Nice coworkers but working with the public constantly without down time sucks. - CCK Cashier Fred Meyer Employee Review

4.0
May 7, 2011
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Pros

The people who work there are the nicest people you will ever meet. That makes the shift a lot more tolerable because there is constantly a sympathetic ear. The pay is weekly. Sunday pay is nice because it is time and a third. The work is pretty easy once you learn everything, but it took me a year to know the basics to get through a day smoothly.

Cons

&& It is union, so a lot of your paycheck will go towards a union that you probably won't even need. && People are vicious at grocery stores these days, always trying to save as much as they can. It is stressful when people are constantly looking at the screen and blame you for everything that comes up wrong. && I developed carpal tunnel from typing on the register and handling heavy items all day. && This job really sucks if you are doing it for more than 20 hours a week. It takes a toll on your body and mind. && Every hour that you are on the clock and in a check-stand, you have to talk to customers. There is no down time as a cashier like there is in Apparel, how they can easily slip into the stock room for a couple hours doing nothing. This job makes you WORK.

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5.0
May 28, 2026
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Pros

If you have good relationship with your manager and you can trust them to have your back, it is an amazing place to work, and you will find success easy.

Cons

If you have lost the confidence of your manager, or have bad communication with your manager, it makes it very hard to be seen and be successful.

3.0
Jun 22, 2026
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Pros

Job can be fun and interesting Always something new to learn Lots of personal fulfillment as a manager when things go right

Cons

Unsupportive upper management Toxic work culture, unpaid overtime is rewarded and even expected or forced, even to the tune of multiple weeks in a row with no days off when you are salaried. They claim to support work life balance but even the smallest effort to set boundaries is heavily punished. Not paid as much as we should be for everything we have to do and deal with

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