Great learning opportunity and that's about it. - Anonymous employee Grocery Outlet Employee Review

2.0
Apr 13, 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The customers are probably the best part since you're interacting with them all day. My coworkers were extremely helpful and were down-to-earth people for the most part, especially since we were of the same age group.

Cons

Management, big time. Since this was my very first job I felt lost and nervous the first week I was there. My "training" consisted of a YouTube video and a fifteen minute overview of a cash register, then I was pushed into the deep end. Since I was new, all I was allowed to do was work the cash registers. Whenever I had a question, I would ask my coworkers instead of the manager. The manager was intimidating and condescending in their tone, and I would be extremely reluctant to ask them questions. Later on I saw that there was a lot of favoritism and I was being treated unfairly. At one point I was getting shorter breaks/lunches than my coworkers. Within a month I saw 5 people leave, and it's probably due to that reason. Customers have even reported the high amount of turnaround in employees, so that says a little something about working for the compant.

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Cons

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Grocery Outlet Response
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Thank you for sharing your experience as an intern! We’re happy to hear that you had a great experience working with us. Please tell your friends!
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Cons

Very little training given, minor mistakes at other companies equal write-ups here, inefficient retraining, and 2/3rds of upper management ignoring me and acting immature for my final week because I quit

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Grocery Outlet Response
5d
Thank you for sharing your experience as a Cashier. As you know, our stores are independently owned and operated. We would encourage you to reach out to your local operations team to share more about your experience. Best of luck in your career endeavors.
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