Little Respect for Employees = High Turnover - Cashier Kowalski's Markets Employee Review

1.0
Jun 30, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Flexibility with scheduling - Decent pay and benefits with the union - Easy, easy, easy

Cons

Management has little respect for their employees and nepotism runs rampant. They tend to favor cheap labor and high turnover rather than keeping and cultivating good talent. They'd much prefer to hire two high school students at minimum wage to work 20 hours a week each (having to do so every six months) than hiring a skilled and experienced employee at $15.00 an hour with benefits who will stay with the company for many years. This is a very ignorant tactic and does not equip them with a skilled, passionate, and enduring workforce. They instead settle for lethargic 16 year-olds who only need a job so their parents will continue paying their car insurance. Favoritism is common, often allowing for unqualified employees to climb the ranks and find themselves in management roles. This doesn't prepare Kowalski's for the future, especially with the competition of other high-end grocery stores slowly encroaching on their niche market. Companies like these, bloated with poorly educated and poorly trained employees (who perhaps just have worked for the company for a long time or are related to the owners) who are promoted to the top, will fall by the wayside as the demand increases for highly competent and skilled management in the face of increased competition. This culminates in a severe culture problem across the entire company. Morale is shockingly low and unsurprisingly, employees do not enjoy working in an environment in which they feel they are not valued.

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Cons

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