Working at WAWA! - General Manager Wawa Employee Review

5.0
May 21, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Wawa is a great place to work, the company cares about the associates and managers, they help all interested individuals move up into the company into great careers! All eligible WAWA associates get company shares $$. Wawa is a company that does a lot for the customers and community in which we as associates can participate in as well! If you have the opportunity to work in multiple stores or attend community events every associate working at Wawa is friendly ad interesting to talk to and learn from. I have made some great friends ad contact along my journey. There are also lots of special customers you get to know at Wawa's all over! It is an overall great experience and feeling to work for this company filled with passion and a company that wants to and does the right thing! Where can you find a company that the CEO remembers your face and says hi and comes to events and keeps you updated on what's going on!

Cons

Each store has its pros and cons. Yes many Wawa stores are busy, busy, busy, but to get through a lunch rush and put sandwiches in customers hands and smiles on their faces is very rewarding. To work in a store and be able to handle the craziness at times and the stress gives you such a sense of accomplishment that you and your team can conquer anything that comes your way because you are with your team working together as a family!

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5.0
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Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good pay and good benefits

Cons

Micromanagement and long hours always

1.0
Jul 5, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

(Depending on your manager) you can take the tasks at your own pace and do what feels best, based on what you see. The position I'm in allows headphone use if you're not visible to customers.

Cons

Skeletal shifts are the norm, employee burnout is rampant and unaddressed. Manager turnover is very high at my store, which makes establishing consistency impossible. I get the impression that the conditions for employees vary greatly by store. That said, if you find yourself stuck at a rougher one, your options are to either take the toll to your physical and mental health, or to quit/transfer to a better store. I have personally experienced many legal violations at my place of employment. (keeping the store open and functioning when the workers don't have a bathroom [OSHA fixed that]) (and a few incidents where hours were not properly entered for employees, causing them to work without pay) I have worked here for 4 years without benefits, one year only missing the hour-cutoff for it by an average of 20 minutes. Consistent schedules are very uncommon for employees.

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