Meijer reviews

The TMAG system hurts morale. Some employees get written up while others don't, and it appears to be at the discretion of the team leader. We are consistently under-manned, with a handful of people expected to do the work of an army. Incompetent persons remain, not getting TMAGs even though management knows they wander around the store, take unpunched breaks, and show up to work drunk. A particular team leader is known to sleep in his car for the majority of his shift, and the product flow director does nothing about it. I'm hanging on to the job just so I don't have to find another one in the summer when school lets out, but I cannot see myself working here once my degree is finished. The pay starts at minimum wage, but I have worked for vendors that carry products at Meijer, and the vendor pay started at $10/hr. If you're only paying minimum wage, you're not going to attract exceptional workers. I've learned to not push myself to hard, because while I could do exceptional work, I'm paid the same or less than people who do less than me.

When I started at Meijer when I was 16, I was a utility worker and I was treated pretty well. My bosses, though sometimes had no idea what they were doing, treated me respectfully and really worked with me when they needed to. At the time, I hated it, but looking back it wasn't so bad. I asked to be a cashier and three weeks or so later, they had moved me. I went on educational leave for my first year of college, came back for a couple of holidays, and during that time I was told I would keep my seniority. WRONG. I lost it and ended up at the bottom of the list with the worst hours and the smallest amount possible. Then, my sophomore year of school, I transferred to a Meijer twenty minutes away from where I'm living now and at first, it wasn't too bad. I even got my seniority back! Then I realized how incompetent and inconsistent the team leaders are at this place. There are three managers in the service area who never keep track of what the other is doing (and, subsequently, things get messed up - like the schedule) and they will often tell you they're going to do something but don't follow through. I have also never been treated as poorly by an employer as I've been treated at this one store in particular and would not recommend working at this place to anyone. Bottom line: it's going to be different everywhere you go, but you never know if you'll get the kind, respectful managers or the inconsistent managers who often brush you off and have no follow through.