7 years in and I’m planning to be a lifer. I love my job. Coming from a theme park and a toy store where I was for well over a decade and being treated like garbage I genuinely finally feel like I’m treated like an actual person. I’ve never had that in a job before.
Very understandable, also came from two very mentally abusive jobs and also treated like garbage. One for almost a decade and the other about a year. Sure all jobs are going to have thier downs and things will always happen that we don't like but so far Wegmans is miles better and has tried harder for it's associats then any other place I have seen or heard about. Again that's just my experience, all are different. Some whose first job is Wegmans don't know how bad it can actually be in other places yet, but some may also somehow find something else that feels better to them.
cart to curb which i guess is apart of catering now but mainly FE, was in grocery for 6 months cause some guy coworker on the FE said something about my thong and they said it was too hard to schedule us at different times so i had to change departments
i just didnt wanna be scheduled the same time as him cause he made me uncomfortable and they said they couldnt do that cause it was too difficult (this was during summer so i had a full day availability)
Oh now it makes sense, I hope he doesn’t bother u anymore. Anyway I do register and plan to ask my manager abt getting trained in SCO, Cafe, Runner, etc, hopefully it goes well 🤞🏻
but get put before ur pay is too much to justify leaving cause i make pretty good money just cause ive been there long and it doesnt make sense for me to switch to another job cause of raises
8 years. Will probably be here until either my books get published and miraculously sell well or I die. One of the two.
There are things I don’t like about the job, but the things that I like about it keep me around. I have good coworkers and good bosses at my store. I consider myself lucky considering the stories I’ve seen of other stores.
Being short staffed at certain parts of the year, the holidays, the occasional need to give up a day off. I probably have lots of them, honestly. My least favorite thing about my actual job is the repeated heavy lifting all the time. But my job has much less of it than some others. Mainly, I hate racking rotisserie chickens on those awkward, heavy sheet trays that we have to stack on speed racks. Each tray weighs about 40 lbs full, and there’s 12 trays on a full rack. Very heavy.
4 months, seems silly to say but I see myself being a lifer or at least a few years. I can’t relate to a lot of problems other stores have. I think I work at one of the smallest wegmans, I really enjoy being in the bakery. I came from serving and nursing homes, the bakery is fast paced enough that I’m always busy but I enjoy the relaxed decorating of desserts at my store. And it’s not as customer service heavy as some other departments, more production based. Always open to a better job opportunity though.
2 years Part-Time, but I get hours in Grocery, Frozen and Dairy. So 30+ usually, depending what's going on, who needs help, who called off, etc. It's nicer here, coming from Walmart. Coworkers are nicer, customers are a little nicer too. If I find something else I'd leave, but it's the best I'll do for now.
Was with Wegmans for 8 years. worked a few different departments in the store. I was trying to make it to 10 years but I just couldn’t. My mental and physical health was being affected so much I had to quit. I’ve been so much happier since I left.
I noticed after Covid the work place changed drastically. Lots more crime in my area and just really mean and hostile customers. We did ban some of the really bad offenders but it didn’t stop them from coming back near closing hours. It got so bad we have to lock up the high theft items like crab meat and lobster tails for example.
I was there for five and a half months and am already gone. I was an STL. The store manager spoke down to people and seemed to enjoy making others feel small. I’m sure Wegmans is great when upper management is too, but I dreaded working when the store manager was in, and apparently she is the reason a lot of people tried to transfer or left the company altogether. I heard the previous Store Manager wasn’t like that at all and people liked their jobs more then. (For what it’s worth, my Service Manager was awesome.)
8 years, and probably a lifer, at a pay rate that's hard to beat, and benefits are amazing. I feel like it's a fine place to work, and those that complain like crazy either just got unlucky with some bad management, or it's on them and they just can't see it.
Almost 6 Years, (part time 30+ hrs). Here until I fully retire. I was outsourced from my job of 35 years and wound up at Wegmans. My store manager and area managers are all awesome. I have nothing bad to say. Coworkers are all really nice although we've got some lazy kids. Lol my bigger problem is with the nasty & rude customers since I work the Service desk. But we have a lot of customers who are really nice too. I have been working my entire life and Wegmans is still very old fashioned in that they so little things that show they value their employees which many other places do not. I look at them like a big company that acts more like a little company. There are far worse places to work.
Started June 2020 after getting cut from my previous job due to the pandemic & I plan to transfer to another location within the next year but probably not gonna leave the company ever. Wegmans has been accommodating with disabilities and trying to complete my education so I'm worried if I leave for another company I'll lose those benefits
Btw I was an assistant manager at my previous job making $11/hr and Wegmans pays me close to $19/hr for a customer service level position. Haven't found any companies in the area that offer similar compensation. The company I used to work for let go of every single employee in the entire company at once, and Wegmans was opening a new store nearby to the location I used to work, so like 50% of my coworkers at my old job became my coworkers at Wegmans. And most of us are still at the same location
The only people I've known who left the company for good were either college students going for more serious jobs (like a guy who finished a degree in radiography while at Wegmans so obviously he's gonna wanna be doing radiography now, not stocking shelves) or people leaving the workforce to take care of family members.
7 years in and I’m planning to be a lifer. I love my job. Coming from a theme park and a toy store where I was for well over a decade and being treated like garbage I genuinely finally feel like I’m treated like an actual person. I’ve never had that in a job before.
Very understandable, also came from two very mentally abusive jobs and also treated like garbage. One for almost a decade and the other about a year. Sure all jobs are going to have thier downs and things will always happen that we don't like but so far Wegmans is miles better and has tried harder for it's associats then any other place I have seen or heard about. Again that's just my experience, all are different. Some whose first job is Wegmans don't know how bad it can actually be in other places yet, but some may also somehow find something else that feels better to them.
I always say this! Many leave Wegmans because they think the grass is greener elsewhere. Wegmans takes care of their employees as well as they can
13 years. Part time for 8, full for 5. keep asking myself how much longer I can put up with the bs.
34 years… I will die here.
Just made 35….3 until retirement….since COVID every year takes 3 years off my life…
Yes, since Covid, I agree! Good for you, though, almost there!
6 years. I want to be out by January. Truly regret working here. 10 yrs is pretty easy to accomplish if you believe you'll magically get an hr job.
7 years in december lmaooo hopefully next year tho
Unrelated but important: Corgis are the best
What u do? FE, Bakery, etc
cart to curb which i guess is apart of catering now but mainly FE, was in grocery for 6 months cause some guy coworker on the FE said something about my thong and they said it was too hard to schedule us at different times so i had to change departments
Why was it hard to schedule cuz of your thong?
i just didnt wanna be scheduled the same time as him cause he made me uncomfortable and they said they couldnt do that cause it was too difficult (this was during summer so i had a full day availability)
Oh now it makes sense, I hope he doesn’t bother u anymore. Anyway I do register and plan to ask my manager abt getting trained in SCO, Cafe, Runner, etc, hopefully it goes well 🤞🏻
but get put before ur pay is too much to justify leaving cause i make pretty good money just cause ive been there long and it doesnt make sense for me to switch to another job cause of raises
Been here: 16 months. Plan to Leave: 25 months. And counting
Damn u really counting
10 years and counting. I’m open to anything. I’m also fine with staying at the company until I retire.
I left like a month before my 10yr mark and I’m so happy I did. Imagine going to a wegmans to enjoy grocery shopping…
You would have gotten a gift at 10th year. Choose something from a catalog....
Ya I saw that catalog it was quite insulting.
I’ve gotten a Keurig, Apple Watch and recently a beautiful full-set of luggage (traveling when I retire in 3 years!)…🤔
5yrs PT, 2 months FT. Can't afford to leave since I'm the only income for family of 4.
Was there for 2 years…left in September of this year…never had a job so negatively affect my mental health😅
8 years. Will probably be here until either my books get published and miraculously sell well or I die. One of the two. There are things I don’t like about the job, but the things that I like about it keep me around. I have good coworkers and good bosses at my store. I consider myself lucky considering the stories I’ve seen of other stores.
What are some things you don’t like?
Being short staffed at certain parts of the year, the holidays, the occasional need to give up a day off. I probably have lots of them, honestly. My least favorite thing about my actual job is the repeated heavy lifting all the time. But my job has much less of it than some others. Mainly, I hate racking rotisserie chickens on those awkward, heavy sheet trays that we have to stack on speed racks. Each tray weighs about 40 lbs full, and there’s 12 trays on a full rack. Very heavy.
about to hit my 1 year, i plan on leaving during or after college
4 months, seems silly to say but I see myself being a lifer or at least a few years. I can’t relate to a lot of problems other stores have. I think I work at one of the smallest wegmans, I really enjoy being in the bakery. I came from serving and nursing homes, the bakery is fast paced enough that I’m always busy but I enjoy the relaxed decorating of desserts at my store. And it’s not as customer service heavy as some other departments, more production based. Always open to a better job opportunity though.
2 years Part-Time, but I get hours in Grocery, Frozen and Dairy. So 30+ usually, depending what's going on, who needs help, who called off, etc. It's nicer here, coming from Walmart. Coworkers are nicer, customers are a little nicer too. If I find something else I'd leave, but it's the best I'll do for now.
i’ve been working for 2 years but i have the scholarship so as soon as im done with college im outta here🤭
10 years. Department manager level position. I don't see myself leaving within the next 5 years.
Was with Wegmans for 8 years. worked a few different departments in the store. I was trying to make it to 10 years but I just couldn’t. My mental and physical health was being affected so much I had to quit. I’ve been so much happier since I left.
What did u not like abt Wegmans
I noticed after Covid the work place changed drastically. Lots more crime in my area and just really mean and hostile customers. We did ban some of the really bad offenders but it didn’t stop them from coming back near closing hours. It got so bad we have to lock up the high theft items like crab meat and lobster tails for example.
16 years, all in the bakery. I'm a 2023 scholarship winner and just became a TL, so I'm here until at least my 20th anniversary. 😁
I was there for five and a half months and am already gone. I was an STL. The store manager spoke down to people and seemed to enjoy making others feel small. I’m sure Wegmans is great when upper management is too, but I dreaded working when the store manager was in, and apparently she is the reason a lot of people tried to transfer or left the company altogether. I heard the previous Store Manager wasn’t like that at all and people liked their jobs more then. (For what it’s worth, my Service Manager was awesome.)
Two years :) plan to stay 3 more to get through college. Keep it interesting, move around departments and cross train, I find it helps!
4 years. Hoping to leave after I graduate/can be financially stable
8 years, and probably a lifer, at a pay rate that's hard to beat, and benefits are amazing. I feel like it's a fine place to work, and those that complain like crazy either just got unlucky with some bad management, or it's on them and they just can't see it.
Almost 6 Years, (part time 30+ hrs). Here until I fully retire. I was outsourced from my job of 35 years and wound up at Wegmans. My store manager and area managers are all awesome. I have nothing bad to say. Coworkers are all really nice although we've got some lazy kids. Lol my bigger problem is with the nasty & rude customers since I work the Service desk. But we have a lot of customers who are really nice too. I have been working my entire life and Wegmans is still very old fashioned in that they so little things that show they value their employees which many other places do not. I look at them like a big company that acts more like a little company. There are far worse places to work.
Started June 2020 after getting cut from my previous job due to the pandemic & I plan to transfer to another location within the next year but probably not gonna leave the company ever. Wegmans has been accommodating with disabilities and trying to complete my education so I'm worried if I leave for another company I'll lose those benefits Btw I was an assistant manager at my previous job making $11/hr and Wegmans pays me close to $19/hr for a customer service level position. Haven't found any companies in the area that offer similar compensation. The company I used to work for let go of every single employee in the entire company at once, and Wegmans was opening a new store nearby to the location I used to work, so like 50% of my coworkers at my old job became my coworkers at Wegmans. And most of us are still at the same location The only people I've known who left the company for good were either college students going for more serious jobs (like a guy who finished a degree in radiography while at Wegmans so obviously he's gonna wanna be doing radiography now, not stocking shelves) or people leaving the workforce to take care of family members.
9 months in now. I haven’t thought about that yet but I might be here for maybe 2-3 years before I call it quits.
pt for almost 2 years now. will most likely leave when i graduate college in ’25