Suit-wearing corporate goons constantly make surprise visits to stores and do their best to make life a living hell for everyone there. I've seen department managers in tears because some schmuck screamed at them and threatened to write them up for arranging a display as per another corporate schmuck four days before; there's no communication, everyone thinks they know better than the people working at store-level, and they rule through fear and intimidation. Also, it's almost impossible to get full-time. I knew people who'd worked there for fifteen years and were never given full-time hours or benefits--my store's floral manager had to help in produce and on the salad bar to try to even round out 35 hours a week, if that. Finally, at least in my store, cleanliness was absolutely horrendous. I've worked in grocery for seven years for a number of companies, and never have I seen anything like Weis's hygiene standards. Cutting boards are wiped down at night with the same rag used to scrub greasy dishes, and never properly bleached or sanitized (I once saw a produce worker sweep them off with a floor broom and call it good enough); floors are barely swabbed down, corners are never cleaned, and you'd better not go looking in them unless you want to find years-old dessicated food. The company hires its own people to do safety and sanitation checks instead of having state officials do it--I saw so many things that should have shut the store down if OSHA standards were actually followed.
