Meijer reviews

-Schedule posted at store remains 'subject to change' until 8 PM Saturday, but the new week starts Sunday AM, so employees are told to come in every Sat. night and check the schedule! -Terrible scheduling. Will have 3 or 4 days (unrequested) off in a row, then will be scheduled to work until 10 PM, then 'held over' until midnight, then come back to work at 8 AM. Repeat. -Poor area scheduling. 3 workers in one area, only 1 in a larger area...and whoops! nobody at all in another area, so we all must leave our area, stay over, cover that one at the end of the day. -Hours per week vary wildly. 18 hours one week, 34 the next, then 21 hours, then 30, then 19... -Not told at interview that new hires are mandatory part-time. We have to 'bid' on the full-time slots once we have been there a year! -Several employees bring cell phones in (not allowed) and spend their work time texting. -Called to the front and required to work as Cashier several times each shift, because the store never has enough Cashiers scheduled. Then 'our' work hasn't gotten done, so we (sigh) have to 'stay over'. -Often do not get breaks, because there is 'no time' or 'no one to cover'. -Too many 'bosses' giving more work/orders than one person can actually, physically, complete in a shift. -Only ONE water fountain in the entire store. Working in the front, and desperate for a drink after 5 non-stop hours? It's a 10 minute walk to the water (we are not allowed in the breakroom while on-shift), then 10 minutes back. Get stopped by a few customers needing help, and it can easily take 30 minutes or more.

The company promises to treat all of its employees with dignity and respect and expects its employees to do the same, but this rule only seems to apply to employees and management can treat people however they like. The company has an honesty policy and they expect employees to be honest at all times but again management is not held to this policy. The company comes up with programs to reward hard working employees but unless you work in Grand Rapids these programs only last a short time and then are forgotten. Most supervisors only reward their favorite employees and not always the employees that have earned it. Promotions are mostly given to people from outside the company or relatives of management. Hard work is rarely recognized or rewarded. In the distribution centers most equipment is shabby and probably close to unsafe. The company does very little preventive maintenance on the buildings or equipment, only fixing things after they break. The Union takes money from every check you earn and gives nothing in return.