It doesn't have to be like this. - Anonymous employee UNFI Employee Review

1.0
Jan 23, 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Union benefits. Inexpensive health insurance. Numerous available shifts.

Cons

all the associated received a pep talk last month and played games to receive gift cards to encourage us to talk to every customer and raise customer satisfaction in the stores. We were treated like morons by the district manager and other corporate employees. Then we were promised a bagger at every register to raise customer service satisfaction. Then this month all the baggers were cut and all part time employees were cut back to 29 hours. I am aware that this time of year hours get cut but cutting a 40 year old single mother with more seniority to the same hours as a 16 year old bagger with no financial requirements is unjust. The company wants all part timers cut to contract minimum of 20 hours, The attitude is as stated above "if you dont like it just quit". How can they expect us to be happy and nice when we can't pay our winter heating bills and are being forced to work harder with no incentive other than to not get fired or receive further hour reduction. You cant even get a part time job to make up for the reduction because the company is inflexible and will just cut you from the schedule. Supervalu had lied to its employees and customers.

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Cons

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Cons

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