It is a learning experience. I'm just not sure it's a good one. - Anonymous employee Hy-Vee Employee Review

3.0
4 Jul 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The customers and co-workers. People love Hy-Vee for good reason.

Cons

Upper management doesn't care about their floor staff at all. They took away employee meal discounts (marked up all the base prices then claim a new discount). They​ obviously care about getting the most work out of the least amount of people per shift. It's like a Chinese sweatshop. No bathroom breaks or water breaks and you may or may not get a meal break, but don't count on getting to eat because the food prices are to much for what ends up being about ten minutes maximum to shovel in after waiting in line to pay and hurry to the bathroom.

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Pros

Paid breaks. Can be lazy and get the same pay as a hard worker.

Cons

Your high efforts are not rewarded. Benefits only include the time you put into retail that can be considered experience. Although you have the title for a specific position you will still be forced to complete tasks of another position. Although I was a checker, I was also put on hot food line, samples, cart duty, cleaning bathrooms, cleaning spills, watching self check out, stocking, and many more. Any sense of enjoyment with other coworkers gets shut down quick by management. Availability can be ignored by management. Lots of drama with coworkers. No penalty for inappropriate and unprofessional work. Management cares about business more than employees even though it is “employee owned”.

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