Sobeys Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Sobeys

Pros – - There are great people to work with.
- Flexible Hours.
- Lots of job opportunities for students.
- Work can be easy sometimes.

Cons – - You will rarely get a raise.
- Sometimes you will need to stay back longer hours.
- Hours can be cut.
- Depending on the store, store owners can be greedy despite being rich.
- There is a lot of politics, and it's the dirty kind.

Advice to Senior Management – Be less selfish.

Former Employee – worked at Sobeys part-time for less than a year

Pros – The staff were very nice
Flexible schedule
Worked in a new store so it was very clean
Closed at 10 opposed to rest of store which was 24 hours

Cons – Management was intimidating and did not train employees well enough
Only given two shifts a week
6 hour shifts

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Sobeys full-time for less than a year

Pros – Convenient Mississauga location, ability to work across several categories, national company, opportunities to work in different areas

Cons – Strategy not clearly defined, extended period of org. uncertainty

Advice to Senior Management – Focus on improving overall culture and morale

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Sobeys full-time for less than a year

Pros – Good colleages, nice to work with people, some friendly staff good training enjoyable enviornment great hours

Cons – I liked every aspect of this job my boss was great and it was a good job

Advice to Senior Management – none

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Sobeys full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Work hour flexibility
Good employee transfer to other Sobeys

Cons – The location I worked at had the worst manager. He always created a very hostile environment for employees and he was fired for stealing.
No employee discount

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Sobeys

Pros – If you dont want to continue your education past high school, becoming a department manager at a sobeys isn't a terrible way to go. I chose school, but the opportunity was there for me to take a position as a seafood manager.

Cons – Not alot of freedom, and there are some very foolish policies handed down from head office that you MUST follow(same I'm sure with plenty of places). Experience will vary greatly from store to store.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Sobeys part-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Friendly, cool staff ( for the most part)
Great corporate atmosphere

Cons – Some levels of management were poorly run
Many of the customers are rude and inconsiderate
Disorganized department managers

Advice to Senior Management – Given who your target employees are (people aged 16-23) there should be a larger focus on instilling great employee, management, organization skills. After all if these people see value they could be the future leaders of the company..

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Sobeys

Pros – Sobeys is a friendly place to work, with good managers and great training.

Cons – Hard to get 32 hr and often less, health benefits are based on hrs and advancement opportunities are limited.

Advice to Senior Management – you turn over many many people after great training because of min hrs.

Former Employee – worked at Sobeys full-time for more than a year

Pros – provided plenty of opportunities to learn

Cons – Was sometimes tedious with similar work schedule every month

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Sobeys part-time for less than a year

Pros – -The customers who come into Sobeys can be really nice.
-The staff and management are super friendly

Cons – -No employee benefits
-Training was a little unorthodox (Was I even trained? Maybe we skipped that part...)
-A lot of guessing involved in what to do.

Advice to Senior Management – Make a more standard and official training process.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend