grocery merchandiser

merchandiser

grocery associate

retail merchandiser

AHOLD Delhaize

Peapod is not a bad company to work for, if you know what you are getting into. They hire anyone who can pass a drug test, and you don't even need to be literate or speak English. The pay and benefits are not terrible considering the job is very easy and does not require any skills. Base pay is #10.50, but you can start at $12 if you work nights( 75 cent pay increase) and in the freezer (an additional 75 cents). You get a 25 cent raise every 3 months(base pay caps at $13.50), 5 days of sick time, and roughly a week of paid time off. Other benefits are not exceptional, but better than you might expect from unskilled, hourly work. You can pick up a ton of overtime, which is the only way to make decent money. You can work 12-13 hours a day, and pick up a sixth day( cant work seven). A woman working in the freezer with me earned $55K in a year by averaging 75 hours a week. Not worth it if you ask me, but that is decent money for the job.

There are problems, however. Management promises a lot, but doesn't deliver. They tell you that if you show up everyday and do your job, you can rapidly advance. This is true, if you are one of the supervisors favorite or receive nepotism. For the normal worker, this doesn't seem to be the case. For example, six months working in the freezer, which few workers want to do, volunteering for the load racks when they need help, which is another position that everyone complains about, and maintaining productivity at the top of the list(they electronically track your productivity numbers, although this doesn't really matter as you can spend half of your time in the bathroom and meet the minimum quotas, and people with high numbers never seem to get promoted), and doing everything asked of you results in being passed over for promotion by someone who had started a only a month earlier and was not a particularly good worker.

 In addition, management does not care about the workers. Like I said, you can pick up large amounts of overtime if you want. The problem is, you get it even if you dont want it. They have Mandatory Overtime, meaning that your scheduled time means nothing. The management tells you when you can leave. This wouldnt be much of a problem, afterall they inform you of this policy before you take the job, except that they abuse the workers. Expect to work 50+ hours a week during the slow season, and 60 hours during winter. Even on days where there is little work to be done and alot of people, you still end up staying 11-12 hours for no real rhyme or reason, even though corporate constantly says they want to cut back overtime. In addition, if you have been working for 10 or 11 hours and dare to ask what time you are leaving, expect to be met with scorn. The nicer managers will claim to not know, while the nastier ones will mock the question, as if it were Little League practice and mock you for being in a rush to "go on a date" or something. Everyone working is an adult, and no offense to Peapod but they all have other things theyd be doing then working there, so give them an adult response. Most workers will understand that they have to work if you communicate in a grown up manner.

Also, management does not value the safety of its employees. They will call you in to work for a 12 hour shift even if there is a blizzard outside, and roads are an absolute mess. In addition, you can bet that they didnt pay for the parking lot to be shoveled so you better show up an hour before your 12 hour shift to shovel your own spot. They also disregard rules. For example, they will make people who work in the freezer (where it is between 0 and -10 degrees F) to go help in the load racks (where it is 75-80 degrees F). This is a huge health risk, but even worse is that after you build up a sweat loading trucks for a few hours, they will send you back to the freezer, then write you up when you have to call in sick. They will also send people who are unprepared into the freezer. Its understandable that they expect their workers to assist in all functions of the warehouse, but they will send people into the freezer with no warning, and these people will spend several hours working there without a mask or only wearing tennis shoes. While this is not necessarily unsafe (you never spend more than thirty minutes at a time within the freezer so are not constantly exposed), it is unfair to expect the worker to be happy about, and its rude to mock them for complaining.

All in all, Peapod, like every other company, has its ups and downs. If you dont mind working long hours, and can learn how to navigate management, you can make a livable income at a relatively easy and stress free job. If you know what your getting into and can live with it, its not a bad job for someone who is unskilled, or wants to save up money before getting education/training. If you cant or dont want to work long hours for seemingly little reason, then don't take this job.

**PLEASE READ this 1st b4 applying**  Typical day is as followed. The day of work for me was based on 2nd shift. EVERY single day ur start time is different! Meaning around 9am-10am day of work u are suppose to get a call, text or email from company telling u what time to start (NO SET TIMES like MOST jobs) Start times are WEIRD, 1:37, 1:56, 2:39, 3:14 etc! If u don't get a response from these clowns than it is ur duty to call them to see what time u need to go in. I was placed on FINAL warning due to them NOT calling me 1 day. They told me i did a no call no show! It is the driver managers duty to reach out to the drivers! At least a dozen times i had to call those bozos asking what time to start!!! For the 1st 60 days they give u easy routes. After that they send u down to the city of Chicago (Very narrow streets, NO parking) PLENTY of buildings down there which don't have elevators!!! U will have to walk up to 2nd, 3rd & sometimes the 4th floor multiple times too due to the size of customers order (cases of water, soda, eggs etc) Because parking is an issue u are forced to block the streets while making ur delivery!!!! I was involved in MANY arguments with local drivers down there & almost got in several fist fights because EVERYONE is in a hurry!!! Many drivers have told me it took them 5 years of working downtown b4 they got Seniority & then was able to get farrrr away from the city!!!Ur ENTIRE day is also routed & timed! Mileage & time from 1st stop til when u get back to the warehouse!!! So get use to being called into office by ur manager almost EVERYDAY since u are a human & NOT a robot!!! I wanna make this CLEAR tipping is optional!!! The bigger the house the LESS the tip!! A $400 order equates to a $5.00 tip! Customers are CHEAP skates!!! Be prepared to work even when its -40 degrees outside!! Customers will give u a 5 min speech on how they appreciate the service & then will sign the invoice WITH NO TIP LEFT!!!! By chance if u work 2nd shift, there is a BALD HEAD GUY glasses WITH A GOATEE.... (GOOD LUCK) WORST manager in my 37 years of existence!!! There is a BIG trail of people whom have problems with him!!! The guy is a liability to the company!! Company NEEDS to practice what they preach. In this case I'm talking about safety!! If any glass breaks while delivering than have fun! Peapod does NOT provide u with any tools to clean it up!! Ur dealing with dry ice all day & they don't give u any gloves to wear either!!!    U will be driving a diff truck everyday! Once u clock in u have 10 mins to get off the lot & on return to lot u have 10 mins to clock out (be prepared to have those talks weekly with ur manager) Just incase u want to go talk with HR, 1 driver manager is married to a MAIN person in the HR department.... I'd say out of 10 people, 2 people may make it an entire year (VERY high turnover) Consider that comment just above if u are after the sign on bonus! U have to be there for an entire year to get the bonus ( 90% of people don't make it)
MY ADVICE, STAY FAR FAR FAR AWAY from this company! U WILL REGRET IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Peapod is a nice place to work. Get first shift out of your thoughts, ranking goes by seniority and to determine your schedule, which can change every 2-3months, they do a "shift bid" All the people who have 1st keep first. There are several schedules with mandatory 2nd working full weekends. 2nd shift 2-10pm isnt terribly awful. The team is full of funny, kind, decent folks, you always have a bad apple or 2 but 2nd shift managers are wonderful. This job is stressful, you get yelled at all day over silly things but have patience, dont take things personal bc once you disconnect, that conversation means nothing. Be ready to get yelled at A LOT. Higher mgmt is always around during the day, they do seem to care about you as a person, they remember names and situations/stories you tell them. You must meet call time goals. The higher ups love celebrating everything like national chip n dip day, they will feed you! Snacks are avail by machines, soda, chips, even refrigerated vending for sandwhiches and misc plus they introduced a snack box w fresh fruit n snacks for free. At night you realize when the calls die down that it's relaxing and calm some folks start interesting conversations for all or some read a book but you invest a lot of time, patience and your voice to get to the calm and it will come. It can be extremely stressful if not used to working with unhappy customers back to back but the calls can be good too. You might like it here. There are people who have been here for 20+ years. Oh and they invest weeks of training. You basically work independently. Possibility to work from home too after meeting certain requirements. There are times we can volunteer to work overtime and earn bonus gift cards, when they REALLY need help. There are lots of contests around Big holidays. Everyone dressed up for Halloween and won some kind of prize. I enjoy my time here, take away the nasty customers who will treat your whole existence bc of a broken egg and its a great place to work especially working with cool relax decent people.

The job itself isn't hard. There's no real challenge, and you don't have to think a lot. In a way it's a great place to just "work."

The issue is how the place is run. Whether that comes from management or the people above them., You will be written up for falling below the goal numbers as a picker or stocker, and do not mistake of believing that this won't happen if you're good at the job. Things in the warehouse will happen out of your control that will force your numbers down. That's just the way it is.

The belt will malfunction, Tote maintenance won't be able to keep up with the demand for all the mods (forcing you to run around looking for totes), or they'll ask you to move from chill to the freezer, or the freezer to dry, or any other swapping you can think of. When doing that you have to change your clothes (freezer is -20, chill is 35ish, and dry is just the ambient temperature of the warehouse) and then swap your position to the new area. All the while, your numbers fall further and further.

A simple job turns into a frustrating rat race to try and move as fast as possible, all while still managing to fail to meet the quota if you receive bad orders. A dozen gallons of milk per cart, several large items requiring lots of downtime while you add totes to the order to accommodate the items, any and every little thing that doesn't frustrate you when you start out will slowly start to make you miserable.Beyond all that though, the worst part is you can maintain good numbers, but you'll almost always be written up at some point for days that were out of your control. They'll continue to do this (I've seen people get written up for days they were TRAINING) until you've exhausted all your "warnings" and they'll leave you on your "last" one until they deem it time to let you go.

This company is a revolving door of mediocrity, and it doesn't deserve hard working employs. It would be unfair to blame my managers, because I'm sure they also were stuck in similar positions to the "warehouse associates" but in a different way.

You work 6 days per week, get one day off. Plus they recently changed the schedule to working 7days per week. They made sure u get one day off on a pay week to cover against labor laws. They give you Tuesday or Wednesday off and then you will have to work straight back to back days until the following Wednesday or Thursday to get another one day off. I worked here for almost a 2 years and only got 3 weekends off. That is, Saturday and Sunday. I only got it three times because on two occasions, I had to call off work on the weekends so I can rest my body.
 Also, the turn over rate is very high. In two years I saw more than 800 new hires come and go. It's a revolving door and they dont consider you a human being. They work you like a slave.  How in Gods name do u expect a human to work a job picking up heavy cases of juice, bags of potatoes, boxes of bananas, chicken and beef weighing in excess of 60 - 90lbs on a shift that spans more than 12 - 14 hours and only give him/ her one day off to rest? This place is one of the worst places I will wish on my enemies. You work 6 or 7 days per week, 12 - 14hrs. You go in around 7PM and dont get out until 9 or 10 am...ish in the morning. Even slaves during slavery had Sunday off and only worked from sunrise to sun down. Smdh . Like I said earlier, ONLY A SLAVE CAN WORK HERE.  if you want to work yourself to death, please kindly apply. They will be happy to receive you and dump u when u get hurt or when you die!!!! 

They'll throw money at you, and expect you to deal with an unsafe unfit place for work. 
The third shift head even got frustrated with a safety issue getting brought to his attention. Management lacks serious professional attitudes.  They make more missteps then productive ones. If hired, which they barely vet who they hire... you'll receive some of the most lackluster training, because they don't keep good employees and overlook the best ones, through silly biases. Which results in new members getting on boarded by relatively new associates, leading to a repeated cycle of new associates not being properly trained. I put in over half a decade and watched as new hires came, realized the faults, and eventually leave. Resulting in this ongoing retention issue they have, with a system that is designed to hurt the associates that have lasted. Which gets into do you like your home? Because you wont enjoy it working here. Due to not keeping associates, they are always forcing a last minute mandating schedule on you. So basically as a selector you wont receive adequate training, and then be put in some of the most stressful situations once you finish or order because dropping off on the dock will have you risking your life. There loading operations are some of the Un safest I have ever seen in a DC. Resulting in more chaos and congestion then you would hope on a dock. Overall if you dont mind a company that values the dollar they can throw at you, more then they value you, then its for you. 

•	Leading enterprise-wide transformation using Dynamics 365 F&O and CE across retail and distribution operations, standardizing finance, supply chain, and commerce processes.
•	Configured GL, AP, AR, Fixed Assets, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Warehouse, and Commerce modules to improve financial consolidation accuracy and operational throughput.
•	Developed scalable X++ extensions, C# Plugins, JavaScript enhancements, and custom workflows, reducing manual processing and strengthening compliance controls.
•	Designed Azure Logic Apps & Service Bus integrations (REST/SOAP) to synchronize ERP, CRM, warehouse, and production data across multi-region systems.
•	Automated Procurement, Inventory replenishment, and approval workflows using Power Apps and Power Automate, accelerating cross-functional collaboration.
•	Implemented WMS/WCS/WES optimizations to enhance inventory visibility, warehouse efficiency, and production staging accuracy.
•	Delivered executive-level Power BI dashboards for Sales, SLA adherence, Supply Chain, and financial KPIs, enabling data-driven decisions.
•	Governed patch/upgrade cycles, sandbox deployments, and Data Loss Prevention policies to ensure system stability, audit readiness, and secure financial environments.
•	Established SLA and Entitlement frameworks within Customer Service and Sales modules, improving case resolution governance and omnichannel consistency.

Workplace culture is okay, teams are generally satisfied with work, teammate relationships are healthy, and the workload isn't overwhelming. However, the administrative aspects of the company create significant friction. For example, to get HR information, you often first have to reach out to an HR associate assigned to your team, who often would then just tell you to either submit a ticket or call a help desk for HR information. This ticket/help desk request would often direct you back to the HR associate. Similar experiences occurred with IT. Normally this was just a minor inconvenience, but this disorganization and bureaucracy leads to frustrations for employees. In FY20 there were errors in a sizable portion of employees' W2s, and many of us didn't find out until after we had submitted our returns, which will require many of us to amend our taxes. All benefits (health insurance, 401k etc.) are also administered through a 3rd party vendor (not HR), so if you have any questions/frustrations (e.g., health insurance not covering something you feel they should, an administrative error with your 401k, both of which have happened to me), the company HR won't intervene on your behalf, and the 3rd party vendor doesn't seem incentivized to help. If these challenges were fixed, I would enjoy working here more.

Delhaize America is a great place to work and I have thoroughly enjoyed my years at the company.  However, I feel that it is time to move on as I have a set of twin boys who just turned 4 so the need for me to be home on the weekends is a must considering they will be participating in soccer and t-ball soon.  
A typical day at work is all about helping one another out, pretty much you jump in and take initiative and work wherever anyone needs as well as still managing the front end and taking care of all customers, as well as complaints, refunds, praises, etc.  
I have learned alot from working with the company from how to handle problems, to thinking on my feet, to perfecting multi-tasking and how to handle people from all aspects of the spectrum.  
I love my co-workers and believe that the key to a successful business is by making sure you treat everyone with respect, no one is more important than the other.  
I don't believe there really is a hard part to my job.  I have been doing it for so long that it is second nature to me.
The most enjoyable part of my job is helping people.  I thoroughly enjoy my customers and co workers and I love to help others and listen.  I always strive to make sure that each person has a smile on there face.

Good company with family values and good work life balance. A little antiquated in the work space.  Environment not as progressive as working for a Google or other tech company. 
Web presence is in process of overhaul. This will help to position the organization as a company that is keeping up with the times.
Many of the staff starts the day before 7:30 am depending upon your department. Depending  upon your personality type and preferred work environment, it is not the most creatively inspiring place to work. But the people are nice and helpful. However, the on-boarding process is a little choppy/scattered. Flexibility and a good attitude are definitely required here. If you come from a very fast paced tech environment, you may need to adjust to the culture. Flexible schedules are available. Work from home is only available for employees and not contractors.  I was not there long enough to comment on other areas. However, during my time there, I believe there is opportunity for advancement if you can navigate the culture.

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