Great people, Horrible managers - Anonymous employee Vons Employee Review

2.0
Oct 27, 2011
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great people to work with and made alot of friends. Learn alot about customer service and people skills.Some days can be fun and challenging and have good hours

Cons

They treat there employees like baby's. And give upper management to the wrong people. My department manager was 23 and she was immature and didnt take responsibility for her work. Department managers like to have there clerks to write at least one "No" per day. Which i believe was Ridiculous because it just cause a war between departments. role play was the most dumbest approach to keep there customers satisfied, instead it made there customers uncomfortable while you have to say ONE party comment, TWO facts, ONE opinion, and a closer. Oh yeah, and in the break room they'll have propaganda playing 24 hours and wouldn't allow there employees to watch TV like normal people. List goes on but you can figure it out.

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Cons

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5.0
Mar 2, 2026
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Pros

Excellent, straightforward, comprehensive training program and learning modules to ramp up quickly. Management was reasonable and attentive. It was welcoming and I felt respected, and gave my all as a result. They also make sure people don't stay longer or go without a break after the 5-hour mark; this is a California statute with which I was unfamiliar (I was guilty of working long hours without a lunch break in CT due to

Cons

This likely comes with the territory, but a significant percentage of the target customer demographic are of the needlessly disrespectful, uncivil, infantile, entitled, and rich variety. They contrive conflict and attempt to pin it on the workers, or needlessly change their order after it has been obtained. It is child's play. Company policy says to never call the police unless they are a threat to safety, but they absolutely do disturb the peace and ruin the experience for others. It doesn't help that there is an expensive (not necessarily upscale in terms of class) drinking establishment in the same plaza.

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