Dierbergs Markets Reviews

Pros

Great benefits, room for advancement, fun people to work with, treat their employees with respect, professional environment yet still friendly

Cons

Lower pay is really the only thing that comes to mind. Some managers can be control freaks as well even though their ways are tired and outdated.

Advice to Senior Management

Don't think that you always know what is best for employees. Talk to them and see where things can be improved upon. Their knowledge is valid too.

Pros

Fellow co--workers, on the most part, are the best - they are intelligent, capable people! Store locations and office locations are great.

Cons

Low pay. Employees are taken for granted. Executive leadership does not allow for out-of-the-box thinking (you must do it their way) - very narcissistic. Work overload - and work inequality in some departments. Poor management by some department directors who focus much time on personal business and not on department issues. Promotions granted to those in the "in club." Others are managed by fear. Morale is horrible and HR motivators are child-like. Overall company management is old school and not in line with contemporary management models. Seldom is anyone complimented for a job well done.

Advice to Senior Management

Wake up. Trust your very capable staff to do their jobs and interact with you rather than just following your direction. Listen to them. Value them. Be aware of the work load that has caused great burn out. Even in these economic times, you should offer some monetary reward. Tell your staff thank you, or good job - and mean it. This treatment will go a long way. Make your staff feel secure. Send some of your department directors for management training. They need it. Again, wake up. Things are not as they appear to you.

Pros

Flexibility with scheduling: You can ask off for any day of the week and sometimes weekends too with little problem. Union benefits. Generally, very easy work. Ability to earn decent money if you start young and get promoted quickly. A friendly environment between co-workers.

Cons

Poor corporate management that tries to operate a large company on a small business model. Labor cuts that make goals unattainable. Unable to get promotions based on performance. Little recognition for jobs well done. Constantly introducing new programs that have not been tested or researched enough to be successful. Labor intensive.

Advice to Senior Management

1.Take the focus back to quality and service. More workers = a better product and more people to give the "Extra Step" customer service you're so fond of. 2. Remember to get input from your management team before introducing new programs.

Pros

The benefits are really good. I get 4 weeks vacation plus 5 personal days. I get pention when I retire.

Cons

I think the pay could be better. You have to pay union dues and the union does nothing for you.

Advice to Senior Management

I thing management needs to do more. They seem to stand around and they could be helping out another department or something.

Pros

It was a great job to have part time while I was in school.

So, school kids, moms, reitirees, or someone just looking for part-time work the basic entry level jobs are nice.

Cons

It's a job, not a career. It takes a long time to make your way up through the union seniority to get to a point where you get full-time and benefits.

So, school kids, moms, reitirees, or someone just looking for part-time work the basic entry level jobs are nice.

Not ally the managers are great. One of my favs actually left the company just before I did (my lea e was unrelated, I had graduated from school and had found another job). But that's any job, some managers are nice; others not so much.

Pros

In the grocery business, you do get to enjoy the perks of making "friends" per se with the customers. Many customers shop every day. You gain relationships with these people. Everyday tasks are inevitable but each day is different. Most of the employees are hardworking and I enjoyed going to work everyday for the most part. I made many friends throughout the years.

Cons

The people they employ for upper level management are generally not too professional. I worked there for ten years and saw the decline in people who took over those positions. Yes, there are many hard working, encouraging, ethical managers in their stores but there's also plenty that are not. I've had the unfortunate pleasure of having worked with many of them who were not "team leaders" whatsoever and who'd push work off onto lower level employees. Also, if you are wanting a full time 40hr a week job-don't even bother. They promote from within and unless you're "liked", you will not advance. I was fortunate enough to move into lower level management and secure a 40hr position but most will never have the opportunity. If hired from off the street, you will only be hired for part time work with minimal hours. Benefits are not available until...I think the 3yr mark. It could be 2yrs (I'm fuzzy on that being I received my benefits very early on due to the currant contract at the time). Also, with any union job you have to expect that while you may work hard, "Joe" over there could be milking the system and getting paid the same as you are. Even if you are working and going the "extra step", raises are rarely handed out except for your yearly union raise of a quarter...

Advice to Senior Management

If Dierbergs would hire suitable, hard working managers who are pleasant, encouraging, ethical and true team leaders, I believe that the overall moral in the stores would rise. When the corporate office is trying to come up with "games" for the stores to play to encourage good employee moral instead of actually addressing the issues and concerns the employees have, customer service will inevitably go down. Store management as well as corporate management need to understand that and try to be good role models for their employees.

Pros

Many of the people you'll work with (your peers, not necessarily your supervisors), are nice, friendly people who just want to go with the flow.

Cons

This is a decent place to work if you're a student, retiree, or part-timer, but if you're looking for a career, go elsewhere.

Advice to Senior Management

Start paying your hourly employees better, stop giving everything to union employees while screwing over everyone else, and correct store managers who think they're infallible.

Pros

nice working environment
market cares about customers

Cons

pay, less flexibility with schedule than I'd like

Advice to Senior Management

I did not work there very long and the management at my store was OK. Overall, it was a nice experience and a good place to work.

Pros

Dierbergs offers flexible scheduling and opportunities to access benefits if you are a union member. Pay is also decent, and raises available.

Cons

Will often work part-time employees as many hours as possible, for example 36 or 37 hours per week--almost full time, yet not offer full time status.

Advice to Senior Management

Treat your employees well. Dierbergs is known for their excellent customer service; this is what sets them apart from their lower-priced competition. If you cut corners and overwork current employees, customers will go to other stores.

Pros

It isn't quite minimum wage. Most jobs have decent working conditions.

Cons

Unions are needed because management doesn't respect employees. If it wasn't for the unions, you get the impression management would pay as little as they could get by with. Contracts are coming up again and rumor is that employees are going to be asked to take another hit.

Advice to Senior Management

The employees are your bread and butter. Give them a living wage, and stop cutting medical benefits.