Wakefern is now a terrible place to work! - Anonymous employee Wakefern Food Employee Review

1.0
Sep 13, 2024
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

This company used to be wonderful, until the new CEO, Mike Stigers came in.

Cons

Wakefern was once a company that treated employees like family. Longevity and loyalty were valued and it felt like we were truly providing a service that improved people’s lives. Once the new CEO Mike Stigers took over, all of that changed. He put more out of touch execs from outside the company into power. Their focus is no longer with retail and our corporate employees, stores and customers are suffering because of that. Divisional reorgs have turned into multiple rounds of layoffs and in office morale and flexibility is nonexistent. DO NOT WORK HERE!!!

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Cons

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Cons

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