You work with great people, but the new CEO is creating a very unhappy & unhealthy work environment. - Anonymous employee Hy-Vee Employee Review

2.0
Oct 25, 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Very dedicated and loyal employees who love the company. Good health benefits and retirement.

Cons

The CEO who took over a year and a half ago is ruining a great company. Over 80 years of being a customer service oriented company by taking care of its people is gone, we are losing our culture. Nepotism is rampant, promotions are primarily given to those who are 'connected' or related. The CEO doesn't care that morale is at an all time low, people are afraid for their jobs, afraid to do the right thing and employees believe he will be the downfall of the company. Unfortunately, he has created an environment where no one will tell him the truth for fear of termination (because people have been fired for speaking up). Employees believe he is ruling by creating fear because he can't handle the pressures of his own job and by creating fear, it detracts from his own inabilities. It is very sad to watch the deterioration of a fantastic company because its leader is so insecure.

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Cons

The management/ chain of command often gets a little confusing as you have department managers, assiant managers, general mangers and a director. Often times I felt as if assiant managers sometimes gave different directions then the department manager would give almost condescending what you were told from your direct manager, but would fail to communicate with the department manager this info, causing conflict with employees being told to do it one way and then also getting asked why things were done that way after being trained to do it another way. Basically no communication by your assiant to the department manager causing internal conflict.

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