Does Uwajimaya pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Uwajimaya employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Uwajimaya. This rating has decreased by 9% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Uwajimaya?

25% of Uwajimaya employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Uwajimaya 2.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.7 for culture and values and 2.0 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Uwajimaya?

Cashier (16) , Seafood Clerk (5) , Grocery Clerk (4) , Front End Cashier (3) , Store Generalist (3)

What are the pros of working at Uwajimaya according to real employee reviews?

"nice people and in the workplace" ((in 11 reviews)); "Fairly laid back and good coworkers." ((in 7 reviews)); "decent pay compared to other grocery stores" ((in 7 reviews)); "Flexible hours: my department (Grocery) was extremely flexible on the hours." ((in 5 reviews)); "Ray is a great manager and is fun to work with (most if not all of the co" ((in 5 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Uwajimaya according to real employee reviews?

"Head manager is VINDICTIVE and SPITEFUL and the rest of the managers are extremely condescending!!" ((in 1 reviews))

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Uwajimaya reviews

2.8

25% would recommend to a friend

(76 total reviews)

Denise Moriguchi

40% approve of CEO

27% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

2.8

Diversity & inclusion

2.7

Culture & values

2.7

Work/Life balance

2.6

Compensation and benefits

2.0

Senior management

2.0

Career opportunities

Uwajimaya has an employee rating of 2.8 out of 5 stars, based on 76 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Uwajimaya employee rating is 21% below average for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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Reviews by job title

76 reviews

2.0

Aug 6, 2025

Beware of Nepotism

Cashier

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Experiencing new foods and products

Cons

Nepotism, favoritism, and fractured communication. Being an Asian myself, you cannot escape the negatives of the culture in the workplace (expected to die for your job, gossip abundant)

1.0

Jul 29, 2025

typical-worse grocery store

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

decent pay compared to other grocery stores decent hours - no overnight/late night work

Cons

exactly what you would expect from japanese work culture clear nepotisim in management and corporate (it is a family owned company still) absolutely zero desire to modernize and adopt industry methods of organization, training, safety, receiving, stocking etc. no planograms, virtually no SKU tracking system/inventory virtually no actual training aside from just "watch what i do and learn it"

3.0

Jul 24, 2025

Good

Cashier

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Easy to learn, get to talk to a lot of people

Cons

Can be very busy at times

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