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haele

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17. DEI is just another way of categorizing resources.

Reply to JI7 (Reply #3)

Sun Dec 14, 2025, 03:42 PM

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Costco, like other long term profitable businesses, are only really concerned about the category of the best way of attracting the widest range of customers for long term profits.

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It is almost like goodwill is an asset: Costco [View all] applegrove Sunday OP

Decent human beings would bargain in good faith with their employees instead of pushing back on an organizing campaign. WhiskeyGrinder Sunday #1

You do realize they pay the highest in retail. Henry203 Sunday #14

And? People organize around things other than wages. Bosses hate to give up any control. WhiskeyGrinder Sunday #15

Go workers! wolfie001 18 hrs ago #32

For Christmas, I'd like to see a wave of DEshitifcation. Girard442 Sunday #2

So DEI isn't hurting their business ? JI7 Sunday #3

DEI is just another way of categorizing resources. haele Sunday #17

The Costcos here are always packed full of shoppers IronLionZion Sunday #4

From my former life surfered Sunday #5

Beat Me To It! ProfessorGAC Sunday #7

Were you an accountant, too? surfered Sunday #9

No I Was Not ProfessorGAC Sunday #16

Then you were smarter than I was surfered Sunday #20

The MBA Was Not A Choice ProfessorGAC Sunday #22

I remember learning that in my Bookkeeping class in high school. Ilsa Sunday #8

CPA firms used pencils and columnar pads into the 80s surfered Sunday #10

When I went to work for Bill Gates, Sr.'s law firm in 1977 we were using carbon paper and electric typewriters. OMGWTF Sunday #19

A long ways. We prepared tax returns by hand. The early software required an IBM 34 surfered Sunday #21

Back in the very early 70s I took a business machines class in junior college LogDog75 Sunday #28

Mine as well be the Rosetta Stone to me wolfie001 18 hrs ago #33

That strategy worked for the United States for over seventy years after the end of WWII. ChicagoTeamster Sunday #6

It is good for their business. Costco knows their shopper demographics extremely well. paleotn Sunday #11

Costco makes most of it's profits from membership fees LogDog75 Sunday #26

I agree LogDog75 Sunday #27

Love this! karin_sj Sunday #12

Ha! Good one! Joinfortmill Sunday #13

Imagine... Ford_Prefect Sunday #18

Wild Concept! Love my Costco DEI! 💙 Cha Sunday #23

good will iemanja Sunday #24

We are buying Costco gift cards as Christmas gifts. Maru Kitteh Sunday #25

Costco is a classy place. The hardworking people who have helped me cheerful and smart dai13sy Sunday #29

Don't really know much about Costco jfz9580m 22 hrs ago #30

I often encourage folks to use Costco as a pharmacy. usedtobedemgurl 18 hrs ago #31

Understood jfz9580m 17 hrs ago #35

EXCEPT for Costco's triple blade refill cartidges razors; a reseller snatched them up. GreenWave 18 hrs ago #34

Yep, Wish the stock would split uponit7771 14 hrs ago #36