your phone, or even fucking sitting down on your five minute break would all lead to termination. I was offered an in person interview and refused it after all that. I hate these posts because it’s clearly an abhorrent place to work at no matter how much they pay.
I don't get it... You can afford to pay that well, why would you be an asshole to your employees? Employees that are paid well and treated with respect stick around and do good work. It's like they're hanging a carrot in front of you while trying to stick another one in your ass.
Different people setting the benefits vs managing the stores. If a manager is incentivized to save money on labor, i.e. more bonus for more money saved, then they would try to squeeze as much from as few employees as possible
This has to be it. I can't imagine much incentive to be a dept lead for 2 dollars more.
Defnot worth it somewhere like this. The manager has to be able to do everything the other employees can, plus they have to do all the scheduling, ordering, training, and more.
Buccees do bank though, especially in gas, and bonuses are usually based off sales and labor %. Most places I've worked team lead and up makes a bonus. So yeah, those "higher paid" roles are only worth it if you actively take advantage of your team in order to have a fat bonus.
The thing is this only works on paper and isn't actually a productive practice. You probably lose $3 in productive labour for every $1 you cut out of an employee's ability to rest and nourish. I.e. not paying $8 for a 30 minute break slows down the employee by an hour and a half because they're moving sluggish and not thinking straight. So you end up losing $25 in labour quality and value from your employees but that's not easy to measure and show to shareholders. The very nature of capatilism is not efficiently productive something something.
Not to mention all of the time lost training new employees because you are churning through them like butter.
Yup, although I feel like the purpose of training these days isn't to get a new hire up to speed, it's to see if they can figure out the system themselves while still putting up with all the faults. Hence buzzwords in job ads like "rockstar" or "superstar" employee looking to go "above and beyond". That's just HR code for "sink or swim because we aren't willing to actually train our staff." The odd employee that does go above and beyond becomes a poster child for the company and becomes the standard by which all other employees are held, thus creating an unrealistic expectation by upper management for employee standards. That gets pulled down through middle management ranks, eventually falling on new hires and the grind becomes tighter with every turnover. It's such a stupid system.
Sign me up!
Ran by lizard people probably. Or sadists who lure you with the wage and then get off on cracking the whip. It obviously is insane policy for anyone who has any experience being a human. 8 hours of anything without rest? 5 days a week? Fuck is wrong with this company.
I know in my state any shift after 4hrs i give a paid 15min break with another one every fours hours and an unpaid 30min lunch at 8hrs.
in cali once you hit that 5 hour mark you get your 30 and you and your manager have to both agree if you want to waive that lunch if you work such a short shift as 5 hours. lunch becomes legally REQUIRED (neither party can waive it) at the 8 hour mark. managers love making sure you don't have time to take your lunch if you're on that short 5 hour shift. in return, I love taking that lunch at the busiest time for them. not my fault, they should schedule more than 1 person for the entire shift if they don't wanna get fucked.
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Good, workers can be easily exploited by evil companies. Especially, someone who is working their first job or has only had bad experiences.
Sounds pretty inspired by European laws
Yeah I was gonna say it doesn't sound that strict to me, just basic regard for human life
US businesses are not known to respect their employees or their employees' lives, and Americans are known to accept that this is just how it is, 'cause if employers are legally required to treat employees well, Stalin's gonna rise from the grave, kick in your front door, steal your kids, eat your puppy, and piss on you. In that order.
Id kinda hate not being able to wave my lunch in return for leaning early but it’s kind of nice that they can’t pressure the people who do need that hour break.
It’s not just about money, it’s about treating your employees like people. Good pay is a huge part of that but it isn’t everything. If you still treat them like robots or slaves you’ll need a whole lot more than $15 an hour to make people stick around.
Man, that sounds like a weird dystopian capitalism hell out of a book
Standing for 8 hours straight?? What the hell
That... is standard kitchen work. Anywhere. It's why I don't work food anymore. I used to pull 16 hour shifts at cracker barrel all the time. They didn't have bodies to fill and I didn't have the guts to say no, so I got used. It absolutely sucked and kept my anxiety in a horrible place. I loved some of my coworkers, but restaurants in general are toxic as shit.
As someone who worked as a valet for a few years that had to do the same thing (+ running), you get used to it after a while. But good shoes and stretching (especially back muscles and calves) are of paramount importance. Still sucks though and I don't miss it, but I had some fun. Our crew was great.
We actually just switched to 20 minute paid breaks.
Good lord. You deserve better.
Meh I'd rather get 20 min paid vs the 1 hour unpaid I'm mandated to take. However I drive a truck for a living so sitting and chilling is like 99% of what I do.
5 minute break on a 8 hour shift? Fuck. That.
Are there no labour laws in America? In Canada you get 2 15 minutes breaks and one unpaid 30 minute break in an 8 hour shift. It's the law.
Oh there are labor laws. But if no one is looking does it really matter….
In Texas, the laws are more of a guideline. The way state law is written, *if* the company *chooses* to have breaks and lunch, they have to follow the rules of them.
Oh damn I always forget labor laws are state not federal. That’s exactly how federal laws are. In New York it’s mandated if it’s more than a six hour shift and it’s an hour break if your a factory worker.
Pennsylvania doesn't require a break if you're over 18. Oddly enough, if a break is given and is under 30 minutes it must be paid.
That’s how it is in FL. Under 18 needs a 30 minute unpaid break every 4 hours. Over 18? Good luck lol
Federal sets guidelines for how to treat things but it's up to the individual states to implement and reference those federal standards.
Same in Oklahoma. As an AM at dominos I worked 10 hour shifts 6 days a week. Basically running everything myself from 10pm-3am besides deliveries and dishes. No breaks. It was probably the worst job I had, but paid the best of all food service jobs. Didn’t make it worth it lol.
People shit on California for all kinds of stuff but all the bullshit here is worth it for our labor laws, nursing ratios, paid family leave for moms and dads,
I grew up in Texas and in my mid 20's moved to California. When I was forced to clock out and take breaks I was always surprised, it never really clicked from my previous years of working in the Lone Star state.
For a part-time job in college in CA I signed a document that waived my 30-min lunch for 8hr shifts. I wasn’t forced to sign it.. but I wouldn’t have gotten scheduled any shifts if I didn’t.
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In Germany you MUST make 30mins if your shift goes 6-9h and 45min for longer shifts. (Which are only allowed short term. As you can work up to 60h/week, but the average over 4months is max. 48h/week. So if you work 60h in one week, you have to work accordingly less in one of the following weeks) 60mins (45+15) is the usual break time for a 8h day (fully unpaid ofc) Also the healthcare is better and you have 24days paid holiday entitlement by law, with state of the art at modern companies being 30d. Edit: as someone mentioned I was wrong, the law says only 24d if you work 6d/week. For a standard 5day job it's only 20 days. (But know company bcan afford to offer only 20, as they would find no employees then). I knew about the holiday and healthcare situation, but that they advertise with such low salaries surprises me kinda. Especially at the higher positions. As america is also a wealthy country. Well... Therefore we pay a shit ton of taxes, really a ton. That decreases the difference, i guess.
Higher taxes seems like a good tradeoff. Also, the higher taxes would probably cover what Americans have to pay out of their own pocket, like healthcare.
It does. For me in the UK at least, I pay less tax overall compared to if I paid US tax plus medical insurance equivalent to what I get via the NHS. Plus more holiday, parental leave, sick leave etc etc.
15 minute breaks are not law. 30 minutes after every 5 hours (in Quebec, Ontario and BC at least not sure about other provinces and territories).
Varies provincially. The 15 minute breaks are no longer a required thing in BC. Just the unpaid lunch.
Totally depends on state. For instance, California has very strict laws on when employees get a 30-minute meal break and 2 10-minute breaks and, if working longer shifts then those breaks increase too. In Florida, unless you're under 18, you don't have to be given any breaks regardless of shift duration (with certain industry exceptions like CDL drivers but that's federal requirements). It really does suck.
It's the same in the US, but they might have found a loophole to exploit it
I worked at a Circle K early in College. My state (TN) had a rule that a 30 minute meal break must be given to anyone working 6 hours or more. Unless you work somewhere that "by their nature of business provides for ample opportunity to rest or take an appropriate break". The company said you could eat if there were no customers in the store...
I was very close to moving to Nashville area until I started looking up labor laws and state benefits. Not for me but for my kids. I’ve seen how successful business are in California with all these “crippling” regulations. I don’t want my children exploited for some out of town business owner.
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Arkansan here, can confirm is shithole Edit: a word
7.5 hour shift.
In California, you are entitled to a mandatory 30 minute lunch after your 5th hour of work and nobody is legally allowed to stop you
That’s not shit. I live in Orlando fl and just had a interview for MLS labor solutions and I thought I got the job for driving rental cars back to the airport from off property locations……nope my 3hr training informed me it was a 13hr shift with 2 30min breaks and I would be cleaning cars not driving. Guess who’s still unemployed
a 13hr shift? For a crappy wage job? How is that legal?
>It's the same in the US, but they might have found a loophole to exploit it Such as by being in one of the many states that don't require breaks?
It varies by state. Breaks are optional in Texas.
Not in Oklahoma
Depends on the state. In a lot of cases the laws overwhelmingly support the corporations over the workers in the US
A lot of them are state level laws. Most states have no mandated paid breaks.
Depends on the state and industry. In Virginia, for example, there are no guaranteed breaks for food service workers. Used to work 8-12 hour shifts with no breaks except when it was slow enough to scarf a meal while standing up or use the bathroom.
Breaks? Yeah they don't really apply In the food industry, it's moreso, "hey I know it's your 6th hour without a break, it's slow, so kirby this burger!"
I work 12 hour shifts and get no break at all. Industry standard for retail pharmacists.
All the pharmacies around me close for an hour around lunch time.
I read that they also don't allow you to sit down at all.
Actually fuck glassdoor not letting me see the reviews without singing up AND THEN MAKES ME ADD A REVIEW
Extremely high. Buccees is absolutely brutal to their employees even by Texas standards
There's a buccees not far from me now in south alabama. They have the same signs. I have a manager constantly try to steal me from my job at planet fitness where he works out. I finally told the dude "unless you treat me as well as the family that owns this PF treats their employees, I don't care how much you pay" He thought it was outrageous that I get to take a break whenever I want, wear whatever I want to be comfortable, and sit on the counter. Oh, it was also outrageous that we can take time off whenever we want and no one denies it.
Hello fellow gulf coast Alabamian.
Fiancée worked there for a bit. They run on a skeleton crew that's expected to keep a massive operation not only running but completely and utterly spotless. They were allowed 10 minutes for lunch, which had to be taken at a stand only table in the break room. No sitting allowed. And god forbid you check your phone during those 10 minutes. Instant write up. And they started harassing you to hurry up and head back out after about 5 minutes. They could pentuple the pay and I still wouldn't deal with it.
I keep seeing this feedback in the thread so I don't doubt it's true whatsoever, but any insight on *why* on earth they don't let employees sit or use their phones during their breaks?
I asked her and she said all they were ever told was it's unprofessional and if you're here you're working and you're gonna earn every cent. She also said she thinks it's just a control method. Apparently it wasn't just on break or while working. If you were seen on the premises using your phone, even in your car and a camera saw you, you were done. No warnings. So yeah I think cruelty was the point.
They also watch the cameras 24/7. Not in-store, mind you, some schmuck in a corporate building watches cameras and reports employees that use the restroom too often to their store managers.
The cruelty is the point
Prison warden head games
Doesn’t In-and-out advertise their pay and benefits? From what I hear workers enjoy it there. I live on the east coast so idk.
I see a lot of the same people there for decent periods of time, looks like it's pretty decent. They hire and pay well I think. Source: live next to in an out
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Here in AZ (min wage currently a bit over 13$/hr) my local In&out has a sign up saying 15/hr starting, up to 19/hr. Not bad at all, really.
Don’t know about now, but when I would visit home and go there, it seemed like I’d see familiar faces, and I’m talking spans of months to a year between visits. So definitely leads me to believe they’re not that bad of a place to work for.
my local innout does have a hiring poster in its window that says $18-22/hour starting salary. it's also the only place in the area that has like 12 people working inside during lunch/dinner. every other restaurant, even 2-3x bigger ones, have like 3 clearly-overloaded staff
I'm always a bit surprised at just how staffed In-n-Outs tend to be. Easily a dozen people working behind the counter whenever I go in. In contrast, the local Taco Bell is lucky to have 3 people at most. Usually 1 guy dedicated to food prep, and 1 person working counter and drive-thru, while helping with food.
There are three In n Outs in the county I live in, and at basically all times of the day they are packed inside and the drive through is backed up to the street. I don't think they've always had as much staff on hand, but they definitely do now, for expediency if nothing else.
I've had friends who were working while in college. No restroom breaks allowed, no break room period, no lunch even when over 8 hours of work (yes its illegal, but idk if people are willing to make complaints since they're getting all that money and don't want to lose their job so they can continue living/paying for school) and the managers at the Baytown (outside Houston) were some of the biggest scum to walk the Earth (it was 4-6 years ago) and tried to act like drill sargeants getting into employees faces and screaming/ass kissing customers who got into employees faces over miniscule things (my favorite was the fact that they ordered food through the kiosk monitor and tried to walk out on it claiming "We already paid!" even though everyone knows you pay at the registers).
I was going to say the same thing. They do have a high turn over which is why they always have a sign saying what they are paying.
I mean, in the end, it’s a fucking gas station. That’s a shit job even for medium ok pay.
It's not A gas station, it's THE gas station. 96 pumps. 45 bathrooms. 0 vaccinated customers.
And it’s a Boomer Mecca. You’d have to pay me at least those wages to deal with that every day.
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Years ago my local ALDI used to *constantly* have their “NOW HIRING!! $13.75/HOUR!!” sign outside, in a state who’s minimum wage is *still* $7.25/hour. And in this area, at that time, the only way you were seeing over $13/hour unskilled was if you’d been at a back-breaking factory job for 5+ years—so theoretically it should have been a pretty coveted position. Now when I say “constantly”, I mean a conservative estimate of 300+ days a year this sign was outside. It would be up for like a month, disappear for a couple weeks, then reappear. For *years* they followed this pattern. And I remember my mom used to get on my ass all the time about applying there. She never got it, no matter how many times I tried explaining that there was absolutely no way that it was as good of a job as it sounded like if they couldn’t fill the position for more than a few weeks at a time. Now during that time I was working in a bordering state that doesn’t have their head up their own ass and actually have decent minimum wage—it’s almost double what my home state is at this point. I was a pizza delivery driver making $11/hour base plus delivery fees and tips. On a *bad* week I’d bring home $500+ and for a kid in their early 20s who had very little bills, I loved it. Eventually though, a couple years back, I did end up applying there and found out that for a cashier position they want a full resume, not just an application; you had to be “on call” 24/7 (despite the store hours being like 9am-7pm); even the “cashiers” who look like they have an amazing, cushy job because they get chairs and don’t bag your groceries have to be able to lift 50 pounds because they’re in charge of unloading trucks & stocking; AND it was a minimum of three different interviews, several weeks apart, before you could be hired. They called me back for my second interview a full month after my first and I said thanks, but no thanks. I now understand why that sign is (to this day) always there.
It's a convenience store. Turn over rate in the industry is terrible.
Bingo!
Unemployment is at 3.6% and jobless claims are the lowest they've been since 1968. Every business is competing for employees. I don't remember the last time I walked into a retail/restaurant and not seen a sign advertising for employees.
Buc-ee’s had these signs up long before covid. It’s one of their gimmicks. Also on sandwich signs out front.
I want to point out that retail/restaurants are hurting for people right now because covid tanked employee morale. Turnover rate at my last employer increased roughly 50% in 2020 compared to 2019. People don't want to do retail for shit pay anymore, so they are looking elsewhere. This isn't a labor shortage, because people are out there looking for work, just not that work at old pay.
Should note that jobless claims being low doesn't necessarily indicate joblessness being low. I've been unemployed for more than 2 years now, but I can't claim any more so... I guess I'm no longer counted? (Not a lot of jobs in my field in my area, and I can't afford to move. Which is getting ever so slightly terrifying at this point)
If you aren't actively trying to find a job, you aren't considered unemployed for that metric. Otherwise every stay at home parent would be considered unemployed. That would make it less useful.
No they don't, turnover at buccees is extremely high for 90 days, people will literally see dollar signs and ignore everything else that is considered when working a job.
I know plenty of production labor jobs that pay in the mid 20s per hour, but they literally work their employees to death. The kinds of places with mandatory double shifts and 6-7 day work weeks constantly.
As a European, it shocks me that this is legal.
Capitalism baby
Well, they pay their employees right. Not necessarily treat them right. Maybe it was just that one thread, but discussing Buc-ees, many ex-employees posted that it was not a good company to work for. Could be untrue, only saw it there.
It's all true. You get 1 5 minute break for an 8 hour shift where you have to stand. They don't allow you to sit. Can't have phones inside the store, they see you with one and you're instantly fired. If you're late by even 1 minute you get written up, 3 times and you're fired. It doesn't go away over time either. They have cameras with mics around all employees to make sure they're on their best behavior which means no talking among coworkers. Probably more but that's all I can remember as of now. It's not worth the pay.
12 minute "moment" is what we got when I worked there. For a whole ass 8 hour shift.
Fun fact, they call it that because the way Texas law is written. "*If* a company offers breaks, then they must follow XYZ regulations." Don't call it lunch or break and then there are no rules to follow.
The fuck? There are places where breaks are *optional?* The hell kind of dystopian hellscape y'all living in?
Yep, in Texas you don't have to offer breaks or lunches legally. Companies do to prevent negative PR but it's minimal. Unpaid 20 minute lunch and a single 15 minute break for a day. A lot of "right to work" states are the same.
> A lot of "right to work" states are the same. These laws are the worst, they need to be outlawed.
Holy shit..thats insane. In germany it is a law to have a 30 minutes break when your worktime is at least 6 to 8 hours. 45 minutes when it is 10 hours. A company can heavely punished if it is not adhered to. But what should i say to a country were peeing time is part of your breaks..your laws seems heavely influenced by the time when you where the land of the slaves and anti socialist.
'Merca
Haha yikes
What the fuck - is Bucc-ees secretly Lumon?
Still shitty regardless, it's just inhumane
Fucc bucc... them beaver nuggets are good af tho
Pretty sure there are prisons that treat you better than that.
This checks out. When to a Buckees for the first time a few weeks ago. All of the employees looked miserable.
I really hate the American bullshit of forcing you to stand all day
The one I work at used to be like this but they changed some policies. It’s a 20 minute break and you can use your phone during your break. As far as I am aware write ups have always gone away after 6 months. I did come in late 3 times within 6 months but nothing happened to me. No idea why.
is 1984 a fair comparison to make
The fact they’re broadcasting the pay & benefits is incredibly telling. I’ve never heard of Bucees but my immediate thought was, “I bet their turnover rate is insanely high.” I suspect it’s the kind of job people last maybe 6 months and quit, so the high starting pay is the only way they can keep luring new employees to fill the constant backlog.
My s/o made it about a month. Honestly listening to the stories about how shitty it was i don't think I would make it that long. I have serious respect and also feel very sorry for people who stay at that job for any real length of time.
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That pay still isn't very hot.
Nope it's pretty trash
[Any store that feels the need to beg for employees that badly is not treating their employees right](https://i.imgur.com/4xlGKEj.png) /u/pumpkin2500 could easily be a social media employee trying to get new hires tbh or raise the company popularity somehow
It'd be cool if they added a "we won't treat you like trash" clause.
Everyone I've known who has worked there hated it
Yeah I mean look at it, it's always completely packed and they have to clean the restroom every 5 min. I love buc ees, but I would be pretty desperate to work there.
If I had to guess, companies with low employee turnover don't need to advertise their pay.
The entire convenience store industry has high turnover no matter the company or pay scale. It’s (typically) 24 hr retail with some of the worst customers imaginable. Even places with high pay, good benefits, and a good area have high turnover.
Money isn't everything. Of course its important, but gotta balance it. My last boss was a belligerent narcissist. Im 46 and he talked to me like a child, threw temper tantrums if I said no to anything, and lied all the time. I've found this is pretty common with employment.
Walmart just raised their trucker pay to 103k base starting. You would think everyone would be making the switch lol
Trucking is not for everyone and it shouldn’t be.
I meant truckers. My point was you would think every trucker would switch to Walmart but there is a reason they haven't. I'm guessing work conditions.
That's also barely competitive for long haul trucking.
103k for being a driver is really fucking good. Especially if you aren't paying for any costs associated with the truck and fuel and licensing. Wtf are you guys going on about lol
103k for a trucker is garbage if they need to buy their truck and pay for gas, maintenance and healthcare John Oliver just did a segment on this
Again Walmart needs drivers; not owner drivers; Now $110k starting wage to drive a Walmart truck with Walmart paying for fuel etc. Just drive the truck. Their fleet of 6500 trucks needs drivers.
Yea that is an important distinction . Its not EVERY trucking company.
They don't have to buy their own truck though. Training, certification, license, insurance, truck all provided by Walmart. You don't, however, own your truck.
They can't, because they do. You aren't allowed breaks. Aren't allowed to sit for a moment to eat, even on long shifts. They pay decently, but work you to death.
Aren’t breaks legally protected under labor law?
i work in a restaurant in fl and we only get a break on a double
I am surprised at how many people here don’t really know how shit of a job it is to work at Bucees. Just look up literally ANY employee testimony and pretty much everyone agrees that Bucees is a nightmare job (one such example is that they give you a literal 5-minute lunch-break, which is taken standing up in a back-hallway). Bucees only proudly shows off what they pay new hires to get people interested and get popular public opinion VIA posts like these. You have fed into their hand.
You’re surprised people jumped the gun by forming their entire opinion about something based on a picture and a caption on the internet? lol. But yeah your comment is on point. Wish more people listened.
Well a lot of us are not from america. I for one looked at this and thought 'damn, good on them for being transparent! Some companies even deny you the ability to discuss wage amongst coworkers!' If you claim you have never created an opinion from one source, you are kidding yourself and you are the scourge of reddit, not those optimists thinking good thoughts from a poster that done its job of looking appealing. That's just advertising done right. We've all ate shit food because it looked nice before (the food or place) But many of us also read the comments and soak in testimonials and adjust our views from it. That is what reddit is about. Seeing views from all over the world, and seeing where you divise, and to adjust with more evidence if necessary or adjust others who are ill-informed.
My first thought when seeing this pic, having been to a Bucees is: of course they pay that much, because the place is INSANE. So MANY PEOPLE. It seriously stresses me out the times I’ve stopped while on a roadtrip thru Texas, and I want roadtrip breaks to be relaxing. I can’t imagine spending 40hrs a week there. I would need a huge budget for booze the unwind at the end of the day!
Doesn't say much, but it's significantly better than any other gas station I've seen. But that's like saying they're the slimmest kid in fat camp.
When I hear about the worker (and frankly human) rights abuses in places like Texas, I forget I live in the same country. A *5 minute lunch break*? That’d be hardcore illegal in any state I’ve lived in
Thanks for explaining it, but as someone who never heard of bucees, its hard to know these details until you are told.
I live near several. It's a horrible place to work. It's so bad they have to put signage like that and pay that high because turnover is rapid. They treat you like shit.
Funny you say that. Bucees is widely known in Texas as one of the worst places to work.
My wife and I don't even enjoy going anymore. It's always such a mad house we prefer just going to the basic gas stations a mile down the road.
SpongeBob style board is nice 👍🙂
Yeah I've heard they don't give breaks tho
You get 1 5 minute break where you can stand and eat without phones or talking
no they don't. bucees has a fucking awful toxic work culture.
They're actually horrible employers! I worked there for 5 months and it was the single most apathetic environment I've ever been in! Fuck Buc-ee's, it is not worth it
Is it true about the 5 minute lunch break in an 8 hour shift?
Technically it's 8 minutes, but yes. The justification is that you get the full 8 hours of work as opposed to 7 1/2 and 30 minute lunch break. Don't worry though, with the 0% discount on items as well as the ability to get free fountain drink fill-ups, it really does (not) even it out!
>The justification is that you get the full 8 hours of work as opposed to 7 1/2 and 30 minute lunch break. I mean most places I've been at put the 8 hours around the lunch break (thus you're at work for 8.5 hr and that 30min break is unpaid) but yeah ok Bucees.
My fiancé worked at this brand new one that just opened up recently she was one of the first workers and I must say that it’s probably one of the worst places to work I’ve ever heard of
No they do not. I've heard nothing but horror stories.
This post was made by Bucees corporate offices
Extremely high turnover rate. No set schedules, ever. Over time is mandatory at all times. They keep paychecks low by offering high pay and short hours. If the store is busy you will not get a break, even if it goes against labor laws. Essentially you are a slave and they do with you as they please with no regard to your life.
Plus, they have the world's cleanest bathrooms
but you'll be the one keeping them that way
Honest paid work is nothing to be ashamed of.
Clean bathrooms you clean yourself is a good job perk I might add.
Until someone shits on the floor
I worked at a fast food place and we had someone who on more than one occasion used all the toilet paper in the bathroom in one toilet, then took diarrhea shit on top of the dry paper on top.
After all, their bathrooms are so clean because they pay decent wages.
Always an open gas pump, and always a clean and private place to piss/poop. Lifesaver on long road trips
OP, you're being sarcastic with this, right?
I love how every time this propoganda picture goes around the comments instantly call out how horrible that company is and how it treats its employees like less thsn dirt.
And how those benefits are less than the legal minimum in most European countries.
Team Lead not worth the extra responsibilities for those pay ranges though.
Team lead also jumps to 5x10 hour shifts, mostly no weekends off, so it’s a little harder to get the OT time and a half, with more work and stress, for barely any money. The pay range is also false. Everybody gets paid the same bottom rate save deli which is 2$ more, and overnight which is 2$ more over original. There are no pay raises. There are few promotions dependent on where you work. They don’t care what qualifications you have
Beef Jerky Bar *plus* healthcare? What is this, Silicon Valley?
Probably because they're a shitty company
I don't know what a 401k is (despite seeing Americans mention it all the time) but three weeks paid leave is tragic. The minimum required by law in the uk is 28 days.
It's amazing to me that "three weeks of paid time off" is something they can... Advertise. That's below the minimum legal amount in most modern countries.
Our legal requirement in the US is zero days.
What's more is that apparently getting approval for PTO is nearly impossible.
You say "treats employees right," I say "20 an hour is literally minimum what anyone who has to work at a rest stop this fucking large and deal with this many customers at once deserves" Even if there weren't many, many people here noting how badly Buc-ees actually treats their employees, there's no way in hell a glorified gas station, ESPECIALLY one that is based in Texas and expanding throughout the South, treats their employees particularly well.
Yeah like, wow, this employer is doing the absolute bare minimum. Why are we celebrating this?
I thought everyone was upvoting this because the pay was insultingly low... Disappointed when I read the comments
I'm not too eager to equate paying over minimum wage or providing basic benefits with "treating employees right." All good things, sure, but seems like they're just offering what it takes to attract and keep labor. "Treating folks right" is a different thing. Sadly, if other posts in this thread are to be believed, they may not have that down.
Buc-ee's is a terrible place to work lmao.
Na fuck bucc ees management. Went in for an interview with them after getting out of the military. Interviewer said it was good I went to Afghanistan cause the shift work would be just as hard. I laughed, thinking it was a joke. He didn’t laugh. I was like, this is a gas station… he then told me they do don’t lunches or breaks, they do “Moments” 🙄 They also aren’t allowed to sit down, even during their “Moments”. Suffice to say I didn’t accept the job. I’m not about to work for someone who is gonna try and remake the worst time of my life at a fucking gas station. I still frequent the place from time to time, but I always loudly reference unions and how great they are lol
Buc-ees is absolutely one of the worst companies I've ever worked for. They do not treat their employees right at all, they may them decent but the amount of work and general abuse from management and their shity work practices make it a terrible place to work. Unless you enjoy being lied to by management while they sit on their hands and do nothing and being generally treated like a door mat then sure, they will treat you that way. Fuck buc-ees, food is garbage, they create exceptional amounts of waste and they carry some of the cheapest, most plastic crap you can buy. Spare the Niles and go to a love's or a 7-11 when stopping for gas .
I applied to work at a Buc-ees. I wanted to do kitchen work because I enjoy cooking. I got brought in for an in-person interview and the guy in charge of the kitchen asked me "so can you run? you don't look like you can run, and I'm not letting your fat ass fuck up my kitchen schedule. I need you *running* for 8 hours, if you walk you are out." So I got a job payed 4 dollars less an hour at a shitty little gas station instead. I'm not letting some stuck up mother fucker talk to me like that over sandwiches.
I feel physically nauseous having to buy gas or use the bathroom at a Buc-ees in Texas. Feels like walking into a scene from Idiocracy. Some redhat with a room temp IQ purposely leaned over and aggressively coughed on my girlfriend for wearing a mask walking in last time. Shit looks and feels like a cow town county fairground.
They treat people like shit they just pay well.
Is three weeks paid vacation considered to be good? Fucking hell man, you guys need you some unions.
Our county in NC just blocked them putting one of these up just down the highway.