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Updated May 3, 2013
BevMo – Walnut Creek – “Walnut Creek store”

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2.9 41 reviews

                             

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Alan Johnson

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45% of employees recommend this company to a friend
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Van Nuys, CA

Former Employee – worked at BevMo part-time for less than a year

ProsYou get to interact with lots of people.

ConsLazy co-workers, Management caters to the ones they like the best. No room to advance and low pay. NO TRAINING at all, they toss you on a register and hope you figure it out. It's not hard after you do figure it out, but Customers get mad when they have to wait for you to learn something you've never worked before.

Advice to Senior ManagementTake a minute or two to listen to your co-workers, just because we aren't at your " Level " doesn't mean we are beneath you.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

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Van Nuys, CA

Current Employee – been working at BevMo part-time for more than a year

Prosfun coworkers, you can meet some really nice people

ConsLow pay, some customers can be VERY rude, undercover cops come into the stores and you can get fired EASILY if they catch you not carding someone that looks under 50 (bevmo policy), understaffing

Advice to Senior ManagementChange the "carding policy" to "card the customer if they look under 30", schedule more people so that we can better accomodate the customers and make the store look better

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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Orinda, CA

Current Employee – been working at BevMo part-time for less than a year

ProsGenerally an overall good company to work for if your starting out and don't want to work in a crapy clothing store or sell insurance. Also, if you have an appreciation for soda's and the various permutations of alcoholic beverages than its a decent place to work.

ConsTraining is quite poor and left me having to learn in a very haphazard manor.

Advice to Senior ManagementTake greater care in training your staff and giving them better incentive to do their job around the holiday season.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

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City of Industry, CA

Former Employee – worked at BevMo part-time for less than a year

Pros-Encourage drinking at twice-weekly tastings
-Gives you ample opportunity to learn

Cons-At new stores they hire too many people so even though I was told at my interview I'd get 20 hours a week, I really got 5

Advice to Senior ManagementNone at this time

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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Current Employee – been working at BevMo

ProsFun atmosphere
Enjoyable work
Easy
occasional product sampling

ConsEmployees must move stores to be promoted
Must suck up to succeed
Lack of recognition for work

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

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Simi Valley, CA

Former Employee – worked at BevMo part-time for more than a year

ProsEmployee discount.
Beer/wine tastings are free.
Coworkers are fantastic human beings.

ConsEmployee discount is a whopping 10%. Customers (and management) expect staff to have a near-encyclopedic knowledge of the store's products, but barebones training is haphazardly offered. Pay is low. Scheduling is painfully minimal and often last-second. Transferring between stores is impossible. Promotions were dangled in front of lower-level employees' noses for motivation, but never followed through. You have to deal with alcoholics. Customers assume you are an alcoholic.

Advice to Senior ManagementTrain your staff. Offer consistent hours. Promote from within (the building, not just the district). Total Wine has you beat in pay, customer service, training, prices, and selection. Where's your edge?

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

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San Francisco, CA

Current Employee – been working at BevMo part-time for less than a year

ProsFriendly work atmosphere, easy, free alcohol tastings, customer service very important to the company

ConsNot a lot of room to move up, not recognized for hard work, upper management unorganized,

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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San Jose, CA

Current Employee – been working at BevMo part-time for more than a year

ProsGreat product education, Fun place to work. Lot's of opportunity for motivated people.

ConsPay is very low, most positions are part-time. Pour benefits. Company doesn't seem to value employees; somewhat of a old boy's club.

Advice to Senior ManagementCut the margin by 1% and pay better.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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Brea, CA

Former Employee – worked at BevMo part-time for less than a year

ProsIt was easy to get hired since I had wine knowledge.
The manager and supervisors were fairly friendly

ConsI thought I would be helping people more in the wine department but mostly I just stocked shelves and the beer cooler which was REALLY cold!

Advice to Senior ManagementBetter pay

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Manhattan Beach, CA

Current Employee – been working at BevMo part-time

Prosfun to work
laid back
fun people
flexible

Consno pt benefits
low pay
very low raises

Advice to Senior Managementstore level management is great. everything above is below satisfactory. corporate heads do not understand the stores needs yet always promote more change. corporate only cares about the money. if it wasn't for store level management this company's employees would be unhappy just like total wines employees.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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