Uwajimaya reviews

2.8

25% would recommend to a friend

(76 total reviews)
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Denise Moriguchi

39% approve of CEO

27% positive business outlook

Uwajimaya has an employee rating of 2.8 out of 5 stars, based on 76 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Uwajimaya employee rating is 21% below average for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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76 reviews
2.0
Apr 15, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Nice lunch options if you want to eat at the food court.

Cons

Manager constantly chews out her employees. High standards, and gets very angry when they aren’t fulfilled. Will chew you out with unrealistic expectations, have seen it happen to several coworkers in the few weeks I worked there. Rest of the staff is fine. Stocking isn’t much of a social experience which is to be expected. Lots of products to learn, the instructions for learning them are quite worthless so you’ll just have to suck at it and get railed by the manager for a few weeks, or you can spend unpaid hours trying to catch up.

4.0
Oct 16, 2015

Cashier

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Honestly can not think of any pros

Cons

-Favored certain employees -Do not expect to get a raise -Poor management EXAMPLE: My own experience with the company -- a grandparent was reaching his final days and could pass any day. I had called out explaining what is going on. The operations manager asked the LOD to call me to tell me that i need to go into work still even if I was going to be late. NO COMPASSION!!!

2.0
Aug 6, 2025

Beware of Nepotism

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Experiencing new foods and products

Cons

Nepotism, favoritism, and fractured communication. Being an Asian myself, you cannot escape the negatives of the culture in the workplace (expected to die for your job, gossip abundant)

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