SUPERVALU Reviews

Pros

- Good benefits
- Opportunity for growth

Cons

- Employers care more for company than employees

Advice to Senior Management

Treat employees more like people than numbers.

Pros

It seemed like diversity was encouraged and it was fun to participate in some of the employee resource groups. The intern program was not as developed as some of the programs at other companies I have worked for though.

Cons

As an intern, instead of working on your own project or in a team of peers you join a group of senior analysts so I ended up doing some side work for them most of the time instead of actually getting exposure to project management or being actively engaged in the product development lifecycle planning.

Advice to Senior Management

Work on developing the internship program more to have a more structured and challenging experience. Give interns a chance to get more involved with project planning and managing teams.

Pros

large store base
buying power
good store sites
decent pay scale
future plans sound good but taking too long to materialize

Cons

lack of technology
not agile
cutting expenses without the right thought process
uncaring
priced out of markets they operate in

Advice to Senior Management

need more action from people that know the business and need to start taking real action to be competitive -

Pros

There is a tremendous potential for growth of the business. Need to explore expanding into more markets and increase store base

Cons

You never know if you are going to have your job long term from one day to the next. Job security is a big issue

Advice to Senior Management

Recognoize the jobs that people do on a daily basis and reward them at the end of the year/////every year

Pros

I think it was an ok place to work for. Pay was good, benefits ok, safe place, drug free, and incentives to be safe.

Cons

Didn't think twice about closing down Harrisburg on of the top warehouses in the company. Seniority down to zero if transferred.

Advice to Senior Management

They could have made a plea to stick up for us instead of writing us off as a number. Guess they did it to protect their backs.

Pros

There were a lot of good people in the business, but many were synergized due to the acquisition. It is hard to find a Pros other than there is plenty of opportunities for the business to improve. PLENTY!!!

Cons

Post Albertson's merger environment is very unfocused. Leadership talks a good game, but is having difficulty executing a concise plan.

Advice to Senior Management

Pricing, pricing, pricing. This should be the highest priority. With all the technology tools available to consumers today, smart phones, websites, coupon services, cable shopping instructional shows, having competitive prices is the ticket to the show. Freshness and clean stores are a given, but the premise of customers being loyal to a retailer is just as false as retailers being loyal to their customers.
When sales or margins are off it is a know fact that SVU raises prices on Non SKVI and KVI items sometimes over 300%. Not good and seen as very sneaky.

Pros

Dress code and a fun industry

Cons

Worked like an ape, horrible compensation, no overtime, no opinion, poor management yet nothing changes, extremely low employee morale, miserable work environment. Every senior level manager barely even went to college yet they are making big decisions.

Advice to Senior Management

Get a degree above a GED. Learn how to treat your employees as humans and read up on what the company is supposed to do. It might help

Pros

It is undergoing change right now, so it might be a good opportunity for growth.

Cons

There is way too much red tape. The company is anything but agile, however they are working to correct this in the future.

Advice to Senior Management

There are way to many associates that do not actually add any value to the company. Cut the red tape.

Pros

good benefits, yearly increase, good people to work with

Cons

employees were overworked, no OT pay

Advice to Senior Management

please look into the OT pay of your employees everyday 1 hour or more charity is not good, also there are far more worthy employees for promotion, instead of hiring new ones for supervisory why not give career advancement for your assistants..

Pros

Open honest communications given a difficult retail season.

Cons

Lots of change going on makes it difficult for associates to feel they have a voice.