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Toxic work place, no matter who’s in charge.
5 years I worked at Thrifty foods. First boss I had was an absolute terror & the second boss was even worse. She made everyone’s life awful by making everyone work shifts they hated for no reason. Never scheduled enough staff for the deli to run smooth, at least once a week she would miss a VERY important shift slot. She was rude & scary but i dont blame her. Thrifty’s is an extremely toxic environment and the whole manager team is basically a clique that’s filled with fake people who are constantly passive aggressive with each other. Pay also SUCKED and they were not fair in promotions. Never work here, simply for your sanity.
Toxic Work Environment
Full time availability expected for part time work with an inconsistent schedule. Management lacks communication skills and the ability to use positive motivation. Management actively tries to prevent employees from advancing in pay to keep their department costs low. Management uses the schedule to show both favouritism and punishment of employees for personal reasons. Management also spoke ill of employees infront of other employees.
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Worst Job I've ever had.
I can quite easily say that working at Thrifty Foods was by far one of the worst job experiences I've ever had. The pay is poor, management couldn't care less about their employees, customers were often abusive to staff members and sometimes even rewarded for doing so.
Cons
Stressful, terrible mangement, abusive environment
Thriftys isn’t the same
Our store manager walks around yelling at departments and definitely does not make you feel like you are welcome or even appreciated. The atmosphere of your work is important so that employees feel like they want to strive. If you treat them awfully, they will not perform well.
Should just change the name to sobeys
For an entry level school job it is fairly good however if you are wanting to move up your work/life hours aren't always great. You don't get regular hours so it's hard to plan things in your personal life.
The expectations are great customer service which is getting harder and harder as the company continues to cut hours.
The expectations are great customer service which is getting harder and harder as the company continues to cut hours.
Positive and supportive
Management is good and approachable. Fast paced. Coworkers have fun and still get the job done. I manage my own department so they let me do my thing however do check in once in a while. They don't micro manage. If I need something I just ask. Benefits are so so. You can upgrade but have to pay into it. Wages are retail so no where near the cost of living. They recognize you for good work.
Pros
Recognition, wage increase every 1000 hrs. Treats now and then. Xmas party.
Cons
My job is very physically demanding. Not paid enough for it. 8 1/2 hour shifts.
Fantastic first job
I loved working here, I had so much fun with my co workers and learned so much in my time here. In the year and a half that I worked here the only complaint I had were I had few hours. Loved my manager and my other supervisors. Genuinely a great place to start working.
Pros
Fantastic Co workers, Educational, Great management
Cons
Low pay, Part-time
Baking and management of production.
At one time was one of the best on Vancouver Island but in the last seven to 8 years they have valued there employees less and less. Management is not held to account in the senior management positions. The culture is not one of working together as it once was. the hardest part of the job was seeing high standards in quality change. The most enjoable part of the job was working with certain employees.
Great company to work with... I would go back to work for them again!
It was a happy place to work.
The co-workers worked well with each other and Management was great.
The hours were flexible and there was no lag time.
There was lots of instructions and help for questions and customer service was great!
The co-workers worked well with each other and Management was great.
The hours were flexible and there was no lag time.
There was lots of instructions and help for questions and customer service was great!
very bad managment.
They have the worst managment i have ever worked for. Managment is incredibly corporate and in-human. Empolyees are always quiting because of it. New employees were yelled at and punished on night shift for being too slow. They had just started working there! no matter how hard i worked, pushing myself as hard as i possibly could. Always told i am not going fast enough. Managment continues to make night shift hours worse and worse. They dont care about us
Joke of a company hope corporate wakes up soon.
A bunch of terrible managers that just parrot each others opinions with no individual thought, sure they may have the position but no leaders in sight including the joke of a store manager. There is almost no room for advancement and there are no employee benefits other than what is legally required to be given. If you enjoy working at a place with no positive reinforcement and a bunch of hypocritical managers than this is the job for you.
Overall great place to work.
Working at Thrifty Foods, everyday was a bright day. And almost everyone was working happily. Customers were great, mostly regulars, which was especially nice!
The management, was very confident in my abilities, and taught me what to do, within the first day, so I was not left stranded.
Co-workers, are somewhat competitive with til speed. And some more than others, I was personally very competitive with it, and loved working for a higher score.
The overall hardest part of the job, was working through a very very high speed work day, while juggling cleaning, and other issues that you would sometimes face; like having to clean up the floors from spills, run to look for items for a customer, and or helping people out to their car, in the midst of the rush.
Personally it was a joy to work there, and I would 100% work there again. The people were great, the customers were great, and the overall workplace is manageable if you have the work ethic of a champion. (or not).
I would recommend anyone to be a cashier at Thrifty Foods, with how great my experience was.
The management, was very confident in my abilities, and taught me what to do, within the first day, so I was not left stranded.
Co-workers, are somewhat competitive with til speed. And some more than others, I was personally very competitive with it, and loved working for a higher score.
The overall hardest part of the job, was working through a very very high speed work day, while juggling cleaning, and other issues that you would sometimes face; like having to clean up the floors from spills, run to look for items for a customer, and or helping people out to their car, in the midst of the rush.
Personally it was a joy to work there, and I would 100% work there again. The people were great, the customers were great, and the overall workplace is manageable if you have the work ethic of a champion. (or not).
I would recommend anyone to be a cashier at Thrifty Foods, with how great my experience was.