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DECA Commissary

I enjoy this job a lot because it gives me a chance to serve other people, which is what I love doing and is what I want to do in a long-term career, to help and serve others and to make the world a more enjoyable and happier place. 
A typical day at work is a constant flow of customers to bag groceries for and taking them out in a cart to their cars in the parking lot and then receiving a tip from them as payment for your work. Every day you learn something new on how to bag, since there are many ways to bag. It is an easy job that requires just common sense basically, but it is not so easy that there are not rules and procedures to follow also, so that is good in disciplinary standards. Management is very good, the head bagger and her assistants are easy-going and well-mannered but expect you to work well and follow the rules set up as well, which is good because I like a balance of strict and easy-going rules. My co-workers are overall pretty good to work with, I have made some good friends out of the co-workers since I started working there. The hardest part of the job being patient and being able to bag quickly and sufficiently when necessary, because the customer lines pick up at certain hours during the day. The most enjoyable part of the job is probably the opportunity to really help other people in the process of purchasing the food they need to live on. The job pays well, has a good social life, and helps people in a lot of ways, so it has been and continues to be a great experience.

Show up at 7:30 put your name on a list with the other workers..  Wait for Cashiers to open their lanes.  Be assigned to 1 lane/carts/express lane.  Then proceed to bag groceries paper or plastic depending on customers choice.  Take bagged groceries out to customers car.  Also help others at your lane with bagging their order.  I learned that patience is essential when dealing with customers.  Also how to work with people of different cultural background beyond a language barrier.  Their would be one manager for the morning shift and one for the afternoon shift.  They would collect money for the person doing carts as well as assign the workers to various lanes.  The co-workers here varied from all kinds of races and ethnicity's but it was a good diverse mix.  Also establishing friendly relationships between different cashiers since you were assigned to different lanes each day.  The hardest part of the job was working during the holidays.  Trying to keep up the pace with big orders especially around Thanksgiving.  The most enjoyable part of the job was getting the express lane.  Quick tips and light amounts of grocers to bag.  The Commissary was always a Very friendly environment.

I worked 8 hours helped customers with their shopping needs such as assistance with transportation in store and retrieving requested items. I also provided bagging services as well as delivery of groceries to vehicles. I learned that it is important to be kind to all people because you never know what someone is going through (i.e. financial situation, emotional and health issues or loss of a family member.) My co-workers are generally civilians or independent contractors and a few military dependents (such as myself.) I also work with other employees hired by DECA (Defense Commissary Agency.) The hardest part of my job is occasionally dealing with very rude customers. I learned how to better understand and handle customers like those. The most enjoyable part about my job are the  caring concerns and relationships I have with the customers. The majority of the customers who shop at this grocery store are retired military or ones who have lost their spouse. Sometimes customers just enjoy a good conversation with employees and myself. We all do our best to provide that as well as hospitable customer service.

I work as a bagger. If you want to be treated less than human, work this job. DeCA and Commanders of military installations don't care about baggers because we are considered as self-employed since we solicit for tips. Amongst us baggers we vote for a leader (a.k.a. head bagger) and even though there are written rules for how our work structure should function, those rules are either outdated or not followed by head baggers. This paves the way for corrupt individuals to have free reign on how they run the bagger program. Workers cannot voice these concerns to any form of management because one, they don't care and two, they don't count the baggers as employees. Overall, baggers suffer from bad treatment and management has the need to think of their lawyers rather than advocate for fair treatment of baggers. You pay a fee for the hours worked to the head baggers but every commissary is different since it depends on who your head bagger is, they could charge more than a fee, possibly a percentage of your wage. What a shame to the military, not advocating for more fair treatment. Whomever's jurisdiction the program falls under, they clearly feel they have better things to do.

My typical day was walking in to bag groceries and occassionally taking them out to a customer's car to put them away. I learned that certain food items can't be placed with other certain items. Like chicken and pork should be bagged alone. Management unfortunately was poor, because the commissarry was so small, we had 2 cash registers and we had a system put in place for us to follow so we could all have a turn, but it wasn't always followed through by my manager and a few other baggers. Most of the people were nice. The head bagger was put in charge of training me but he didn't really do that. I had to learn as I went, I made many mistakes as he constantly corrected me. Sometimes it wasn't necessessary. Hardest part of the job was handling an angry customer. The most enjoyable part of my job was helping customers put their groceries in their cars.

They can not keep anyone there any more because of how management treats employees which then rubs off on the customers. They dont care about anyone as a human being and a person. They only promote who the inner circles like. Its not about what you know there, its about who you know. Would not recommend shopping there till management gets cleaned out and started over. Also cheaper to go to Aldis and Walmart with better selection and quality. 

Why do people stay? You can't beat the pay and benefits for the area, but now that's not even stopping people. 

Also just a heads-up if you apply for a GS4 store associate position, you will be rotated to a new department every 3 months while also bouncing back and forth to the front end running a register daily then go back to what department you are assigned to till called back up again for a line. They tend not to tell anyone that and is partly why new hires leave.

As the manager I would have to account for the employees that would have to show up to work that day and make adjustments as necessary.  After accounting for the employees I would then have to distribute jobs to everyone for the shift.  I have to know what stock is due to be received and any special instructions related to them.  I also would have to ensure the outside and inside of the store in its entirety was clean and also safe to shop in and work in.  I would unload the trucks that were due in and also schedule breaks.  At the end of the day I would have to make sure the numbers received and separated was equal to the numbers received in for the day. The store was to be closed having the appearance of cleanliness.

its okay but my parent told me to get out of there because i have brain damage and dont always understand you and when i get upset its undetermined but i need a few minutes to get myself together. its very busy during the day. i am up front with the other girls and we take turns taking customers. the only thing you learn is when youre sitting in the managers office for an hour. management is okay easier to work with they dont write you up or lecture you like my last job did if you were 5 minutes late or something but break is different. a lot of asians during the day and more diverse at night. hardest part for me is those heavy things i have to walk around in for awhile but i figure it out. most enjoyable part is getting called as#$%^& like its funny and that i dont have to stand there all day long with nothing to do, the thing that sucks is i am a cashier but lifes gotten a little bit easier for me.

A typical day at work was extremely busy. I enjoyed staying busy and working within the military community. I have great respect for military personnel and their families. The management of this commissary was very good. They worked with the employees and made sure that we stayed informed of any policy changes and new rules and regulations. Performance and accuracy of duties was a must. It helped respect, socialize and a gaina deep appreciation for all military ranks, branches of service and ethnicities of people in all walks of life. My co-workers were friends and like a big family. I met one of my best friends during employment there and we have remained friends now for 30 years.

When working here I experienced being treated horribly. The management has soemthing against baggers, which is funny considering that the ceilings leak when there is a storm.  Baggers work only off of tips and are blamed for everything. I was at the forefront of the blame. The customers here complain constantly, and the managers defend them. Because tell me how someone can buy three packs of Oreos but then complains to management that they don’t have enough money to tip? And some of the managers treat us baggers as if we aren’t human. I literally got pneumonia from the mold in this place. So please, if you are considering working here as a first time job, don’t. Save yourself. A lot of people that join can’t leave. 

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