Felt like a Stepford Manager - Assistant General Manager Wawa Employee Review

1.0
6 May 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Pay seems to be competitive.

Cons

Dare not think outside the box. Be paid well to do no more than run a shift. Do not expect your ideas to be given credence. They claim to be employee owned, but do not pay bonus to the employees and communicate solely through a monthly poster. Most store managers never have employee meetings. Be prepared to receive documentation over nonsense. Working here was like being a Stepford Wife. Creativity is frowned upon. Stay in your box - do not think outside said box!

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Pros

(Depending on your manager) you can take the tasks at your own pace and do what feels best, based on what you see. The position I'm in allows headphone use if you're not visible to customers.

Cons

Skeletal shifts are the norm, employee burnout is rampant and unaddressed. Manager turnover is very high at my store, which makes establishing consistency impossible. I get the impression that the conditions for employees vary greatly by store. That said, if you find yourself stuck at a rougher one, your options are to either take the toll to your physical and mental health, or to quit/transfer to a better store. I have personally experienced many legal violations at my place of employment. (keeping the store open and functioning when the workers don't have a bathroom [OSHA fixed that]) (and a few incidents where hours were not properly entered for employees, causing them to work without pay) I have worked here for 4 years without benefits, one year only missing the hour-cutoff for it by an average of 20 minutes. Consistent schedules are very uncommon for employees.

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