Sobeys Employer Reviews

It wasnt bringing me enough hours or money. it was just a part time job. I want to start my career as an electrician.

A pleasant work atmosphere to work in. I learned many different skills over the time I have worked for this company. Our customer is our number one focus to us. We strive to bring great customer service and food value to all our customers.

I very much enjoyed working at sobeys unfortunately at the one I worked management had favortism and hypocritical.

The best work place inviromint i have ever had the pleasure to with

overall it was a job to go to, staff were friendly. The pay was low and so were the hours.

A good place to shop, to work, management is good. Hours are tolerable, but not enough hours when it comes to slow days.

good job
Hard work physically
good benefits and perks
union employee
Hard work

Just started working for Sobeys this past fall. Was off of work for a few years due to a disability and needed to get back to work ASAP for financial reasons and this was the first job I applied for. Very disappointed with the wage. Hard to live on $10 an hour and work part time. But I was warned by management that I would get any where from 18-23 hours – more... a week. I am actually averaging from 15-20 hours, work every Saturday and Sunday. Some Sundays, I would only come in for 4 hours! Kind of a waste, when I take the bus and takes me an hour to get to the store and 2 hours to get home on a Sunday. 3 hours of travel to work only 4 hours lol. Thankfully at Christmas, it picked up to 32-38 hours/week.

But management expects a lot from you for only $10/h. Sometimes management will come up to me with a whole list of stuff to get done, when there is less than 2 hours remaining on my shift. Here I am running my butt off to get it done, when everyone else is dragging there butts. I feel that since I am the newest employee there, I have to work a little harder to make a better impression.

My co-workers are a great bunch of people. Always friendly and make my job more enjoyable to attend. If I am uncertain about where things go or how things work, they are very helpful.

The hardest (s) part of the job is when it's slow and no stock to put out, usually a 6 or 8 hour day on a Saturday. All I do is face shelves and look at my watch every 10 minutes, swearing at it because time is going so slow. Also, trying to help certain customers can be annoying, especially when they ask me for some screw-ball item I've never heard before or if they have problems speaking English.

The most enjoyable part is when we get a new shipment (a large one) and needs to be put out. Even though it's physically demanding and my muscles are sore at the end of the day, time flies by when I'm busy. Even though it can be frustrating trying to help some customers, most are very friendly and are a pleasure to serve. If you go out of the way to help people, they can be very appreciative, which makes you feel good inside.

Over-all I am happy with Sobeys. Would be much better if they paid a couple dollars more an hour and gave me a few more hours a week. At least pay $12/h and hand out at least 25-30 hours a week. 15-20 hours doesn't cut it. – less

If you want a career in retail Sobeys would be my recomendation. Wages are competitive and there is room for advancement if you have a strong work ethic. Occasionaly you will run into a bad manager, who most likely has aquired his position by playing politics, but they are few and far between

Friendly staff. Newly renovated store. Bright and welcoming place to be.

believe I was targeted to be dismissed due to good wage. was long term employee before being terminated. overall decent company.

The typical day was about following a routine. Packaging and pricing the needed products to fill the counter. Deal with a curious customer the odd while. The management didn't care to much about the store. Few co workers were good people. The hardest part was to be the positve one. The best part of the job were the times alone acomplishing what needed – more... to be done without complaining. – less

Very relaxed job, but extremely physical. Hard on the back and knees.

Some days i would be the manager in the bakery, assign daily tasks, check over work being done. Schedules, inventory sheets. Puttng orders in, putting away the order when comes in, heavy lefting. Custeomer service, helping out the customer with any questions from the bakery and also helping them find any product in the store they may be looking for. – more... Loved working close with the other emloyees in the bakery. – less

long day standing
iv learned counting my float and public speaking and getting along with others
it was alright, i learned most things on my own
my co-workers were fun to work with
trying to make a conversation with the customers
meeting new people and getting to know the community and serving them

A typical day at work was very hectic (Which I loved) ..always something to do. I learned so much about food, and found it very easy to pass my information on to my staff. They were very receptive and understood, which made me feel better about my teaching and supervisory skills.This went on for at least 15 yrs. The hardest part of my job was ( at the – more... end) my "Store Manager", (a new manager to Sobeys) came into our store and from that time on till a year later taunted and degraded me in front of other staff members and I couldn't handle it any more, so I quit after 17 years in the Grocery business. I miss working in grocery, I still, after 7 yrs. think of how working there was the best thing I ever did, and miss it very much. I loved all my staff and customers, educating, helping and giving them a product that I trusted very much... – less

The people are fun to work with. Meeting new customers everyday is always enjoyable. It is a fast-paced environment which is something that I like.

I enjoy my job at Sobeys but lately the enviroment in there is not the best as they have cut back in hours so back the store is a mess and I am a bit of a perfectionist , moral has gone down and it seems we never get caught up.The full time staff have the wrong attitude and seem to think they dont have to do anything because they can't get fired unless – more... they steal something . The hardest part of the job right now is unloading the orders at night the skids come in piled over six feet high and they sometimes have cases of water on the very top which is very hard to get down.I enjoy very much doing relines and updating planograms of shelves I like when its done to stand back and see how nice the shelves look when faced properly. – less

Worked with a great bunch of people. As a cashier we needed to keep our checkout clean and tidy, when it wasn't busy we sweep the floors, filled up the bags at each checkout, made sure all the drawers at each checkout was full with paper and ribbons.
We had to make sure all our money was accounted for at the end of the shift, that our coupons were all – more... in place! If you worked to close we needed to make sure the front end was neat and clean for the next morning. – less

A typical day at work was cutting deli meat for customers/making trays/cleaning and maintaining dept./removing expired items/helping customers find things in the store as requested.
One of the most interesting parts of the job was learning all the different kinds of deli meat there are and then putting cheese and meat and sometimes fruit in a tray for – more... customer purchase.
I worked with mostly University/college students and my Manager from Sobeys Lakeland Front End. She had transferred from Lakeland to Nottingham now as Manager to the Deli.
The hardest part of the job was on Sundays...line-ups of people waiting for service.
The best part was helping my Manager using my behind the scenes skills like cleaning and preparing trays/etc...and showing people where things were in the store. – less