It's just not a good place to work - my store, at least. - Horrible Wawa Employee Review

2.0
Dec 11, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Compensation is better than at a lot of other places.

Cons

Compensation still isn't fair for the crazy workload. Not all Wawas are created equally - one store might be great and the other might be crap, and they all get the same treatment/policies. They give you the hours they want to give you, and assign you the shifts they want to assign you. They talk a lot about "promotion from within" but very little of this actually gets done. Too many managers - five or more per store, none of whom have the same policies or agree on the same things. You're left to gather your own information and knowledge from sporadic sources. No real complaint system without fear of retaliation. No praise or thanks, only criticism. You never know where you stand - managers always act like you can be fired at any moment. It's definitely a "who-you-know" place - some associates get away with things I couldn't even dare to think of.

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Pros

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Cons

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Pros

As a supervisor you can control the work environment to the best of your ability to make the store a great place to be for customers/coworkers. Pay is at a decent starting level for the position.

Cons

Basic Associates only accrue PTO creating issues with Work/Life balance unless you've made it a long time without needing to take a day. Attendance Point System is unforgiving without readily available PTO. As management differs between stores experiences may vary.

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