Harris Teeter reviews

3.4

48% would recommend to a friend

(5,776 total reviews)
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Tammy DeBoer

52% approve of CEO

44% positive business outlook

Harris Teeter has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 5,776 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Harris Teeter employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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6K reviews
3.0
Jan 29, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great pay, Flexible Schedule, Bonus Checks, Nice employees, Great Discounts. The training is very rigorous and helpful making it a wonderful first job experience as it teaches you the values of customer service. The pay is above minimum wage and the hours are very flexible with managers the stick to your schedule. Friendly business with great values with a lot of room to move up in the company. Nice break system with pay and laid back managers.

Cons

Demanding, Strict, Difficult hour consistency, Managers play favorites, Many lazy workers, annoying customers, Boring. The job is very demanding since customer satisfaction means working above 110% for long hours at times. The purpose of the VIC Card and keeping the customer satisfied can mean sacrificing personal dignity to rude customers. Managers play favorites, promoting those they are "friends" with rather than those that work hard. Many employees are lazy leaving all the slack on the hard working employees who have to pick up the demanding slack and impatience of customers while the managers do nothing to correct this. Customers are often lazy and the work can become very boring doing the same things for hours every day. The work is fast paced, with managers demanding fast work at all times which can become to much during busy times.

2.0
Jan 24, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

They pay is slightly higher than most grocery stores. The store has flexible hours. Not every Harris Teeter store treats you the same.

Cons

There are extremely high expectations that cannot be met especially when you have a multitude of customers and hardly any workers. Customers are definitely not always right. What is the point of having a sign telling what time we close if we have to get the item for the customer any way? i.e. If the slicers have been cleaned for the night the employee still has to re-soil it thus causing them to stay longer but then again we are not supposed to go over our hours which is a catch 22. Not to mention one of my fellow employees getting fussed at for telling a customer the sub bar was closed. We would like to go home too. We are people and not robots to where we get everything right. I forgot to ask 1 customer did they any other of our choice meats or cheeses and that becomes a big deal over the fact that I all my customers are satisfied with my work. They assume you do not ask everyone. In the end I go by my satisfied customer rather than these ridiculous rules. I feel like a little kid who is scared to do anything because I'm going to get into trouble.

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