Bad leadership sinks ships. - Anonymous employee Feesers Employee Review

1.0
Jun 18, 2025
Anonymous employee
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Pros

First shift. Weekends off. Some good people.

Cons

I was very excited to work for a family owned business for over 100 years. Warehouse work was new to me but I was ready to learn and help improve anywhere I could. After a while I came to notice the level at which the leadership would go to sweep everything under the rug and falsify reports to save their own butts. They preach safety and the safety supervisor is non existent along with all senior leadership as they have taken to making themselves not available. The senior leadership hides things from one another and tells the CEO select things that is or have gone on. The sheer level of slime they display is astounding. There is so many violations that they cover up and play Russian roulette with the safety of their employees it’s sickening. The fact they have a claims coordinator for 250 people tells you what you need to know ? When they offer qualified employees a rare chance to advance they low ball them to save anyway they can. They end up hiring someone and give them far more than they were willing to offer to someone that has dedicated years to this company. It goes to show they don’t value their employees. The last warehouse supervisor that was promoted never could find the warehouse floor. His name was Chief sit on his rump. He and the Director of transportation are poster boys for “Not Qualified.” The Chief information officer is never there and has an Elmo doll in his office. Creepy. The chief financial officer is down on the floor asking employees to dust?? The turnover rate in my 5 years has been something I have never seen. 5 HR specialists , 4 Director of purchasing and 5 VP’S of Sales. People with those qualifications don’t just jump ship like that. The truth is they end up calling the senior leadership out on the constant cover ups going on and they’re asked to give a resignation. This place has had so many good people that could have led this company to great heights but until the CEO realizes her C- TEAM is garbage this place is only going down. The owner would know this or maybe have an idea if she was actually qualified to be in her position or showed up more than twice a year! The last Director of Purchasing was there 14 months and never met the owner. What does that tell you. Maybe if the owner wasn’t bleeding the company dry for her horse farm, Feeser’s would be be great again.

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5.0
Jun 25, 2025
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Pros

Pay for working extra hard. The guys treat you really good if you work hard and don’t have call offs. People are nice , they feed you allot.

Cons

Time off isn’t that good

1.0
Nov 19, 2025
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Pros

A handful of resilient, talented employees who deserve far better than the environment they’re forced to work in.

Cons

Feeser’s Food Distributors operates on a leadership model built on unpredictability, avoidance, and a surprising degree of basic managerial incompetence. The “family business” brand positioning dissolves the moment you see how decisions are made internally — or more accurately, how they aren’t. I was hired as Creative Director and ended up performing the responsibilities of a Director of Marketing without the title, clarity, or support that role requires. Despite raising the issue multiple times, nothing was formalized, addressed, or acknowledged. In three years, I had three supervisors. None stayed long enough or had the qualifications necessary to provide stable leadership. The turnover alone tells you everything you need to know. The leadership group, self-titled the “C-team,” behaves less like executives and more like a closed circle of individuals who rely heavily on outdated habits, personal allegiances, and instinct instead of strategy. Communication is inconsistent. Direction is vague. Accountability is rare. The environment functions on the unspoken expectation that employees compensate for leadership’s shortcomings. It was also common for personal priorities to take precedence over actual business needs. I was frequently redirected toward tasks unrelated to the company’s operations, while legitimate marketing work was deprioritized or ignored. When I began asserting standard professional boundaries, access to leadership narrowed and support withdrew. It became clear that compliance was valued more than capability. The company’s ongoing decline is not surprising. It is the predictable result of leadership that does not demonstrate the skills, awareness, or discipline required to steward a century-old business.

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