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
4.0
May 23, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

flexible hours, great job environment, nice people, most managers were very nice.

Cons

Other managers were unprofessional and lacked good communication skills

4.0
May 20, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good staff, and management if u get lucky, works with ur hours, good benefits if u get hours

Cons

getting hours at times, nearly impossible for full time.

2.0
May 20, 2025

Terrible culture

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Paid relatively well Ability to bonus up to 30 percent of annual salary

Cons

Terrible culture. Top down culture is that of managing by fear and threats. Senior leadership treated operations as "less than"

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