sales associate

deli associate

accounting manager

barista

truck driver

ABC STORES

- Mornings: 
opening of store operations, verifying safe audits, checking kronos for irregular clocking in and out, store appearance, checking stock levels, checking outgoing pouches to corporate

- Evenings:
store replenishment, delegating workload to staff, following up on staff to make sure efficiency and productivity is going smoothly, closing procedures, safe and register audits

You learn to move with a purpose with multi tasking at the same time providing excellent customer service.

All of the management are very experienced in retail, they eat breathe and sleep retail. With that being said, not all management are people friendly. To have good sales you need good morale, to have good morale, you need to be a people person and know how to effectively communicate with lower management and staff.

Co-workers become too attached to upper management and that's when the gossiping happens. Upper management and including the HR personnel should have boundaries when handling personnel issues.

Dealing with the DM (District Manager) was the hardest part of the job. Too much corrective criticism and not enough congratulatory praises. 

Most enjoyable part of the job is when your clocking out to go home! Oh wait, nope! Before you go home sometimes you have to drop off product transfers to other stores or pick up merchandise. This is off the clock with mileage and gas not even being compensated.

To start off my day at work, the first thing I do is say Aloha to the customers and to my manager while im passing by to get to the warehouse. I take my drawer and wait for my manager to give me the money bag for me to count my money in correctly to get the correct amount. I do this everyday. Right when i get to the register to put my drawer in, I wait for my manager to give me my morning message. After that, that is when I start. I had to work quickly, diligently. I had to multi-task a lot of times to get things done quickly and neatly. Everyday I do these steps... put backs, look for experation dates, clean, do invoices, and saying aloha to my cutsomers as they walk in. It was all new to me but I manage to learn something everyday before going home. The hardest part of the job was the invoices. Dealing with deliveries and knowing the types of delivery papers to check incase the delivery guys put the right amount of items needed. I had to make sure the papers were right before we all get in trouble by the office. This is why I love it when everyone works together.

It really depends what store you work at because there are more than 20 stores. I currently work at one of the busiest stores that produce top sales for the company. At a busy store, you’re so busy taking in deliveries and be lifting hundreds of  50lbs of water every other day.  Once you’ve been working awhile you’re assigned more duties and be responsible for orders.  You’ll be constantly replenishing coolers and groceries. If you work at one of the slower stores, it should be a breeze. Store managers, assistant managers, shift managers are nice too. The pay is very competitive.  I’m only part-time but sometimes they made me full time due to people calling in sick, which I hate because I don’t get the benefits of being full flex (which is more pay). The days and hours you work is random. I could be off one day and work at 5:30am the next day, the. Another day I’d start at 3pm to closing (which is around 12am). They would never give you a double shift where you close at night and have you work the following morning.  A lot of people quit this job because of how the schedule works. 

It really depends what store you work at because there are more than 20 stores. I currently work at one of the busiest stores that produce top sales for the company. At a busy store, you’re so busy taking in deliveries and be lifting hundreds of 50lbs of water every other day. Once you’ve been working awhile you’re assigned more duties and be responsible for orders. You’ll be constantly replenishing coolers and groceries. If you work at one of the slower stores, it should be a breeze. Store managers, assistant managers, shift managers are nice too. The pay is very competitive. I’m only part-time but sometimes they made me full time due to people calling in sick, which I hate because I don’t get the benefits of being full flex (which is more pay). The days and hours you work is random. I could be off one day and work at 5:30am the next day, the. Another day I’d start at 3pm to closing (which is around 12am). They would never give you a double shift where you close at night and have you work the following morning. A lot of people quit this job because of how the schedule works.


It is a good all around job I was placed at one in NC. And transfered the manager half trained me was hardly ever there an etc. When I finally thought I was doing something right it wasn't enough, I enjoy the one I am at now.

But I believe it's a lot of ageism to the younger generation but i found ways to adapt around it, this job is very fast paced an demanding. You will be paid good rather part time or full. 

But your basically packing transferers items,stocking,fronting items, cleaning,out of stock tags and helping with customers if it's lines forming. Make sure you id everyone using a card matching drivers license or more to card. 

Every Tuesdays preparing on Saturday for a truck if necessary.

Management disorganized and unfair. Based on favoritism and gender. They flirt with female coworkers but when it comes to age differences they disrespect and look down upon you. Work wise was not professional at all. Very disorganized and unfair work ethics. No promotions even if worked there for years. Pay rate hourly was alright but not enough to survive high cost of living for Hawaii so live off tips but tips were never split evenly or fairly. Management and servers always leave bussers out on tips and say it is based upon paychecks for whatever sales they make only 10 percent was given to us but for servers they take home cash tips every work shifts. Management would rig the tip system too.

What is the best part of working at the company?
I love working for ABC Stores. They give you opportunities to grow within the company. They have very good benefit such as health insurance, employee discount, and referral program. And the pay I would say it is better than any other retail on island. The interaction within employee I would say they are like your other family.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
I would say miscommunication about certain stuff. But other than that it is not that stressful if you do your work properly.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Work environment is very friendly, and understanding. They check up on their employees on how to improve things at work.

Every day at work I learned something new that really helped me in my everyday basis in my work. The management is really cool especially the co-workers that you working with. My cash handling really improved and my customer service that really can helped to our customer. My workingplace culture is really unique and very impressive they are very fair too. There priority is the employees they have concern to us. For me the hardest part of the day is sometimes we can't help that there's a shoplifter and then super busy that's why you don't know which one you should do first. And of course the best enjoyable part of the job is the people that you working with it's not just in the beginning but in every day.

It took me awhile to adjust to sales after I was in the food industry for quite some time. But after intensive training and work days, I started to enjoy it very much. My boss believed in all his employees to perform the best they could and encouraged us in great ways to push for sales. 

I learned a lot about sales but most importantly myself. ABC stores was a store that mostly catered to the tourists from Japan, Korea, and Russia. So most of the time, they did not speak english. I was taught a lot about patience and to serve in a timely yet efficient manner. 

I had a hard time leaving this job because my coworkers and bosses became my family. I miss it very much and will never forget them.

 Super Great Benefits for an entry level position, great performance bonuses twice a year and referral bonuses! It can be fun but it all depends on what kind of store manager you'll be dealing with. Some are great and willing to help but there's one that micromanages and don't care about work life balance and reprimands in public.  Another thing is the gossip culture, not just associates but even managers ride on to such making work environment toxic. Work itself is pretty easy and the higher up management is amazing especially the owner who is down to earth. 

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Sales associate 5 salaries reported	$21.35 per hour
Deli associate 4 salaries reported	$21.50 per hour
Accounting manager 1 salary reported	$100,000 per year
Barista 3 salaries reported	$21.42 per hour
Truck driver 2 salaries reported	$110 per hour

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