Smart & Final reviews

3.1

38% would recommend to a friend

(772 total reviews)
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David G. Hirz

36% approve of CEO

25% positive business outlook

Smart & Final has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 772 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Smart & Final 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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772 reviews
1.0
Sep 5, 2017

Pretty bad

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The managers would act like good people until they no longer needed you. And if your lucky you won't pay for bags

Cons

The people are very racially segregated and I worked with a young very hard working african American who has been there for 4 years and is at $12/hr. They sell a lot of expired items and

2.0
Aug 29, 2017

Not What It Used To Be

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The people you meet and work for can turn into friends and an at work family.

Cons

S&F keeps opening stores while diminishing associate positions at corporate level. So you have less people doing more work. This rolls downhill to the stores and to their customers. At times with this company I have met some really great people and will take all my experience's learn from them.

3.0
Aug 25, 2017

Good

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Coworkers, Pay, Customers, always busy

Cons

Favoritism, not enough cashiers, can be unprofessional at times

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