Great Company and People - Anonymous employee Wakefern Food Employee Review

4.0
Jul 25, 2015
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Wakefern is a great company to work for. Ninety Nine percent of the people I work with are nice, helpful and cooperative.. The work environment is very comfortable and the office location in Raritan Center in Edison, NJ is central to most of the major highways in NJ. I have worked in the IT department for the last almost 30 years. Our VP Alan Aront is tough but fair. He is also a very nice person. My managers for the most part have been work oriented. The pay is fair (you'll never get rich at Wakefern, but you'll never starve either) and the benefit package is fantastic and inexpensive.

Cons

The IT building that we've been in since the mid 1980's was never meant to house people. It was built as a warehouse and can only be made to be so comfortable. The cube partitions are from the same time period and need updating. There are times when overtime will be necessary. In the development area those times are few and far between. However, if you know this coming in the door, you'll be prepared for those rare times when you need to put in extra time. The yearly $50 holiday bonus hasn't been updated in 20 years. Not a big deal.

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Cons

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Pros

Stable and generally fair. Pretty good atmosphere and family type of vibe and some of leadership is clearly genuinely trying their best to make it nice to work here. good holiday schedule

Cons

4 days a week in office, non-negotiable, depending on team a lot of off hours work is pretty expected, including on-call obligations, growth is somewhat slow, especially in the first 2 years. No bonusing, not enough vacation time, pretty boring if you're on the young side but they are trying

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