Harris Teeter reviews

If your department is poorly run, the days that are busy turn into a nightmare. At least 50% of the time there are not enough people to get all of the orders done without feeling extremely stressed. At my store there are 6 possible slots per hour for customers to have. So we can have 6 orders per hour. But the system doesn't care if you have orders with 15 items or 60 items. Obviously it's going to take much longer to shop, bag, ring up, and put away orders that are large. So if you only have 3 people shopping, and answering customer questions, and delivering orders to customers who show up, there is no way to stay ahead of your deadlines. Getting paid $9.50 to do all of that is pretty crappy. And they don't tell you what it's going to be like when you interview, even though they know. On busy days, you either won't get a break or you'll be guilted into taking your lunch at the end of your shift. So work for 7 hours straight on your feet, no place to sit for 7 hours and then be required to stay at the store taking your "lunch break" instead of just going home. Completely defeats the purpose of the requirement to take a lunch if you work 6.5 hours or more.

Poor management, employees are treated horribly and often forced to work past their shifts constantly without appreciation, terrible communication between management and associates, training program in corporate doesn’t match what you will actually be doing in stores, insurance is offered to full time employees but is not affordable, company policy on breaks and meals is constantly violated and associates are forced to work with no breaks or lunches, management makes associates feel their job is in jeopardy creating very stressful work environment, scheduling for full time employees is unreasonable and management will not approve requested days off even when given proper notice. Upper management is often lazy and do a poor job at balancing delegation and direct physical involvement, which brings morale down. Overall this is not a good company to work for if you’re looking to make a career for yourself.