Pros
I honest to god cannot think of a single thing that is good about working in this abomination of a so-called "workplace"
Cons
I wanted to kill myself every day I went to work. I couldn't even enjoy my days off because I was dreading going back to work that much. The management was terrible. Catty assistant managers who micromanaged every teeny-tiny thing. Every manager played favorites. I was sexually harassed by coworkers and customers alike and only heard "oh, boys will be boys"--no. Boys will be held accountable for their actions just like everyone else. Write them up; everyone deserves a safe, nonthreatening work environment. There was a b.s. "point system" that ended up costing me my job. When I started there, if you called in sick, you were given ONE point (at 18 points you were supposed to be fired), and if you brought in a doctors note, the point was dismissed. They later changed it so that if you called in, it was 2 points, 1 if you brought a doctors note. By the time I left, they had changed it (without alerting the employees!!!) So that it was 3 points if you called in and 2 if you brought a doctors note AND if you called in sick on the weekend it was double the amount of points. One time I called in sick on a Saturday and got 6 points. Later that year, I made one, tiny mistake on a WIC check and received 5 points for it; the manager told me that it was because I had worked there so long and should "know better" (I wasn't aware that long periods of employment made you invulnerable to mistakes... My bad) despite the obvious flaw in that argument that if I was there long enough to "know better" then you should know by then that I was a good employee. I left when I had made another tiny mistake on another WIC check (end of the world!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) And knew that the points they would end up giving me would put me well over 18. I left of my own accord (I was not fired) and once I got a new job I realized how hellish hy-vee was. The only reason I stayed for as long as I did was 1) I didn't realize that it was as bad as it really was and 2) my sister worked there so I was expected to follow suit by my family. I was a teenager during my time there. No one should have to go through the trauma of hy-vee when they already are going through one of the hardest times of their lives. No matter how bad it got, I was told to stop complaining and suck it up. That's not a message you should be sending to kids.
