Meijer reviews

3.3

51% would recommend to a friend

(6,918 total reviews)
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Richard Keyes

63% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

Meijer has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 6,918 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Meijer 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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1.0
Mar 17, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

I worked with some pretty cool people, and the scheduling stayed consistent at least, and there was always guaranteed overtime. And they have a Union, I guess.

Cons

That's about where the pros end. You're going to be doing grunt work and expected to do the jobs of like 3 other people because A: Some of your team members are literal idiots, B: Your team leader knows you work hard, and is going to push you and push you until you've had enough, and C: None of the other shifts want to do any work. You are literally the bottom of the barrel at this position and the only ones that get treated worse or the same are the cart pushers and cashiers. Upper management will be constantly breathing down your neck and treating you like crap. You're there to work, so they see it as keep an eye on you 24/7 and reprimand you if you take a breather. Be prepared to get treated like garbage here. There are literally next to no benefits. Sure, they have some of the best healthcare in the state, and have 401k plans, but trust me when I say this: You probably are gonna be so sick of working there that the 401k isn't gonna matter much, and the health insurance is a huge chunk out of your paycheck. There's a point system in place, which normally is ok, but with how write up happy managers are, it feels like you are literally not allowed to make mistakes, like you're some kind of machine. You have numbers you're supposed to meet as well, but they're often ridiculous. You're basically required to stock more than a case of product a minute. Which would be fine if everything was setup for you. But no, you have to go get your aisle's product and get it done. Basically, they want you to waste as little motions and time as possible, and if receiving messed up and didn't do their jobs? You're gonna be there for 10+ hours. Oh, and the Union is next to worthless and the management is not required to tell you of any rights you have if you pay union dues. Have fun.

1.0
Mar 12, 2018

It was good when Fred was alive

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Some of the bosses are nice

Cons

Pay is a joke, starting at $9.25 for most people while Wal-mart and Target now start at $11 and Wal-mart is going to $12. Meijer starting pay is still at least $2-3 below everyone else including Wal-mart. It took me over 15 years to get to what I started out at when I went to Wal-mart. Meijer also took away incentive pay without giving us any raise in pay, just increased topout which keeps your current pay rate the same. They talk about "investing in you" and "win with the team" all the time but every time they do something to the pay it felt like a slap in the face to the "team" that has worked at Meijer for years. A lot of the Meijer bosses act like they are God and refuse to hear input from their workers but when something goes wrong is quick to throw them under the bus for "not bringing this problem to our attention." Feels like you're going to be fired every day you go in. They cut your hours to the bone, then they write you up for "work performance" when you don't get 8 hours of work done in the 5 hour shift they cut you to. Which goes back to a lot of Meijer bosses act like they are God and write you up just because they can. Short staffed everywhere in the store. They just sent an email out to our bosses telling them to attend a meeting on how to schedule correctly. Problem is, the bosses know how to schedule, they just don't get the right amount of hours from corporate or they purposely schedule under hours so they can get bonuses. Mean while, the "team" that has to deal first hand with being short staffed just got our bonuses taken away. So much for "win with your team!" You can tell the corporate people run everything based on some numbers on a spread sheet but they don't seem to care about what a number on a spread sheet does to real people in the stores.

2.0
Feb 12, 2018

Burned Out

Recommend
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Pros

Flexible hours Paid training Continued training (if you can get in)

Cons

Upper corporate management seems disconnected from store employees Micromanaging managers Promises that never materialize (better shifts,transfers,pay) A RAA that manages to do everything wrong

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