completely burnt out by the end - Cashier Casey's Employee Review

2.0
May 24, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- coworkers. can't speak for everyone but there were a great deal of coworkers who were supportive and helped lessen the amount of stress on the job. - was rather fulfilling at first, for what it was - time went by fast, never had a "slow" shift - half off food and drink discounts were nice

Cons

- incredibly stressful - understaffed - strangely uneven staffing - Morning shifts would have three, or even four cashiers if a manager jumped in, but afternoons either had one or two, and overnights always had one person. Kitchen was worse- two people max in the morning, and one person max in the afternoon and overnights. I would watch a new hire be alone in the kitchen and slammed with order after order, and could hardly have the time to jump in and help before I was slammed with customers up front because I was the only one on a late afternoon shift. - No cohesion in management: certain people in management would shift between insisting they were training new hires, and then other managers would insist they- the employees- would train new hires. The entire time I was there, I was being told one thing by one manager, and then something else by another, and then I would get blamed for not doing what Manager X or Y said. not all managers were awful, but the lack of cohesion did help sour my time there. - Turnover: it's a gas station job. some people came for one shift and we never saw them again. be prepared for that if you plan to work there.

Explore other reviews about Casey's

5.0
Jul 8, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great place to work at

Cons

People were great no cons

2.0
Jul 12, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

* The employee discount is very generous, you can have a hot meal, a baked treat and a 16oz soda for about five dollars depending on what you get. * Directpay is mostly convenient, mostly. * Management is pretty good at honoring your schedule or scheduling preferences, you might have a day outside of your preference hours but generally you get what you ask for. * Career growth seems present, most shift leads were promoted at around 5/6 months and managers at 8/12 months.

Cons

* Underpaid, our starting position was 13 dollars and a management position was 16 dollars, keep in mind the McDonald's down the street started you out between 16/17$. * The actual hours you're given fluctuate since corporate determines how many hours a store can give by hot food sales. You're also not allowed to work overtime (though often you end up having to since most shifts aren't given enough people to perform necessary tasks on time) * While their virtual application gives you the option for full-time, only managers or specific staff members can be marked full-time, everyone else starts as part-time. * Regularly understaffed, mid-shift gets most of the bulk while mornings and closing shifts run off of a skeleton crew, especially kitchen staff who have to manage online orders, warmers, ingredient restocking, shift prep and cleaning all by themselves. * Corporate managers tend to have a reputation for over-working their staff and generally being miserable to be around, I've talked with multiple past-employees and store managers who all cited their reason for leaving was because of the given district manager or corporate decisions. * Maintenance crews have consistently done poor jobs at repairing equipment, or have an unusual delay in actually arriving/acquiring the part needed to repair something. Our men's bathroom has been closed four times due to the same issue, and everytime it's re-opened it breaks in the exact same way. * Initial Training is done all at once through around 30 videos, most of which are either common sense (don't be racist to customers) or cover very fringe scenarios like active-shooter responses. I've been working here for three months and I still don't know if I'm allowed to give cash refunds or how to submit a work order for a broken item. * While you are given breaks in your schedule, since most shifts are understaffed you either don't get a chance to take a break or you're limited to a five-ten minute break before the next customer walks in.

See reviews by: Helpful|Rating|Date|All