Pros
Under it's contract with the United Food and Commercial Workers union, Stop & Shop provides very good benefits. Even part-timers have guaranteed minimum hours, scheduled wage increases, health insurance, paid vacation, paid sick leave, and a 401(k) retirement plan with matching. Overall, the employees are good people who are pleasant to work with.
Cons
There seems to be no room for advancement for part-time employees. The company has an "associate modular training program," but it is a fraud. When I inquired about it, I was told "We will not train you." Instead, I was presented with a list of topics and instructed to find the information myself. There was no manual or reference of any kind; the only source of information was my supervisor, who was always far too busy to be any help. There are very few full time positions available at the store level, and most of these seem to go to department heads. If you are hired as part-time, there is very little chance that you will be able to become full time. The company also had a tendency to schedule me outside my stated availability. A protest resulted in a loss of hours. Failure to protest was taken as tacit agreement that I was available around the clock.