After dealing with my co-workers being sexually harassed by a “guest” and recording the person’s actions, leadership refused to not allow this person from visiting the store. It would have escalated if the person kept coming but the only reason the person stopped coming is because he/she passed away. Who knows if someone may have been seriously hurt in the end. I was threatened with disciplinary action and/or termination if I kept pursuing to get this person banned with legitimate written, witness, and video evidence. After this incident I lost all faith here. It got to a point where I was harassed myself by someone in regional management not from my store before I finally was made effectively “forced” to quit.
HR was not an option for any of this because it being a private company (maybe that’s the reason?) meant I was at the will of my leadership at the store and my rights or the rights of others did not matter compared to someone who simply held management over my department.
This place is so shady that many of us who worked there received a check from a settlement made with Nugget when they were sued over abusing wage hours, lunches, breaks, etc.
Unlike other jobs, Nugget actually tries to indoctrinate you into thinking you have a future there and that Nugget is your life. They will make you slave away and do things that will make you question the legality of it. There are no rules according to leadership. But if you know your worth, you should be able to easily avoid getting pulled in.
You won’t make tips here but you WILL work 3x times as hard as person in your position would normally work outside of Nugget. You also won’t make enough extra money to give reason for your hard work. Maybe you’ll get a worthless picture of yourself on a wall no one cares about to try to eliminate any idea you have of realizing your actual worth as a person and an employee.
Don’t let anyone tell you you can make a career here. Think about it, it’s a damn grocery store you fools. Unless you have a degree or good connections, you won’t make it to the one or two positions that actually make really good money.
Discount is only 10%.
In the end, Nugget takes the concept of “the customer is always right” and turns it into “the customer is always right but the customer is going to need your soul as well”.
