Costco ESS or Employee Self-Service is an online web portal for the employees of Costco. With Costco ESS, employees can take charge of their information and has the ability to access and update information 24/7.
Costco is the creator of the concept of Price Clubs in self-service warehouses with access through a membership, being the leading company worldwide. Your membership is valid at all Costco stores in Mexico, the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, the United Kingdom, Korea, Taiwan, and Japan.
It currently has more than 40,000,000 partners in 418 branches: With 24 stores located in Mexico, 306 in the United States, 61 stores in Canada, 15 in England, 5 in Korea, 3 in Taiwan, 4 in Japan, 3 in Puerto Rico.
The History of Costco can be summarized in 4 milestones: In 1976, the “Price Club” was created, inventor of the format of Price Clubs, self-service warehouses, and in 1983 Costco was created. In 1995 Costco bought the part of Price Club, leaving only the company as COSTCO.
Costco ESS Benefits:
Costco Employee Self Service offers multiple benefits for its employees such as:
- Secure: Maintain privacy, you can control the input of your information.
- Convenient: Input and view information at home or work from any device.
- Efficient: Maintain low overhead with reduced paper waste and administrative costs, which is also beneficial for the environment.
- Ability to create an account online and view their pay stubs anywhere anytime.
- Even the former employees has access to the account for 25 months.
- Provides access to Pay Card, view their tax details, vacation, and sick balances.
- Confidentially post an inquiry or complain about accounting issues or illegal conduct.
- View their benefits details such as health care benefits, retirement, and much more.
- Sign in to the Employee Job Bank to see currently open internal job postings.
How to Sign In to Costco Employee ESS?
If you are new to Costco and want to log into the ESS portal then first you need to register or create an account. Read How to Register for Costco Employee ESS to create an employee self-service account and if you already have an ESS account then please follow the steps mentioned below to log in:
- From any modern web browser, visit Costco’s official website @ www.costco.com.
- Once the homepage loads up, scroll to the bottom of the page, and under the About Us section locate and click on the Employee Site option.
- You are now on the Costco Employee website, click on the Current Employee Login option.
- A new tab will open and there you will need to enter your Username and Password.
- Finally, click on the Sign In button.
If you have entered the correct credential, then you should now see your Costco ESS dashboard, and if you face any trouble signing in, then click on the Trouble Signing In option.
How to Register for Costco Employee Self-Service?
One of the advantages of the Costco Employee self-service login is you can register or create your account yourself; however, you need to have an Employee ID number which you can view on your pay stub or timecard. Now, follow the methods mentioned below:
- From any modern web browser, visit Costco’s official website @ www.costco.com.
- Once the homepage loads up, scroll to the bottom of the page, and under the About Us section locate and click on the Employee Site option.
- You are now on the Costco Employee website, click on the Register here option.
- Select your country of residence.
- Then enter your Employee ID number (The unique employee number is displayed on your pay stub or timecard. See your payroll clerk if you need assistance).
- Next, enter your Warehouse/Location number (This is a 2-5 digit number associated with the warehouse or location name. For example, you would enter 01 if your warehouse is in Seattle). OR enter the most hire date (This is a 2-5 digit number associated with warehouse or location name. For example, you would enter 01 if your warehouse is Seattle).
- Then click on the Continue button.
- Next, you will need to:
- Provide name selection
- Fill in your personal information
- Mention validation options, and
- Set a password.
After you have provided all the necessary information, you should now have your Costco ESS account created.
FAQ
Costco Employee self-service for Former Employee
If you are a former employee of Costco and want to use their employee self-service account, you have to re-register to create an account following the process mentioned above on How to Register to Costco Employee ESS. You can have access to the service for 25 months after the separation date.
For former Costco employees, log in to ESS by visiting the Costco employee website @ www.costco.com/employee-website.html and then click on the Former Employee Login option.
How to Retrieve Costco ESS Username/Password?
If you have any trouble signing in because you forgot your username or password to your Costco ESS account, then follow the steps mentioned below:
- First, visit the Costco Employee ESS login page @ https://login.costco.com/idp/SSO.saml2 from your browser.
- Once you are on the Login page, click on Trouble Signing In option.
- Next, you will see three options: Costco Employees, Costco Alumni and, Vendors and Suppliers.
- Click the appropriate options.
- Follow the instructions provided to retrieve your username or password.
- Make sure to provide your information as you have set it up during the registration process so they can verify your identity.
This is how you can recover or reset your Costco ESS username and password for Employees, Alumni and Vendors and Suppliers.
Note: Sometimes, you can have your Costco ESS user account locked due to multiple invalid login attempts, in that case, please follow the steps mentioned above to reset your password and then try to log in again.
How to access Costco Employee Self-Service from home?
If you want to log into your Costco ESS portal from home or outside the Costco network, use the Google Chrome browser. You can also use the Chrome browser from your mobile device.
I cannot access Costco Employee Self-Service, what to do?
If you cannot log into your Costco ESS portal and have a problem accessing it, please contact your payroll clerk for assistance. Sometimes the Costco ESS might be down and does not work when an employee tries to access it, in that case, please wait for a while and retry logging into your ESS account again.
What is Costco ESS Website?
Costco ESS or Employee Self-Service is an online web portal for the employees of Costco. With Costco ESS, employees can take charge of their information and has the ability to access and update information 24/7. To log into your ESS account, please visit Costco.com or the eNet (https://www.costco.com/employee-website.html).
Does Costco ESS have a mobile app?
Unfortunately, Costco ESS does not have an app for mobile devices. But you can still use it from mobile by using the Google Chrome web browser.
