UNFI reviews

3.0

42% would recommend to a friend

(2,369 total reviews)
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J. Alexander (Sandy) Miller Douglas

40% approve of CEO

28% positive business outlook

UNFI has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 2,369 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The UNFI 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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2.0
Aug 7, 2012

just a job not a career

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Pros

Working at Supervalu gave me a new outlook on how the island of misfit toys applies to the workplace.

Cons

I didn't mind doing my job but I found the lack of professionalism, unstable management, and unethical behavior of co-workers rather annoying.

2.0
Aug 5, 2012
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Pros

Pay scale is reasonable & competitive in industry.

Cons

At dept. manager level or above the unofficial policy seems to be to make sure a person's employment is well away from home, even if there are a dozen stores closer to home. Not sure what the point of this is. Same with the 'never two days off in a row unless you're on vacation' semi-official (actually reflected in official scheduling advice from District level) policy. Hours cutting is a constant & announced with copious spin. When they hit bottom on cuts and inevitable poor performance inevitably cuts into customer satisfaction ratings (employee morale is not a consideration), a few hours are trickled back in grudgingly and without fanfare until a few months go by and the same hours cuts or deeper ones are made again. While this cycle grinds on, department heads are told to pick up the slack. To accomplish this their own hours are revised from... 40 hours to 40. Company CONTINUALLY pursues a cycle of loading on responsibilities to department heads (you know what? It's not just the heads. it's all of the employees) assuming the new tasks take zero hours to complete, firing a few for 'poor performance' for not getting them all done, then backing off. You know not to say anything about it, because then you're a 'nay-sayer' and in line for the next spate of poor performance terminations before someone realizes (of course and always, without admitting it) that they've loaded too many tasks on to the 'to do' lists. This means a break of a couple of months before the next bright idea comes down the pike and increases workloads again, and the next round of employee turnover begins.

3.0
Aug 2, 2012

unstable at best!!

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Pros

They really make you think they know what they are doing in a time of crisis....

Cons

when it comes down to it they are clueless!! They get rid of people to cut expense then the CEO pockets it for his bonus at the end of the year, and they can't figure out why they or we are going down hill !

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