Pros
The only pro there WAS, writing my own schedule. That is not a pro anymore as they require certain hours to to be works such as 8-5 etc and certain days limiting days off to two days out of the seven days a week.
Cons
Where to start? The pay for the amount of tasks and stress is very very unnerving. I work 40 hours a week for this company only to be constantly late on bills and can never save a dime. Its always pay check to paycheck. I am a manager that made less than 20,000 dollars for the year of 2013. That is just sick. Management informs you of changes made AFTER you get in trouble for it, example cashing out a lotto ticket for more than 40$ I have done this for years pending I have the amount in my till and not exceeding and astronomical amounts. Store managers are run to the ground, In the five years I have worked for vons i have had five or more store managers two of which have had medical break downs, and one involving death. To say the least Im not saying vons sent this person to the grave but they do add a monstrous amount of stress on every level. There is never enough hours to go around so your store and fuel sites are horridly unmanned. for example a fuel station should have at least two people closing for SAFETY REASONS. This case works for some sites cause of their size. But most stores and stations are run with what I would like to call a skeleton crew. How can you make the customers happy if 9 out of 10 employees are truly and utterly unhappy about their jobs and themselves. I am 30 years old and I have been to the hospital for stress and heart problems racking my head around why we take this stress and why we keep coming back. I can only speak for myself and I have arrived at this conclusion. I am told everyday that something is wrong there is no end to the stacking problems that range from HORRIBLE I.T. issues (these include daily system crashes) lack of moral, motivation and scare tactics. I will admit some employees just are bad at working and probably should just develop better working skills but I have one employee who works to the bone, they make 9.75 for almost ten years of work. What is right about that. What because they work in fuel (which generates good numbers for the stores they are attached to) they dont deserve to make a decent wage, and what i mean by decent is the ability to support yourself. Which I cant even at my manager rate which is not much higher than my highest paid employee. No one takes responsibility the trend i see is VONS/Safeway is taking a giant leap into their own demise. Most employees i talk to barley feel good about themselves. Also corporate makes us do this world class customer service and whats sad when they are in our stores ripping us a new one they cant even say hi to employees if the employees say hi to them. I have experienced this with district managers and the division president. Doubt they ever even worked in a retail store at all. Its rude and disheartening to have your corporate leaders look at you like your the plague. Dont work here unless you are a glutton for punishment and mental battery.