Sobeys Reviews

Pros

Team work atmosphere, average Salary, Vacation, Benefits package, Job security,

Cons

No structured pay scales for managers so earning potential is difficult to know. It seems to be solely based on corporate budget requirements for upcoming fiscal years. Only minimum and maximum salaries are discussed on a National level. This creates a very grey pay scale picture for specific regional opportunities.

Advice to Senior Management

More visibly structured pay scale for Managers so potential earnings are evident and not National minimums and maximums. I would recommend a 3-5 year pay scale portfolio for all Managers to show them where they can be in 5 years and what their earning potential is.

Pros

Promote from within. Strong company financially.

Cons

Need to treat lower level employees better

Pros

salary,is good, the place is clean you work with others and not alone, seems to have a good working atmosphere, and the work with the public is rewarding.

Cons

not reconized when you give an extra mile of your time, or reconized when you do a really good job and stand up and help out

Advice to Senior Management

managment and supervisors acknowleding and let the person who works hard or going the extra mile that you appricate what they are doing

Pros

you get to eat a lot of food, a lot of free food, people are nice

Cons

There is no leadership and the organization is terrible at establishing objectives. The National Office has zero power to align with the regions.

Pros

Just a job, don't expect too much from it. Lots of hours if you close to someone in the management team.

Cons

Favortism is rampant sometimes. Not as much hours as you'd like as a part time worker. Can be asked to come in.

Advice to Senior Management

Listen to your employees, don't show favoritism, slowly make changes. Talk to them as well and see what feedback you get.

Pros

- Very flexible hours, especially for students
- Clean stores very well maintained
- Great employees, very welcoming
- Management is very forthcoming and approachable

Cons

- Hours are inconsistent (sometimes you work 25+ hours a week, others you work 9+)
- Promotions are a little haphazard (in job experience and work ethic not always a guarantee over less experienced and less qualified people)
- A bit too quick on the actual teaching of the job, very much a learn as you go

Advice to Senior Management

Most stores have very competent leadership and managers that genuinely care about their employees, but in some cases the management has a tendency to focus more on the job than the employee.

Pros

It is an okay job, I only work part time so it works out great for me and has a flexabile schedule.

Cons

Some seniors are quite rude and feel they are over powering. Lots of seniors who do not have full time work.

Advice to Senior Management

Give workers more feedback on their work and enforce positive recgonition and great coustomer service to all the dedicared shopers.

Pros

The benefits for full time employees are pretty good.

Cons

Employees are only criticized, never acknowledged for a good job done. Specialists try to put you down for poor sales or stats without actually checking the real numbers! Management is constantly cutting the number of hours and staff to work in a week but then ask for more production and more cleaning and last minute schedule changes.

Advice to Senior Management

Stop trying to rely on computers to run everything...Employees with experience will always give better results IF you treat them with respect and acknowledgement!

Pros

Great shifts, easy to get
flexible schedules
Friendly staff and service mantra
can sometimes be a rewarding position--you get more praise from customers than management.
Social club.

Cons

Little communication from management
Hard work, essentially underpaid position given the job responsibility (min. wage)
Poor benefits, zero unionization and stringent promotion policies
Courtesy clerks responsible for much of the front end in terms of supply and cleanliness
A lot more work than relative positions at other stores but no appropriate commensuration
Can potentially be a dangerous job--a girl in this position was hit by a car and killed.
Not enough workers in my position

Advice to Senior Management

Before anything else can be done, all workers should be unionized. Higher-level positions are decent but low-end jobs are taxed heavily, some positions are somewhat understaffed. Supervisors are OK, but it can be difficult sometimes to anticipate what needs to be done and the work is quite intense. Teamwork is almost not there. The position just doesn't compete with other stores and is underpaid, however the scheduling is quite good. Did I say unionize?

Pros

- Management acknowledged when good work was done
- Friendly coworkers
- Management friendly, approachable
- Flexible holiday hours during off season

Cons

- Little to no opportunity for advancement
- Inconsistent working schedule
- Fluctuating hours, e.g. one week you have 30 hours, the next you have 15

Advice to Senior Management

Provide more opportunities to grow within the company.