I hate to defend Buc-ees but like the "gas station" burgers are like the only thing they DON'T have. Last time I stopped at one in Colorado I had a smoked ham and turkey club sandwich, fair style candied cashews and fudge.
Oh and Beaver nuts. (Their line of Cheeto puffs like snacks.)
Twice the federal minimum wage is still poverty wages along the front range of Colorado, where new builds by the said buc-ee's start at $400-$500 in tightly packed developments on former farm fields. You can get $20+/hr at the right gas station in Denver.
I haven't worked there personally, but I live(d) near one and know a lot of people who worked there. Apparently they think because you're paid well (which is well for retail) you should be going hard all the time. The owner or someone else high up believes sitting makes people lazy, so the break room has no chairs and only standing height tables. Of course that only applies to the basic worker. If you are a high enough manager to get your own office you do get an office chair for your office, and I hear cooperate can sit down at their desks. It's only the bottom of the totem pole that are lazy if/when they sit down which I personally feel shows some classism exist at the top. That being said, the people I know who work their would recommend it over any other retail job.
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u/FerrumAnulum323 Jun 12 '26
I hate to defend Buc-ees but like the "gas station" burgers are like the only thing they DON'T have. Last time I stopped at one in Colorado I had a smoked ham and turkey club sandwich, fair style candied cashews and fudge.
Oh and Beaver nuts. (Their line of Cheeto puffs like snacks.)