Cub Foods Reviews

Pros

good people, good work ethics

Cons

hours, overtime, holidays work, demands

Advice to Senior Management

none

Pros

good pay, flexable hours, good managers, nice coworkers. paid vacations. i liked working there until the store closed down. blah.

Cons

90-day probation, which means you cant call off NONE for 90 days. some of the customers had bad days . blah

Pros

We have amazing health insurance. Also, most of the dept. heads, and csm's are amazing, hardworking people. They are the ones who keep the store running.

Cons

Poor management, hostile work environment, low morale. Issues of employees are not handled in a timely manner. It is just not a good environment to be working in.

Advice to Senior Management

It's all about GOT. When employees are happy they offer unstanding GOT. Morale in stores needs to be better! Most of us work extremely hard and provide great customer service, but that is not acknowleged. When however, a customer complains, it is like we have been the worst employee ever.

Pros

Great benefits, good pension, decent hourly pay, union jobs

Cons

Poor management
Unfair treatment toward employees (example: one employee has a no-call no-show and is not reprimanded. The other is suspended for one day without pay. (Both had good records up until that point). The store I worked for had morning meetings in which all employees were supposed to be welcome. One morning I was told I was no longer welcome because I had more work to do than other employees & that I really didn't need to be there. The manager that told me that received a slap on the wrist.
Clock watching- one minute late is late!
No positive reinforcement. Negative comments flow freely.

Advice to Senior Management

Do unto others as you would have them do to you.

Pros

Benefits, Pay, Incentives, Environment, People

Cons

Working Hours, Narrow minded thinking

Advice to Senior Management

Adjust to competition

Pros

It is usually fairly busy so time flies by.

Cons

The management is not very flexible or appreciative.

Advice to Senior Management

Appreciate your staff

Pros

Flexible Hours
Good part time pay
Strong management team

Cons

Little opportunity for advancement within

Advice to Senior Management

More feedback

Pros

Pros: good working environment, excellent computer system, customers are relatively nice, very friendly coworkers

Cons

Cons: time off is not the best and might be difficult to request. Corporate management is reducing technician hours and implementing continuing learning with no time to complete it.

Advice to Senior Management

Corporate managers should spend more time in the stores in order to better understand how they work. New policies are sometimes unrealistic in terms of time to complete them.

Pros

Good starting pay
Flexible schedule
Direct Managers seem to be fair and honest
Benefit package is pretty good
Immediately given a fair amount of freedom and choice in how you want to conduct your day to day activities

Cons

Not a lot of potential for growth within the Loss Prevention Department
The annual raises are mostly just cost of living increases
A few steps behind technology wise

Advice to Senior Management

Cut down on the amount of paperwork
Eliminate the redundancy in day to day activities
Upgrade our technology a bit faster

Pros

Loss Prevention at Cub Foods is a pretty sweet gig. You write your own schedule (with a few simple guidelines), supervisors are great and always helpful, there's lots of room for personal growth as an LP agent, and the other agents are friendly and helpful. If you come in to work every day, catch a bad guy now and then, maybe even bust an employee every so often, this job could be your dream job. The freedom is great; your home store is yours to run and you'll only see your boss about once every 1-2 weeks. After six months, you get vacation time, sick time, and personal days. Cub's benefits package is pretty good and includes health, dental and vision insurance, as well as 401k, stock purchase plans, and lots of miscellaneous perks including mileage.

If you want to be a cop someday, or think a career is LP is the right path for you, Cub Foods will get you going in the right direction.

Cons

Starting pay is average, and you shouldn't expect much more than 6% in raises per year. Raises are merit based and 6% is on the high end of the raise scale. If you want to get ahead in the company you will need to play politics and make yourself available to do lots of additional tasks at your supervisor/manger's discretion. The company has been known for giving LP agents "just enough rope to hang themselves", but if you stay on task, show up for work, and don't nap on the job, you'll be fine.

Advice to Senior Management

Either open up more paths to further our careers or increase the pay raise scale. More should be done to keep the good agents working at Cub!