High stress for little compensation - General Merchandise Clerk Meijer Employee Review

3.0
Nov 6, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

With the stores open 24/7, there are always shifts available for anyone. There are opportunities to transfer to management, if your willing to handle everything that comes with it. Compensation is typical of a retail store, minimum wage. However, benefits are available to those who meet the requirements, that are decent. They include 401K's, vision/dental and healthcare.

Cons

Management has a tendency to hold those scheduled less then 8 hours with little to no warning. If your scheduled 6 hours, plan on being there longer. Stores are constantly understaffed, and overworked; with blame put on restrictions set by corporate. Managers are overworked, working nights to turn around and come back in the morning. Schedules are posted Friday and start Sunday, going one week. This makes it very difficult to plan life around work.

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Cons

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Pros

Direct coworkers were great to work with. I also enjoyed being left to do my work and not babysat by management.

Cons

Management doesn't know what they are doing. Resets and floor plans were regularly not done properly. The store I worked at has a skeleton crew so I never got help (but was expected to stop everything I'm going to go help other departments/areas). Also meaning good luck to any customers needing help, especially when I was the only person working my area of the store, so when I wasn't there, no one was. Management also regularly disappeared into the offices or were on vacation. Also was terminated for reasons outside my control even though I was told they look at the reasons for attendance incidents before termination. Never got to get the FMLA or accommodation to my doctors before being terminated two days after I requested them. Didn't bother asking for a raise either. I did multiple times and got nothing.

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