Loblaw Companies Reviews
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Updated Dec 6, 2023
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- 5.0Jun 6, 2022Assistant Meat ManagerCurrent Employee, more than 3 years
Pros
- Management cares about the employees - 10 percent Grocery Discount - Benefits(Dental, Vision, Therapy etc.) - Good atmosphere to work at - Many internal hiring opportunities
Cons
-People with highest seniority tend to not care a lot about work. -It's hard to find a full time job if you are new to the company since the priority are for the seniority division no matter how good you may think.
- 3.0Sep 11, 2023Customer ServiceCurrent EmployeeWinnipesaukee, NH
Pros
work with people not cold machine
Cons
lower salary and no opportunity for career
- 3.0Aug 30, 2023Sales Associate/CashierCurrent Employee, less than 1 yearSignal Hill, CA
Pros
Decent co-workers and a learning experience
Cons
Customers are awful and rude, standing for long periods of time with zero walking
- 2.0Sep 28, 2022Senior ConsultantFormer Employee, more than 1 year
Pros
-- No one is responsible for anything. It is all about how good you are in passing the buck. -- If you can open a can, you will be proclaimed a genius. If you talk about heuristics for operations optimization, you are sure to get a bad review coz your manager doesnt understand what you say and it is your fault. --No need to worry about doing a good job - the more you slack and circumvent work, the better you fit with the company culture.
Cons
A place that wreaks of bureaucracy . Not that bureaucracy is bad, but when bureaucrats are idiots well it is another story. Directors who escalate because they don't know how to unhide cells in excel, strategists who cannot understand basic common sensical nuances, you name it and you will find it in Loblaw. Not sure how this business is up and alive, coz when you see the stupidity under the hood , it is scary. Will take minutes for companies like amazon to squish them out . If you are a self respecting person with an iota of intelligence, don't join Loblaw.
3 - 1.0Mar 6, 2023Order PickerFormer EmployeeCambridge, MA
Pros
Good pay good management good
Cons
Everthing else from woking condition to stress
- 4.0Sep 18, 2022Agency CashierFormer Employee
Pros
Very good hours. Good part time job while in school!
Cons
dealing with customers is sometimes hard
- 4.0Jul 10, 2022Courtesy ClerkFormer Employee, less than 1 year
Pros
great supporting environment with friendly staff
Cons
work was quite dull and satisfactory, mostly pushing carts
1 - 4.0Jun 27, 2022Anonymous EmployeeFormer Employee, more than 1 year
Pros
Its a job. Nothing too bad or great.
Cons
Depends on the store manager. Some are easier to work in the other.
- 4.0Jun 16, 2022Anonymous EmployeeCurrent Employee, more than 1 year
Pros
New Tech New oppotunities ok perks
Cons
You have to play politics way to much.
- 2.0Apr 27, 2022PC ExpressFormer Employee, less than 1 year
Pros
For reference, I worked as the person in the room loading cars and answering phone calls. Great co workers, flexible times, always needed for more shifts, and usually keeps you moving. You learn from working with many different kinds of costumers. For example, some may be angry or upset from an honest mistake by you or your co workers. It helped me learn how to mediate situations without escalating the issue. On the other hand, it also helped me learn that some situations are better left to the managers.
Cons
Pc express is far from a perfect system. I could never get it down to which caused more problems, human error, the company, or the costumers. The very first notable issue I found was that it gets very chaotic quickly. It can go from 1 car coming to their time slot late to getting 5 calls about mssing items, slow service, and for compensation on the poor service. Many factors come into play when it gets to that point. The most common one is that we are understaffed. During events like Christmas or Thanks Giving, we usually have the most costumers and the biggest orders. It's freezing and everyone's on edge. That's why I don't doubt people for calling in sick, wether they were actually sick or not. The problem is that we do not have enough workers to cover their shifts and it leaves us in the room creating easily avoidable mistake due to the time crunch. With the company charging only $3 per pick up order, I mean who wouldn't take it ; to not spend 1-2 hours shopping. The problem for us workers is that, not only are we filled with costumers every time slot, they increased the amount that are able to come in per time slot. 5-7 costumers per 30 minute does not sound too bad but you to take into account the size of their orders, if they come in time, and if the orders a complete for us to deliver. To keep it short, we miss items, alot of the time. We have two different type of jobs, the ones who load costumers and the ones who pick the items. With the time crunch that we have and being understaffed mistakes are unavoidable. If the workload was more in tune with us workers to balance it out, less problems for us and more beneficial for the company. With the company's motto of costumers first, we always have to compensate the costumers if we miss an item or if they're delivery's late. With that on top of the issues. We always have to compensate atleast 5 or more costumers who had a problem the day of or the day before. I just wish the company would actually change it for the better. Even raising the price from $3 to $7 would probably lift some amount of problems.
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Loblaw Companies has an overall rating of 3.5 out of 5, based on over 5,091 reviews left anonymously by employees. 61% of employees would recommend working at Loblaw Companies to a friend and 53% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has decreased by -3% over the last 12 months.
61% of Loblaw Companies employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Loblaw Companies 3.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.4 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.
According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at Loblaw Companies to be career development, benefits, coworkers and the cons to be culture, management.
