Pros
- competitive pay scales - decent benefits packge, including the usual 401k, life, medical, flex accounts, etc - leadership knows the grocery business, most middle and upper management have over 20 years of experience, with most of it being with the company
Cons
- long hours - performance that is anything but "A" level accomplishment (think #1) is undervalued - praise is given to management for achieving goals but not sure if the trickle down effect works the same as when criticism is given to managers for failure, which happens more often than the praise is given - lots of upper management still stuck in the "old school" management style of yelling, screaming and demoralizing those under for poor performance - LOTS of office politics. Constantly have to find a way to appease the bosses without smashing any toes. Also lots of department heads are very territorial and this only perpetuates the office politics. - raises, if given at all after the step raises, are small, unless a promotion is involved. - company is in a rush to keep positions filled that it suffers from "warm body" syndrome. could go on and on.