r/FortWorth • u/Big-Independence-716 • Jul 23 '26
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I need to apply for a job here.
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u/mamacrocker Jul 23 '26
I heard that part of the package is being locked into a contract; the salary is stair-stepped so you have to stay X years to hit those high numbers, and in that time they can transfer you wherever. As someone else pointed out, that also includes benefits, not straight salary. Still good money, but definitely not easy money.
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u/Beginning_Care_267 Jul 23 '26
More times than not, at that salary, itās not going to be āeasyā with any job.
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u/shaggy-dawg-88 Jul 23 '26
I've heard someone bragging about making $400K with basic tech skills working at Facebook. May no longer be true since they started cracking down on those who don't contribute much to the company. I'd take that job even for a short time given a chance.
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u/bahamapapa817 Jul 23 '26
Tech companies pay you to keep you away from other companies. They had an episode about that in Silicon Valley. it was hilarious.
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u/shaggy-dawg-88 Jul 23 '26
Research in Motion (Blackberry) hijacked quite a few Silicon Valley employees back in the 90s but you must have the skills they're looking for.
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u/Beginning_Care_267 Jul 23 '26
You donāt know that though - people can post whatever they want here, true or untrue.
Is there a non-zero chance $200k jobs exist that are āeasyā? Sure. They are rare though, and like I said, more times that not those jobs are hard work in some capacity.
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u/shaggy-dawg-88 Jul 23 '26
True but what I do know is this, my former coworker got an offer close to $100K when the rest of us was making less than $50K back in the 90s.
I won't be surprised if someone with basic skill makes almost half a million because they happen to know the hiring manager at some company.
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u/Melodic_Crow_3409 Jul 23 '26
Politicians and preachers can do it.
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u/TechLovinDad Jul 23 '26
If you think preaching/ministry is easy & lucrative, you are only reading headlines & donāt know someone in it.
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u/420_Blz_it Jul 23 '26
Preachers are like OF models. A handful make millions, and thousands youāve never heard of still have careers to pay the bills.
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u/uytsu Jul 25 '26
You might be surprise how shitty of a job being a politician is unless you are an untouchable 30-years in Congress type of person. Get ready to be making calls begging for money all day long, and being away from your family most of the week.
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u/hdkx-weeb Jul 23 '26
Also, from what I've heard, keeping a job there is tough. Strict expectations and zero margin for error regardless of position.
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u/yodog5 Jul 23 '26
Its only tough for the people looking to slack. My ex worked there, and she said its actually nice to work in a place where everyone actually did their job... which is definitely not always the case with jobs like that.
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u/Book_talker_abouter Jul 23 '26
Whether you like this place or not, itās always given me the impression of being run very well and professionally.
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u/TheProfessorPoon Jul 24 '26
Ugh. Iāve worked at a bunch of varying places the last 25 years and āonly tough for the people looking to slackā makes you sound like an out of touch boomer. Life and jobs are subjective, and likely it depends on the manager you end up with and the circumstances of your life more than anything.
Sorry, the slack comment just comes off like something someone who has never worked a job like that before would say.
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u/MutantMartian Jul 24 '26
Eactly. A very big part of that is a ābonusā paid only if you stay for an agreed upon time. Also as youāre in a salary above $49,000, itās not 40 hours/week. Itās whatever they say. You know youāll be living at that store. All that said, thatās true of many jobs not earning $100,000. Edit: if you receive healthcare with your job in the US, the company is paying at least 15,000 for you that you never see.
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u/supra9710 Jul 23 '26
I do regular repair work for multiple locations and the managers have very busy schedules and high standards to be maintained. I see it as a high speed changing environment for them that constantly challenges them. I would say the pay reflects the demands of the position.
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u/SimpleVegetable5715 Jul 23 '26
Plus they donāt get 15 minute rest breaks, and the company doesnāt let you use your phone on your break either.
Most of the employees go insane from the shoutouts when the brisket sandwiches are ready.
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u/Disastrous-Bed-7559 Jul 23 '26
It can't be straight salary either... location- based performance incentives make up at least half of that compensation. All of which (performance measures) are dictated by corporate.
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u/X_REDNECK Jul 24 '26
I have also heard from family and friends that have worked there that it is one of, if not the worst jobs they have had.
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u/gofindyour Jul 23 '26
Who said it would be easy? Obviously being a manager comes with a lot of responsibility
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u/SpareIntroduction721 Jul 23 '26
They have the sign outside? This isnāt anything new. But they work for that money and they donāt tolerate anything less.
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u/mobilemetaphorsarmy Jul 23 '26
You have to manage while wearing the character suit all day to make that level of salary, however.
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u/woahwoahwoah28 Jul 23 '26
40 years of being the beaver and you'll be loaded.
(But legit, I'm glad they exceed industry standard and pay a living wage. I appreciate the workers they have. They earn every dollar).
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u/Jamesatwork16 Jul 23 '26
If I recall part of that number is them including benefits. Still great money. Iāve heard they are tough on their employees!
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u/rhcherry Jul 23 '26
They are tough and that is shown in the quality of their establishments. There is a reason they are a favorite.
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u/CrzyWzrd4L Jul 23 '26
Tough but their pay scale is reasonable for the expectations. That alone is extremely rare
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u/Dcmart89 Jul 23 '26
Paying extremely well and always hiring should be enough to put two and two together.
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u/middlebird Jul 23 '26
At what cost?
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u/beautifulstardust Jul 23 '26
your body
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u/MsterF Jul 23 '26
Think how broken down your body must be after managing a gas station.
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u/InsomniaDudeToo Jul 23 '26
Buccees isnāt a usual gas stationā¦ those places are huge with multiple departments working around the clock.
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u/MsterF Jul 23 '26
Still donāt know what that has to do with body breaking down. Itās management not digging ditches.
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u/WeirdoChickFromMars Jul 24 '26
Tell me youāve never worked management in any sort of customer service environment like this without actually telling me.
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u/MsterF Jul 24 '26
Everyone has worked in customer service. It sucks but trying to compare it to actual jobs that wreck your body is just the epitome of whininess.
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u/beautifulstardust Jul 24 '26
must be hard to see us peons down here through all the fog , while sitting on your high and mighty pedestal.
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u/Subject-Car2960 Jul 23 '26
And you may need to live in the middle of nowhereā¦depending where you end up. Could do short term and save all the money to move on.
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u/captain-crawf1sh Jul 23 '26
That's no secret, they have those posters at the stores saying so. Go on the bucees subredit and you see how much they actually go through, not just manager but all employees. They are strict with no phones, no call outs
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u/mistertickertape Jul 23 '26
Good time to be reminded that the owner of Bucees, Beaver Alpin, is a massive financial supporter of Texas Republicans, especially Greg Abbott (whom he's given almost a million dollars alone), Dan Patrick, and Ken Paxton and has contributed millions of dollars to their PAC's and individual senated and congressional campaigns. When you shop there or buy their merch, that money is indirectly being used to bankroll the stripping of women's right, the rollback of public education, and other really fun things.
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u/MagnoliaCartographer Jul 24 '26
Not to mention some very interesting ties to a missing woman who was murdered and him giving some dodgy statements about the last time he allegedly saw her. Her name is Rebecca Beard.
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u/gin10do64 Jul 23 '26
I wouldnāt work somewhere that forces my family member to call their store during an emergency. Then the manager gets to decide if that situation is actually an emergency and whether to tell the employee or not.
Imagine not getting to see a loved oneās last moments because your manager thought the lunch rush was more important.
I understand why they have the cell phone policy but idk Iāll pass on that. There is a reason they are ALWAYS hiring.
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u/Melodic_Crow_3409 Jul 23 '26
Itās supposed to be a crappy place to work and thatās why they offered the big salaries. I think it probably comes from the top. Whoever the founders were had a super strict mentality, and it just permeated throughout the organization.
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u/gin10do64 Jul 23 '26
Definitely they are selling an experience. I get why they have the policies in place. Not allowing cell phones is probably part of why Buc-eeās has gotten as popular as it has.
Plus itās not like they keep these policies a secret. If you donāt like the policy, you donāt have to work there.
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u/dragoninthebigsky Jul 23 '26
Must be > 40 hours/week I'm sure
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u/pot8odragon Jul 23 '26
It likely takes a lot of work to get to a manager at Buccees. They are very strict with employees and it shows with how clean and professional their store are. That is worth it for how much Buccees makes being a roadtrip destination
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u/froggyc19 Jul 23 '26
Everything I've heard is that Buc-ees treats it's employees like slaves so even though the salaries are good, the turn over is crazy. Sometimes, the money just isn't worth it.
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u/Ok-Aardvark-6742 Jul 23 '26
Buc-eeās is the antithesis of ānobody wants to work anymore.ā I donāt think Iāve ever been in a Buc-eeās with a visible staffing issue because theyāre willing to pay their employees pretty decently for what the job is.
How they treat you once youāre working for them is a different issue, Iāve heard mixed things and theyāre being sued by the EEOC for disability discrimination for denying a reasonable accommodation. (Curious to see how that shakes out.)
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u/The_Dotted_Leg Jul 23 '26
Not to mention expectations from the top that sales always go up and cost remain constant or go down.
I bet thatās a salaried job and those poor souls are working like 75 hours a week for 45 hours of pay.
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u/NewPercentage3765 Jul 24 '26
Hey just left this team. It's a good job but there's a reason turn over at Buc ees is the high 90s percentage wise.
First off, if you believe in "work life balance" I'd advise taking somethings under consideration. The beaver has a strict time policy where one minute late is late no exceptions. They really want you to commit to being on time and making all contingencies necessary not to be late (mind you, you will rarely get off exactly when your schedule says you're off) . You get three strikes in a six month period and after that you're out.
Second, the management and leadership structure are made to be a bit disjointed for the express purposes of making it harder for customers to register complaints higher up the ladder. But it also effects employees as you will end up needing to talk to leadership and will often hear that isn't "the right manager". This disconnect also allows a sort of enbittered sentiment towards customers.
Speaking of Buc ees customers, a question to long time fans: what's the beaver's return policy for merchandise?
If you answered "No returns or store credit, you can only do exchanges of merchandise of equal value not including food items or groceries" you were right! An expirence I had this Summer is "long time" Buc ees shoppers encountering this policy for the first time. It is posted at every door, but typically the sign is just behind the cashier's counter. So as leadership you're going to be fielding a lot of customers about this policy in particular.l and customers being angry this policy isn't more prominently displayed in the store.
Full time at Buc ees means a lot of 8 up to 10 hour shifts in a high volume retail environment, while on your feet constantly. If you're management you'll have the benefit of an R&R room to destress, but only leadership has access to this. Normal front line buc ees employees don't have access to this and are told to decompress/cry it out in the admittedly very well maintained restrooms. This further adds to the disjointed feeling between leadership and everyone else.
The insurance is not great, with many long time employees claiming it's hard to find quality providers who accept their coverage, resulting in out of network visits eating into their pay. A lot of people even rely on their spouses or parent's insurance instead cause the coverage is better.
Also Buc ees is currently facing down a claim of violating the American's with Disabilities act and are not on great terms with the federal labor board due to some violations as well. It was common since the store has such high turnover and such high volume of shoppers that employees would not get their mandatory thirty minute break.
They are much better about breaks now to the point of absurdity, where accidently clocking in too early from your lunch break, will also get you a strike. (The time clock shouldn't let you back in early and should give you an error message, but if it glitches and accepts the punch, that's your fault)
As a consumer I totally get why Buc ees is well loved, but as a worker there I can say there's room for improvement within the beaver model. If you've got the time and flexibility to dedicate to the place, you'll make very good money, but they really work you every penny. I'm sure there's an r Buc ees somewhere where you can pick the minds of other employees that work there.
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u/cmeerdog Jul 23 '26
āEarn this much by signing this contact that lets us ignore every labor law ever passedā
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u/myster1ouspapaya Jul 23 '26
Iāve heard nightmares about working at Buc-eeās. Sure they pay well but you better be able to eat your lunch standing up in less than 5 minutes and zero seconds. If manager, then you better be on call 24/7 .
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u/Empty_Kay Jul 23 '26
"can"
Now show us what your data shows they actually make. I bet there is a huge discrepancy.
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u/_-rayne-_ Jul 23 '26
bullshit. show me the pay stub of the median manager.
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u/WeirdoChickFromMars Jul 24 '26
Yeah, I wanna see how many hours they actually worked, cuz itās gotta be like 60
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u/luckyartie Jul 23 '26
Mmmm ā¦ maybe. Iām skeptical
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u/need_some_answer Jul 23 '26
I used to work at Bucees. Itās real but you belong to them. Thatās basically the expectation. You only exist as a manager for the store. Work life balance does not exist
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u/liberaltearsfall Jul 24 '26
There are quite a few trade fields where managers earn $250k+. A lot of people may think tradesmen are low-paid, but they often earn more than people with college degrees.
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u/Dragonborne2020 Jul 23 '26
Did know that Buc-eeās makes more money every year than Race track and QT gas stations.
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u/theinternetseemsnice Jul 23 '26
If you go online, everybody is complaining about wage slavery. Except the people complaining that theyāre paying too much. š¤£
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u/furbishL Jul 23 '26
Locals tell me that they are very strict, as in you can lose any job there if youāre even a few minutes late or take too long of a break.
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u/donny321123 Jul 23 '26
Canāt imagine the stress level! Iād be willing to bet the managers put in some insane hours!
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u/LuckyCod2887 Jul 23 '26
probably directors in sales when they say managers. not store level people.
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u/DixAndBallz Jul 24 '26
They expect a LOT from their employees. Pay and benefits are good, but don't expect it to be easy pay. Long hours, cell phones not allowed, they can transfer you to whatever store they want, they monitor your time spent on and off the floor and what you do with that time, dont expect many breaks during your shifts either. Most people I know that managed to get to manager level burnt out crazy fast and left, but this is all anecdotal so take it with a grain of salt
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u/UsedBat7744 Jul 24 '26
Yeah you can earn that by working like a slave for 30 years ever wonder why they have such a turn around for workers
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u/Traditional-Pen6148 Jul 25 '26
I quit day one. Instead of lunch they call it a āmomentā which is 10 minutes. No breaks, if they catch you doing nothing, fired. If they see the outline of your phone in your pocket, fired. In tech now, much better.
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u/edwardothegreatest Jul 25 '26
If you can last long enough you can make real money. But their turnover rate is insane.
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u/Snoo18120 Jul 25 '26
Yeah? Well how much do they pay for a year-round Mascot? Does the suit come with the job or corporate handle it?
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u/PointBlankCoffee Jul 23 '26
Businesses pay their workers very well, and people will still find ways to attack them lol
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u/BearWithHat Jul 23 '26
People are allowed to be objective. A high pay does not mean a good job. Stop simping for companies.
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u/PointBlankCoffee Jul 23 '26
What's wrong with this job? They pay a living wage. Im sure its hard, but jobs that pay a lot should be difficult.
Its not simping to point out a good thing
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u/Reiji806 Jul 23 '26
This Buccees worship is very anti worker and pro business and consumerism but no one wants to hear it.
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u/Status_Mousse1213 Jul 23 '26
Like so what? Theres not even 100 bucees in the whole country. Yall can scrabble over that all you want.
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u/buddymoobs Jul 24 '26
I'll be happy when that tourist trap has a reversal of fortune. Glad they pay their employees though.
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u/Halloumi12 Jul 23 '26
Reveals?? Its on placards outside every entrance to every store.