stocker

warehouse associate

cashier

salesperson

specialist

Wilco

A typical day at work involves maintaining my areas: Animal Health (Tack (English and western), Horse Supplements, Brushes, Horse Blankets, Animal Feed, Wormers, Wound Care Treatments, Medications, Treats, Milk Replacers, Clippers, Vaccinations, Pig Products, Goat Products, Cattle Products, Sheep Products, Poultry Products (Feeders, Waterers, Treats, Medications, Nesting Boxes, Incubators), In charge of running the Baby chicks when they are in season and provide knowledge about poultry to customers, Electric Fencing, and Animal Fencing products. I also provide knowledge about the Pet area as well including: Dog treats, food, Medicines, Shampoo, Clippers, toys, Kennels, Beds, Cat Food, treats, toys, litter, Small animals products including rabbits, ferret, rodent, guinea pig, and exotic birds. 

 I stock inventory, merchandise new products, provide excellent customer service, maintain the cleanliness of the chick area, cashier when needed, help out in all the other departments to assist customers, and help keep inventory correct and letting the inventory specialist know when products are out or counts are off. 

I have learned a lot over the past 3 years of being with the company. I developed skills in merchandising, how to use planograms, product knowledge (especially about the horse industry), growing my knowledge about other areas throughout the store to help assist customers when needed, and learning how to work with others that have different work styles.

Working for three years at wilco I learned a lot of skills, due to the company’s lack of hiring and expectations for others to do the extra work left with no extra pay. The company always has monthly meetings where they will provide snacks, then attempt to guilt you into not asking for a raise and proceeding to show their profits of millions for the month. After working for the company always at full effort and draining myself for very little pay, they were so kind to give me a “raise” every year which was just bumping up their base pay and telling all their employees they earned their raise, when in reality no matter how long you work there they refused to pay you any more than brand new employees. If you’re looking for a company that cares more about their customers than their employees this is the place for you, I’ve worked with a girl who was bitten by a customer (yes, bitten with their mouth) and the manager gave the customer a 10 dollar gift card to the store and apologized to them for the inconvenience of the employee getting upset. I was never treated with any respect and this company does not care about you. But a good place to work for high schoolers looking for a stressful environment to go after being in class all day long. 

I had been working in the Distribution Center and boy was it a tough one. Felt very one sided for me and felt I never had a chance from the moment I started. Extremely poor communication between the levels of management. There was also very high standards that seemed to only apply if you were disliked by the bosses. On good terms? Pretty much gives you a free pass for most things. I made the mistake of trying to point out some flaws in the work ethic of other employees and was met with toxic and rude behavior from not only my co-workers but my supervisor as well. Which is a shame because I did like some of the people that I worked with and wanted nothing more for everyone to get along and work as a team. The work days depended on the seasons, pretty busy during the spring and summer and towards fall and winter it gets extremely slow at times. Points where you really wanted to start pulling the hair out of your head. I've heard that the store locations are better managed so there's that. All in all, be warned if you want to work here. Just don't make the bosses dislike you or it's downhill from there.

This place wants promising employees but can't keep good ones around for long. The only real selling point of coming here would be the positive work environment, but the store hasn't delivered on that for a while.

It's hard to remember the last time that something truly thoughtful was done to show some appreciation for our team. Because of the store getting even more short staffed at one point, it became obvious that now we get more and more to deal with each day without more in return. And if all of this doesn't remind you where hard work gets you in this business, the gossip might do the trick. I once heard someone badmouth the entire area that I work in when I was around the corner. This was just after a period where they had plenty of help from half of my area's staff, since their area had even less people than my department did. Yeah, a real team effort here.

I would recommend checking if the Wilco you're applying to has pretty good repute. The larger corporation has earned a top workplace award, but my experience hasn't always been "top workplace" material.

Working at a farm store in the city, can be boring. But the customers make up for the boring days. The customers that enter the store, are normally really fun to talk to. I have learned a lot about livestock, and how much skill it actually takes to be successful. The management team is mostly laid back. They are understanding that "life happens"  and try to work around any scheduling problems that come up. The co-workers are the best part of any job. The bond that you can build with a complete stranger is insane to me. Co-workers are like family, its very important that you get along with them. We are all so comfortable with each other, and it makes for a good work day. The hardest part about working at Wilco, is how slow it is. Like I said, it can be very boring. I like a fast paced workplace, and at Wilco, its the opposite. Expect on the weekends, just like anywhere, it will be busy. The most enjoyable part about working at a farm store, is seeing all the different types of dogs that come in, and listening to customers stories about their livestock.

The last store meeting  I attended at the Canby location was the day I decided that company took a turn for the absolute worst. Our store manager was complaining about call outs. She had already fired for so many key rolls and claimed that we as a company couldn’t afford to hire to replace them. So everyone was getting cross trained and when we called out sick it made it hard for the skeleton crew she assembled, the reason people were getting sick in the first place (over worked)  to function… in the last meeting she said she had planned to put of a “days with out call outs” board like “days without incident” but for calling out sick. Didn’t seem to matter if you had a doctors note or disability she made it clear and encouraged us to follow each other on Social Media and tattle on those who might be fibbing and that those who did this would be rewarded. That was the end for me at this company. Out if all the horrible things that had already happened that was the final straw for for me. I don’t recommend the Canby location period !

I've worked for wilco for almost three years now. This company will always care for its customers even if you were doing the right thing. Customers are always first even if they are in the wrong and make a scene in the store. The manager will twist their words and manipulate you in anyway possible, and if you refuse to give in it becomes a huge thing with the company of them belittling you. You get paid very little and the raise they give you isn't a raise its just the company raising its paying amount for everyone, to hire more people. It's not actually a raise. You do everyone's job and pick up slack for those who don't even do anything which the company does nothing about. The amount of stress this place puts you through is not worth it. The employees make their own click and if you don't vibe with any of them it makes work so much worse for you. It is so hard to get any pto days, and if you want a certain day off they will tell you sure but never follow through with it. 

Rude managers and rude co-workers, very much every man for himself attitude and teamwork was poor most of the times. Whether it be from employees not wanting to do their jobs or disagreement on who should do what. Other heads of the departments giving little heads up with orders making it a nightmare at times because of how full the warehouse would get. There would be times where there was only one way through the main warehouse big enough for one forklift which would cause problems with safety. Mentioning safety, there were a couple times where I almost got skewered/ran over by either the dude that handled the petrol/oil or my own co-workers. Bosses are also not fond of being told what may be wrong or something that is more efficient. Overall, if you don't mind being inconvenienced, being treated poorly, and not listened to then this job is for you!

I’ll keep it short. The puyallup store has a problem- or two or three. Most everyone that works there was phenomenal and great to work with. However, there were a select few that made sure that my time there was spent knowing I was not welcome at their workplace. And trust me, it is THEIR workplace. Whoever the manager is, it doesn’t matter. These select few employees own and run the culture of that store, kinda like a social credit score, but with tackey nails and cheap rinestone EVERYTHING. But there is one upside. You can hoard animals behind your trailer and call yourself a “farmer” and in their eyes, you’re an expert. In all seriousness, do NOT work at this place if you value working as a team, helping customers, or trying to go the extra mile. You’ll end up stepping on a pair of cheap wanna be cowboy boots. 

I've worked with people at quite a few places and out of all of the places, the customers that come into Wilco are the nicest. It really makes the job fun when you look forward to seeing same customers every day. The customer base is so diverse because Wilco has so many different departments. You also start above minimum wage and they like to promote from within, so being a cashier is a great start. And the employee discount is amazing! The management at the McMinnville store is great, she will jump in and help in any role if you are busy. The environment is also very team oriented and we were always having potlucks and celebrating birthdays; it's really just a great company to work for.

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