Grocery Outlet reviews

3.0

43% would recommend to a friend

(851 total reviews)
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Jason Potter

43% approve of CEO

39% positive business outlook

Grocery Outlet has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 851 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Grocery Outlet employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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851 reviews
1.0
Mar 13, 2014

Family Run

Recommend
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Pros

Flexible schedules, great repeat customers who know you by name, great deals

Cons

Put family first, no room to advance the family run the store, minimum wage, benefits available but never given to the employee, there are snitches who try to work their way to the top.

3.0
Mar 12, 2014

Don't expect anything.

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

You usually get a consistent schedule every week and the work environment is relaxed so long as you get your work finished when you're expected to. Definitely do not expect to be micromanaged, they will give you a giant book of policies and rules and you're basically on your own after a day of training.

Cons

The pay rates for the same position will differ from person to person for the same position, and the managers tend to play favorites. If you report a problem within the staff nothing will get done, or atleast not very quickly at all. You shouldn't expect a lot of help if you have a problem or don't know how to do something. The environment is definitely sink or swim. The customers are hard to deal with most of the time.

1.0
Jan 14, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I was friends with most of my co-workers, including most of the lower-level management.

Cons

The owner of the store does not (seem to) care at all about his employees. He makes sure that each and every one of his employees (except his favorites) knows that they are easily replaced. He gives people added responsibilities at the store, but no added pay, and usually no added respect (which is little to begin with). He is sickeningly sweet to you at first, until you do something (usually minor) to make him dislike you, in which case the sight of him will terrify you and make you run and hide, or at least want to. Just imagining him confronting me, calling my name over the intercom, or just seeing him made me feel extreme anxiety. Employees are not properly compensated for the work they do, and the people (customers and management) that they have to put up with. After a year of working there, the raise was $0.10, making a cashier's pay after a year's dedication to a company only $0.10 above minimum wage.

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