Friends not by choice but out of necessity - Store Manager Trainee Jewel-Osco Employee Review

2.0
Mar 26, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

The benefits are great for those that can get them. Corporate has made it difficult for part-time employees to receive benefits any more.

Cons

Work/life balance is non-existent; full-time managers work 48 hour weeks with typical hours being 8:00a-6:30p (thirty minute mandatory unpaid lunch). Store discount of 5% does not really offer employees an incentive to shop where they work. Upper management openly does not care about employees. "Sometimes you need to whip them into submission in order for them to do what you want them to do." Store Managers and Assistant Store Managers are driven by fear of their District Managers and give no advice or training to those under them.

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
May 6, 2026
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Pros

Fun Job. Time flies when working. Learn new skills.

Cons

Management does NOT care about you only the work you do. You will be overworked and underpaid. Very little training and they expect you to know everything within a couple weeks. Managers are lazy and will put their work on you! Work place is full of drama and creepy people that HR looks the other way because of 'popularity'. This is not the only location with problems the whole company is a mess. Constantly switching out district managers. Ops were horrible, they would come boss everyone around to try to make the shop look perfect in 1 shift, often making a lot of people miss their breaks and work overtime. Frozen loads and products would go to waste due to miscommunication between managers and no one seemed to ever want to fix any problems. Extremely low morale and high turnover. Stay far away from this place unless you're really sure you're only staying a while.

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