Employee First Culture November 2015 | What We Stand For

Employee First Culture : Posts from November 2015

Nov 24, 2015
Why We’re Closed on Thanksgiving

There’s been quite a bit of news coverage lately about retailers who have chosen to remain closed on Thanksgiving Day, including The Container Store. We love seeing all of our customers – don’t get us wrong! But we feel it’s more important for all of our employees to be able to spend this holiday with their families, in order to recharge and renew and come back to work ready to take on the holiday season! So, while we’re keeping our doors closed on Thanksgiving Day, we know that it’s still a
Nov 11, 2015
Big Thanks to Our Veterans

There are about 200,000 military veterans who transition back into civilian life each year – and we’re proud to have some of this incredible pool of talent working with us here at The Container Store! Check out our photo gallery showing many of our veterans on the job in our stores, office and distribution center. We’re passionate about attracting the best and brightest talent to the retail industry – and want to encourage veterans entering the civilian workforce to consider what a retail career
Nov 05, 2015
What It’s Like to be a TCS Husband

My wife Kristen was recently hired by The Container Store as the Real Estate Development Manager. I was excited about this for a couple reasons: it was an overall better job for her, everyone says The Container Store is a great company and, most importantly, she was REALLY happy about it. At the time she was hired though, I did not fully appreciate what it would mean to become a TCS spouse. It started before she started. We were traveling this summer and on the plane Kristen was reading her