Great company poisoned by a few major negatives. - Software Engineer Meijer Employee Review

3.0
Jul 25, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

The people are really great. Tends to be an older crowd, mid to late career individuals, a lot of whom have been there for 20-30 years, and some even longer. So there's a lot to learn and clearly established family culture. Great perks including tuition assistance, nice corporate offices, companywide events, free food, so on and so on. Really good work/life balance. Also Fridays you can leave at noon during the summer. Flexible WFH schedule.

Cons

Major over-reliance on low-quality external contractors. I mean seriously, like 70% of the people I work with are contractors. Specifically folks from Tata who are rude and tend to over-promise and under deliver. Teams tend to consist of 1 FTE and 4-10 contractors, which makes the culture really unbearable sometimes. Lack of focus in terms of business decisions and direction. For example, major restructuring to save money, but will invest millions on unproven tools that no one knows how to use. Not a clear path for upward momentum through the company. Low velocity for feature delivery means that if you're interested in working with the latest technologies, you're probably not going to get that opportunity for a few years. Losing talent at a huge rate. Benefits don't kick in until 1 year after working, including 401k matching. Require you to live in the midwest, even if working full remote.

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Pros

Great benefits and development opportunities.

Cons

Pay is low for the industry and surrounding area.

2.0
Jun 20, 2026
Recommend
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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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