Respectable part time job but the company needs process improvements to gain efficiences and improve communication. - Anonymous employee Hy-Vee Employee Review

3.0
Feb 19, 2015
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Pros

Employed part-time weekend for extra income. The interview process was simple albeit drawn out. 4 or 5 trips to the store for interview, drug test orientation, another orientation, another meeting before actually starting work. Everyone is friendly and the store is bright and cheerful. The store is well merchandised and it obvious customer satisfaction is important. I"m satisfied with 10 hours a week because that's all I need since I already work time but I know hours can be a pinch point for others.

Cons

The management is very very young. The HR manger, while nice, doesn't really read her emails and starts responding before reading the whole thing. The whole uniform for women needs to be re-evaluated. Tucked in blouses for women? Eep - Horrible. All of the womens blouses are finished on the hem to be worn untucked. Nothing flattering about tucked in. Lots and lots of assistant managers. Some in-fighting between departments but that hasn't really impacted me. I was sold a bill of good about what I would be doing. I was told mostly floral delivery and some catering. It has really been mostly scut work with some deliveries, mostly catering and some floral. None too pleased about the catering aspect.

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Pros

East management environment compared to other retail. Simple to onboard and opportunities for growth.

Cons

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You get to constantly move around the store thru the different departments. Depending on the hours you work you can potentially learn how to do little things within each department, for example the deli or meat counters, which in turn opens an opportunity to get additional hours if needed when AOL doesn't have the business to keep all the shoppers shopping. Hyvee was always very good about giving you the opportunity to help in other areas of the store if your department was lacking hours or business to give you the full 40 for your work week.

Cons

The management/ chain of command often gets a little confusing as you have department managers, assiant managers, general mangers and a director. Often times I felt as if assiant managers sometimes gave different directions then the department manager would give almost condescending what you were told from your direct manager, but would fail to communicate with the department manager this info, causing conflict with employees being told to do it one way and then also getting asked why things were done that way after being trained to do it another way. Basically no communication by your assiant to the department manager causing internal conflict.

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