Jewel-Osco reviews

3.2

36% would recommend to a friend

(3,195 total reviews)
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Susan Morris

38% approve of CEO

29% positive business outlook

Jewel-Osco has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 3,195 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Jewel-Osco 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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1.0
Aug 23, 2014
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Pros

Learn a good amount of things Some people were nice

Cons

To much politics The people who worked at my store in general The people who worked in Chef's Kitchen Some customers came to the deli and order a good amount of things just to hassle you. Then they would dump all the things in the rest room. Some of the customers in general wanted you to make a fit about them. Such as they would literally start crying and saying that if you don't give them a new package they will stop shopping at Jewel-Osco. When you say that is OK they can leave if they want they would act all surprised and keep repeating the question it'll they get the answer they want to hear. There were a lot of dishonest customer The co-workers try to take advantage of you especially if you're young. The cons exceed the pros in my opinion. Limited growth potential unless you are a suck up to the managers/ Dept. Manager. My manager also reminded me of Big Mama from the play/movie Chicago. She looked and acted like her. Try getting a job with the younger folks that are your age rather than these bitter ladies if you want to work here for more than 6 months. Also some of the employees must have thought they were the police or something. I work in the back of the store where the deli was located and there is litterally no need to come into my area. Sometimes they would do "recon" work or something by walking around my area.to see what I was doing. They aren't supervisors or anything. Are they being payed commission to spy on people???

1.0
Aug 14, 2014
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Pros

None what so ever worst job ever.

Cons

I was only given 12 hours a week the min, brought home about 78 dollars a week once taxes were taken out, the bosses were jerks, they didn't care if you work your butt off your all will never be good enough,

2.0
Mar 26, 2014
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Pros

The benefits are great for those that can get them. Corporate has made it difficult for part-time employees to receive benefits any more.

Cons

Work/life balance is non-existent; full-time managers work 48 hour weeks with typical hours being 8:00a-6:30p (thirty minute mandatory unpaid lunch). Store discount of 5% does not really offer employees an incentive to shop where they work. Upper management openly does not care about employees. "Sometimes you need to whip them into submission in order for them to do what you want them to do." Store Managers and Assistant Store Managers are driven by fear of their District Managers and give no advice or training to those under them.

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