Great People, Terrible Leaders - Deli Assistant Manager Plum Market Employee Review

Learning every department in an out

Not exactly a ckn, but sometimes you'd be stuck working 1 department for weeks only because they made have needed you more then others at the time sue to staffing in that particular department.

Better work experience and pay than other grocery stores. Management is very involved in the day-to-day; they are always walking the floor. They can be very helpful at times and provide good support when a team is short-staffed or rushed. Most of the other employees are nice and easy to work with, but they can be a bit cliquey.

Management is very involved in the day-to-day, and they are always walking the floor. They can be incredibly critical and punishing for small issues. Beneath the guise of being a "family," competitiveness is often encouraged, especially among team leaders. Management often plays favorites, strongly reprimanding some for things outside of their control, while being overly forgiving of others for genuine issues. Team leaders are also given much more responsibility than at larger retail stores, for only slightly better pay. I often felt overworked and underappreciated. The holiday bonus is a gift card to the store, the value of which is subtracted from your paycheck for that week. The CEO is a bad leader; senior management often criticizes his choices behind his back, and he can be very retaliatory. It is a quality he passes down through the company, prioritizing loyalists over good businesspeople.