WinCo Foods reviews

3.3

49% would recommend to a friend

(1,498 total reviews)
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Grant H.

57% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

WinCo Foods has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 1,498 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The WinCo Foods employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.4 stars).

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3.0
Feb 9, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

- Insurance: PPO, low monthly cost, low deductable. - ESOP: put in the time get great retirement. - Busy environment, no boredom here - No required overtime, more time with family - Pay increases based on hours: step system, every X amount of hours you get a litle raise until you max out. Part time is $15 and change and full time is $21! - Flexibility: your never really stuck in one department. Always room to grow!

Cons

- Can be stressful: culture has changed from Pro employee to Pro profits...can lead to underappreciated and over worked staff. - Rules are fine but they will use them against you if your not meetimg expectations. - it's retail: dont expect weekends or holidays off. Not a con for me but for many others it is. - Many people remain part time for a lot of years. Full time positions are hard to come by - Work load: often the burden can be very large and lead to extreme burn out.

1.0
May 3, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

The benefits are the only reason anybody would ever stay.

Cons

The raise system is in 'steps.' Step 1 starts you at $9.30, and your first raise only happens after you put in 1040 hours. This can take anywhere from 6 months to over a year depending on how many hours they're willing to schedule you. This system encourages laziness and unproductivity because as long as you show up, you'll eventually get a raise regardless of performance. Working holidays and overtime is time and a quarter. Not time and a half... time and a quarter. There are zero incentives. No reward system in place for superior performance or scoring well on the secret shopper. If you're lucky, they'll put your name on a piece of paper outside the break room if your numbers are good, but don't expect any kind of reward for doing well. They don't offer full time status to anybody but lead clerks and managers. You can be putting in 40 hours a week for months and you're still considered part-time. Benefits don't start until you've been working for 90 days. Employees aren't eligible for FMLA until they have been working for one full year, regardless of the severity of their disability or medical condition. Customers are hell. There is very little training on anything. You can go online and take courses on how to do your job better, but you can't do it while you're on the clock, so don't expect to get paid for it. The company as a whole is disorganized and communicates very poorly with its employees. Upper management has no idea what they're doing. If you're in freight, produce, or bulk, you're lifting, heaving, pushing, and pulling boxes 40-60 pounds all day. This causes immense physical strain, especially if you yourself weigh less than 100 pounds. The pay is not worth the inevitable damage to your body. Literally everything is awful, or at least questionable, about this job except for the benefits.

1.0
Feb 16, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Relatively okay pay at 12/h if you work graveyards.

Cons

Only get one 10 minute break if you work less than 8 hours a night Thankless work, can't sit still for even a second without being yelled at Management gets away with insulting and demeaning you Numbers game, you don't get treated like a human, just a robot only good for completing tasks as fast as possible If you're scheduled for 5 or 6 hours, you will get told about 4 hours into your shift that you'll be staying another 3 hours. No warning. Your schedule is useless, so don't even pay it any mind.

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