Weird toxic environment full of weird toxic people - Cashier Farm Boy Employee Review

1.0
10 July 2017
Recommend
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Pros

The product is okay, and there were a few nice regulars.

Cons

As a cashier you are expected to simultaneously bag a minimum of 15 grocery items per minute while chatting with customers while answering the phone (there is no customer service desk to do this). I was once reprimanded for not making enough small talk with a customer while I was rushing to bag their items and answer the phone. The cashier department managers purposefully give supervisory roles to teenagers - it was strange to see a 16 year old in charge of a 40 year old. You must know and obey over 20 customer service steps (of which you will be tested at random). When it is not busy, the managers sit in their offices and watch employees on surveillance cameras, and will make your life as awkward as hell if they don't like you personally. God help you if you have a closing shift, as no one is allowed to leave the premises until all departments are ready - sometimes this means leaving at 11:30 when you were supposed to be out by 10. The job is alright for younger people with no previous work experience but more experienced individuals will know right away there is something off about the environment and its warped expectations. Grocery stores aren't the most ideal places to work but Farm Boy takes the cake for sucking the souls of its personnel. If you're considering applying, choose life and find something else.

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Cons

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