AWFUL PLACE TO WORK! No loyality or consideration for employees, it's all about PROFIT, PROFIT, PROFIT. - Anonymous employee Vons Employee Review

1.0
28 Oct 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Store is close to home.

Cons

Poor training, I had to get my own food service card for handling food. If you are single parent they DO NOT CARE. you will be scheduled to work ALL holidays and most times they "conveniently" forget to pay you holiday wages. You have to hound management then wait a week or two for your holiday pay to be in your check! If they feel like transferring you to another store, they can do so on a whim. The insurance benefits are not good. The union protects and covers management -- don't be fooled. Also, if you get a $.10 per hour raise, the union will charge you $200 for this wonderful promotion to the next step. The store is open 365 days a year -- doesn't matter if you've been there 5+ years, they will schedule you for every holiday. Loyality and hard work is not rewarded. They don't want to pay full time wages or benefits, so you can be there FOREVER and never be a full-time employee. It's all about profit and greed! Also you will be fired if they so desire. They have the politics in place to easily fire an employee or the know how to make life so miserable you want to quit! They know how skirt around the union if you they want to get rid of you!

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Pros

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Cons

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5.0
2 Mar 2026
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Pros

Excellent, straightforward, comprehensive training program and learning modules to ramp up quickly. Management was reasonable and attentive. It was welcoming and I felt respected, and gave my all as a result. They also make sure people don't stay longer or go without a break after the 5-hour mark; this is a California statute with which I was unfamiliar (I was guilty of working long hours without a lunch break in CT due to

Cons

This likely comes with the territory, but a significant percentage of the target customer demographic are of the needlessly disrespectful, uncivil, infantile, entitled, and rich variety. They contrive conflict and attempt to pin it on the workers, or needlessly change their order after it has been obtained. It is child's play. Company policy says to never call the police unless they are a threat to safety, but they absolutely do disturb the peace and ruin the experience for others. It doesn't help that there is an expensive (not necessarily upscale in terms of class) drinking establishment in the same plaza.

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