Shaw's reviews

3.3

46% would recommend to a friend

(1,165 total reviews)
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Susan Morris

47% approve of CEO

33% positive business outlook

Shaw's has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 1,165 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Shaw's 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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3.0
Mar 8, 2010

Once Great - then Destroyed

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Pros

Great place 15 years ago

Cons

Destroyed by Albertsons Only worse with SuperValu Not a place for a long term career

2.0
Feb 10, 2009
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Pros

As long as you do your job they will leave you alone, job security with the union, customer service is very good, you will meet some interesting and fun people

Cons

Mostly everything - low pay, less than stellar benefits, no opportunity for growth since stores are closing, awful store management, never receive praise for good work, work schedules change constantly and the hours are just awful, favoritism is shown all the time, no one follows policies or rules or guidelines and no one ever gets written up. When someone does get written up they will not write up someone else who has broken the same rule/policy

1.0
Nov 10, 2008
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Pros

Working at Shaw's is a decent way for a high school student to earn minimum wage to support basic entertainment like movies, concerts, etc. The work takes absolutely no thought at all, and that can be a good or bad thing. For me, it was a bad thing... but several of my employees were perfectly content bagging groceries, sorting bottles, and pushing carts, as long as they were getting their money. But really, you can't expect significantly better if you are just a high school kid looking to earn some money over the summer or on the side of school.

Cons

The management is horribly disrespectful. There is absolutely no opportunity to give feedback as to how things could be done better, etc. It's totally mindless work which drives a creative person like me crazy. I just felt like my mind was going to waste doing incredibly boring tasks. You have to deal with customers all day, some of whom are rude but most of whom are at least tolerable. But when you try to joke around with them and lighten the mood, the manager gets upset and tells you to "take your job more seriously" or "get back to work"--what happened to the human side of business?

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