Pros
-HIgh quality prepared foods and culinary section -Excellent Produce -Nice place to shop -Many nice co workers -Many of the customers are also nice
Cons
Move over Capitol Hill, Wegmans has more back room deals, crazy policies and rule breaking than anything I've experienced in my entire life. First, let's start with the very flawed job posting procedures. The rules state that all full time Customer Service and Team Leader level positions must be posted on the company website. This is good in theory, because it gives everyone a chance. However, there is one major downside: under no circumstances can a full time employee change departments (laterally) without posting and interviewing. As long as the move is lateral, a full time employee should not be tied down to a department. What if a Frozen Foods Employee was having health issues with the cold conditions and a Grocery employee was willing to switch? In any other company, the employees would be switched. But at Wegmans, the Frozen Foods employee would be told to "wait for a posting" where it could take several months to even have a chance to change departments. This also makes it nearly impossible for an underperforming employee to be moved. It should not be so hard to change departments in a retail job. It is just absurd. To complicate matters, most "open job postings" have already been decided in advanced. Going through a month of posting, interviewing and giving feedback is such a waste of time if management already knows who they want. Then there are the length of service requirement rules. The rules state that part time employees be in their positions 3 months, full timers 6 months and Team Leaders one year before they are allowed to post for another position. However, these rules are often broken for favored employees, creating resentment and a hostile work environment. Wegmans also heavily favors younger employees for promotions. Usually, a young cashier becomes friendly with management and is promoted to Front End Coordinator upon graduating high school. He/she then gets promoted to STL by 21, MT by 23 and Department Manager by 25. This cycle repeats itself over and over. Wegmans rarely hires employees over the age of 35 with actual managerial experience outside the company. These managers are almost always more professional, competent and mature than the young adults who worked their way up the "Bubble Chart" and feel entitled to their promotions.