Pros
Easiest job to get hired for. Flexible days off. Off Holidays. No experience necessary.
Cons
Even though I THOUGHT I was competing for this job/position with my years of experience and managerial positions, I soon realized that experience isn't at all necessary. You get hired at a rate above minimum wage which is fair but as a month goes by, 6 months, then a year... You start to wonder when you get a raise for your hard work and leadership abilities; YOU DON'T! I asked for a cost of living increase and they denied me, saying they were on a "freeze". Also, there are pretty much NO FULL TIME positions but they have you work a 40 hour work week. Then around Thanksgiving, Christmas, and any CAN CAN week (Shoprite) they schedule you off for 2-5 WEEKS at a time NO PAY. No one had told me this when I was hired so when the time came it was utter PANIC and CHAOS. I live on my own so not having income all of a sudden, and unannounced really felt like a slap in the face. The people who work hard get treated the worst. There's no training and management is pretty much nonexistent. The closest thing to a manager during the work day is a Wakefern employee (your Impact Manager). If someone says they don't know how to do something, or they take too long to accomplish a set, then they give it to the people who work the hardest knowing that they'll get it done, and done correctly. No one is held accountable for anything, they just do absolutely nothing all day or spend 8 hours splitting tags. No one knows how to read a planogram, or even read in general. It's actually quite embarrasing to work next to some of these people. They also make you travel and you travel quite far, sometimes 2 hours just one way. They used to put you in a hotel for a week but someone ruined that. And again, instead of him being fired or held accountable (he has family higher in the company), they made everyone else suffer. Also you do get mileage and travel time but you only get what your manager approves and he usually subtracts what HE THINKS your time should be from your actual time. It's a thankless job, and the customers are really mean to you because shopping is the highlight of their day apparently, pathetic. If you are illiterate, incompetent, and/or lazy, then this is the perfect job for you.
