Vons reviews

3.5

61% would recommend to a friend

(1,686 total reviews)
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Susan Morris

64% approve of CEO

44% positive business outlook

Vons has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 1,686 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Vons 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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2K reviews
1.0
Oct 28, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Store is close to home.

Cons

Poor training, I had to get my own food service card for handling food. If you are single parent they DO NOT CARE. you will be scheduled to work ALL holidays and most times they "conveniently" forget to pay you holiday wages. You have to hound management then wait a week or two for your holiday pay to be in your check! If they feel like transferring you to another store, they can do so on a whim. The insurance benefits are not good. The union protects and covers management -- don't be fooled. Also, if you get a $.10 per hour raise, the union will charge you $200 for this wonderful promotion to the next step. The store is open 365 days a year -- doesn't matter if you've been there 5+ years, they will schedule you for every holiday. Loyality and hard work is not rewarded. They don't want to pay full time wages or benefits, so you can be there FOREVER and never be a full-time employee. It's all about profit and greed! Also you will be fired if they so desire. They have the politics in place to easily fire an employee or the know how to make life so miserable you want to quit! They know how skirt around the union if you they want to get rid of you!

3.0
Oct 22, 2014

Courtesy Clerk

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

It's fun when you like the people you're working with

Cons

Pay sucks and you get treated like a slave as a courtesy clerk. It's a very physical job.

2.0
Oct 13, 2014

Frustrating nightmare

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

If you were hired under the old contract, you have good union benefits, decent pay. Depending on what area you work in, most customers are respectful and know how to behave in public. Fortunate to have a few co-workers who still have a work ethic, a sense of team work and care about good service.

Cons

Training: trial by fire. Watching a video is not training. Schedule changes every week, shifts are back to back. Management's top priorities are the bottom-line numbers and appearances. Does not back up her people. Most employees do the minimum, pass the buck. Indifference. Serious lack of work ethics. Being chronically understaffed affects morale and service. Lots of lip service. No serious investment in hiring special needs people. It looks good. More than anything, you're doing damage control.

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