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    C&S Wholesale Grocers Reviews

    Updated January 15, 2019
    527 reviews

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    C&S Wholesale Grocers Chairman and CEO Rick Cohen
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    Pros

    • "The pay is decent and paid training" (in 18 reviews)

    • "Coming into C&S as a selector you have the potential to make big money" (in 28 reviews)

    Cons

    • "This leads to a work-life balance challenge" (in 45 reviews)

    • "Irregular/long hours - sometimes had to work 3rd shift" (in 41 reviews)

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    1. "Everything was great manager what amazing and they hire you on the spot"

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      Former Employee - Selector in Westfield, MA
      Former Employee - Selector in Westfield, MA
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at C&S Wholesale Grocers full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Amazing job to work at start of at a good pay rate and you can make your own raise when you bring up to rate more up so you can make a lot of money

      Cons

      Have to work in a freezer for plenty of hours

    2. "Overworked, underpaid, underappreciated"

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      Former Employee - Buyer in North Hatfield, MA
      Former Employee - Buyer in North Hatfield, MA
      Doesn't Recommend
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at C&S Wholesale Grocers full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Great training
      They offer a "Leadership" program that is an excellent opportunity for training and advance within the company, would recommend if you can get in this program.
      Made a lot of friends there, nice associates for the most part
      401k Matching

      Cons

      Clear divide between upper-management and associates
      Upper-management shows no appreciation for hard work, staying late/working on weekends
      Black out days for vacation makes it nearly impossible to take a vacation
      Not a lot of room for growth if you aren't apart of the leadership program
      Work life balance is non existent
      Drastically underpaid

      C&S is a good place to start a career, I started right after college and stayed for 2 years, the training is excellent. However, they take complete advantage of you and make promises they never keep. The turnover was EXTREMELY high while I worked there because no one was happy.

      Advice to Management

      Have work events, connect with the associates.
      Be flexible, I worked at C&S for 2 years and never got a vacation because I couldn't get it approved.
      A large issue I had with management was that they hadn't bought in 10+ years and weren't understanding when issues arose.

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    3. "Customer Account Coordinator"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at C&S Wholesale Grocers full-time

      Pros

      One of the biggest employers in the area

      Cons

      Not a good work life balance. Employees are encouraged to work 24/7

    4. "Stable company, seemingly working to improve work-life balance"

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      Current Employee - Financial Analyst in Keene, NH
      Current Employee - Financial Analyst in Keene, NH
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      Pros

      Job security, opportunity for advancement, getting better about w/l balance

      Cons

      Poorly trained (if trained at all) management peppered throughout company

      Advice to Management

      Offer / require management training for managers

    5. "good place to make money"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at C&S Wholesale Grocers full-time

      Pros

      ability to make good money through incentive program

      Cons

      high turnover rate throughout all positions including supervisors and managers

    6. "Picker"

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      Former Employee - Order Picker in Bethlehem, PA
      Former Employee - Order Picker in Bethlehem, PA
      Doesn't Recommend
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at C&S Wholesale Grocers full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Not much outside of pleasant trainers

      Cons

      Hours and workplace mentality. Very aggressive employees overly unpleasant Hispanic co-workers. Equipment that doesn't run efficiently.

      Advice to Management

      Rethink your use of speech recognition software.

    7. "LDP"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at C&S Wholesale Grocers full-time

      Pros

      Met some good people and created good relationships

      Cons

      long hours, inadequate pay given long hours

    8. "Terrible place to work."

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at C&S Wholesale Grocers full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      Work alongside some good people since you are with them more than your family.

      Cons

      You have no work life balance. They run 18 hour shifts and expect people to keep a smile on their face. Terrible environment. Disconnect from corporate and warehouse. Don’t ever become a salary supervisor they will take advantage of you and blame you for everything.

      Advice to Management

      Say you care about employees but drive them into the ground at the warehouse level.

    9. "Excellent Management"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Whately, MA
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Whately, MA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at C&S Wholesale Grocers full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Excellent management and conscientious employees

      Cons

      None that I can think of

      Advice to Management

      Continue doing what you are doing.

    10. Helpful (1)

      "Order selector"

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      Current Employee - Order Selector in Suffield, CT
      Current Employee - Order Selector in Suffield, CT
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I have been working at C&S Wholesale Grocers full-time

      Pros

      U meet alot of good people. Hard workers

      Cons

      15.00 to 10.10 No way possible

      Advice to Management

      The Only people who are going to work for 10.10. Are the ones who owe child support have legal problems or who are just on drugs...you start at 10.10 3am I'm at 19.00 or 20.00 if it's a long shift till 9am I'll end up back at 10.10 so my hard work goes to waste. NO ONE SHOULD BE TREATED LIKE THIS..U BASICALLY CANT USE THE BATHROOM EITHER....