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Food 4 Less

Do not ever work nightcrew there. If you're young or in desperate need of a job look elsewhere! You will get chewed up and spat out. They won't work around any schedules you may have. Part time job? Food 4 less is priority so that part time job either works around them or quit. Want weekends off? Too bad, kiss them goodbye! The moment you're hired you won't ever get them. Go to school? Hah!! Have fun staying up all day! They won't work around it! Unless you're a UC or work any other department but not nightcrew.

Worked for them 10+ and not even got an ounce of appreciation. Managers make you do their work and you get in trouble if the tasks aren't completed in time. Store director there doesn't do nothing majority of the time except use the bathroom in the recieving restroom. Won't come out till hours later. After you pass probation you still won't get the raise that you're supposed to get till maybe 6 months later. If you ask for a raise you just get the run around. HR is a laughing stock and won't ever see them, only when you get to orientation. You'll be extremely tired every day after work with all the constant back breaking things you do there. You get vacations but won't get approved for the days you want, only the days they want you to be off. Oh and they can transfer you to different stores without milage pay and without your consent so be ready for that. Only good thing about the place is the people you meet there. Other than that it's a skeleton crew with everyone calling in especially managers. You CONSTANTLY HELP THE DAIRY MANAGER AT NIGHT TOO. And he will take advantage of your back because you got to stack off ALOT of cases off pallets as well as milk gallons while he disappears and talks to the other managers. And don't get me started on the owners...they own all of the central valleys Food 4 less from Porterville to Atwater. If you're not important to them they'll just glare at you as if you did something wrong.

All in all it's not a pleasant place to work at Food 4 less so if you don't heed my warnings you can experience yourself. Have fun if you do though 

Typical day at work:
Pushing carts in the hot weather or even rain from 30-60min every 2 hours or so, depending on how many clerks are clocked in.
Even if it's time for your lunch or break, they'll give priority to whoever the head cashier likes better.
You get the rudest customers and some employees act like you're going to steal their job from them.
You do a "store sweep" every 30 minutes. Constantly running up and down restocking items, while helping customers, dealing with the rude ones, and maintaining a smile. (Woo customer service, right?)
Prepare to feel stressed out every day and even if you go out of your way to make the store run smoothly, management doesn't acknowledge you, only their favorites. 

Some employees were my only motivation to push through, but management makes you feel horrible for calling out sick for a day or not being able to stay for a full 8 hour + shift after they schedule you for a 4-6hr shift. Absolutely ridiculous. 

Hardest part of the job was having the will to show up to deal with all the shiz everyday and one of the head cashiers is an absolute nightmare and loves bossing everyone around.

Easiest part of the job was quitting after only 2-3 months of working there with a notice. Out of the many new hires, 1 quit on the spot, 2 quit on shift, 3 quit (including me) with days notice. The front end manager and the assistant manager (both males) are really dope to work with. The main manager is so mean and makes you feel like nothing. She was okay-is with me, but she was so racist with my other coworkers and absolutely demeaning!! 

Do not work at this company, especially this store.


I've been working here for 5 years. This job was suppose to just be temporary for me but decided to stay due to the pandemic. This just has great benefits if you want an education, insurance or retirement plan. The employees and managers are great people and extremely friendly and is a big reason why I will miss this job. They will always have your back and will always help you out no matter how busy they are. The reason I would reccomend working here. Is because of how they will work you to the dam bone. I'd they see that you work good, they will keep piling on more responsibilities until you start failing due to it being overwhelming. They will always want you to work more than you get paid and you will definitely feel it. I work the dairy department dyring graveyard time all by myself. This department should be worked with 2 people but they will never do that. Instead they want you to do it on your own and expect perfection in under 8 hours. But its all because of corporate (kroger) they want to work you until you cannot no more. The manager at the store I worked with is great. He will always try to do his best to help you out. But it is limited due to corporate enforcing more labor with less hours and less pay. I would never reccomend this job to anyone unless you wanna just stay there for a year or less

I enjoyed working at food 4 less. They people were very friendly and open, we always worked as a team, although they were slightly unprofessional about the schedules(they would occasionally have errors since they were online). Therefore, I'd end up coming an hour early or someone would need to be covered, which would mess up my plans and sleep schedule. Although the work was fine, besides pushing the carts in the rain and heat and occasional restroom inspections, I enjoyed the relationships I endured with the majority of my customers, there was always something new happening, a lot of changes and variety, always keeping you busy and on your feet. Later in my career I was moved to night crew, coming in at 3am to condition the store. This was tough because of the cold but i always made sure to show up on time. I would condition/face the whole store by the time it opens. I enjoyed doing this because I worked for myself and had pride in taking responsibility of my work. If my manager were to check my work, she would know it was me. As opposed to if I were still a utility clerk, she would see 2 or more people working on the same job, as a team, so it could have been anybody. I do like working as a team, but I like to being able to notice my work individual more. Overall, Food 4 less was a decent job, I just didn't see myself staying there for the duration of my career.

I'm not gonna lie, the first 6 or so months of this job, I loved this job.I was a utility clerk which is the very bottom of the food chain, but I didn't feel like it, at least not at first. I honestly loved going to work, even when I knew I was gonna be busy from when I clocked in to when I clocked out. The managers were nice, they talked to me like I was one of their friends which was a great feeling. I felt included right away. It was all going well until about maybe a little over a year ago, I asked for nights. The reason being at the time I was one of the very few workers who helped with security when they needed it and they appreciated it. When my supervisor learned I asked for that, it was like she turned into a completely different person. Since then most of my schedule turned into 70-80% mornings when before it was a very close to 50-50 morning and nights so it felt like that was because I asked. All of a sudden I was getting asked to do everything when I had coworkers, who were also utility clerks, available there to do some of the tasks that I was being forced to do. I was getting written up for the pettiest of things, like chewing gum, having my phone on me (not using it, having it in my pocket instead of a drawer at the front desk), and things like that. And most recently I got my personal day and a vacation day request denied without giving any reason why. It just became exasperating having to go work with that every day

A typical work day for me was packaging all the meat and stocking up the shelves. I would package while also grinding ground beef, refilling chicken, marinating, and rotating the meat. What I learned right off the bat is that in the Meat Department, you need to have tough skin and be able to adapt to a high stress, fast-paced environment. The management was very effective, because everyone communicated as a team and our manager made sure no one fooled around. The workplace culture was friendly and pretty funny since everyone has different personalities that mesh well together. We all work together to satisfy our guests and answer questions whenever possible. The hardest part of my job was learning all the codes the first time and when our department is low on staff, but overall we adapted. The most enjoyable part of my job was being able to be apart of a fast paced environment.

Typical days are just don't stop moving, many responsibility's for your first few days, as a utility clerk you must take responsible for Sweep the whole store every 20 minutes, Making sure carts are available for costumers, Put back all items that don't belong in the isle, diary and meat products are high priority. and being polite as possible to costumers and helping them with there needs. 

I learned that costumers are rarely rude but you will get them and you must keep your mouth shut and do whatever it takes to not upset them any further. I also learned to be a cashier for a bit as a part timer, the only coworkers that would assist me in emergency's or when needed was the workers on the floor. when a cashier has downtime they wont help you sadly with anything. 

The hardest part of the job was when your low on staff members, it ends up really bad and a lot of employees deny to come in and help, makes the job harder and more difficult to handle. 

But the enjoyable parts to be honest is to see costumers that come back to see you for assisting them very properly, they will even look for you if they like you so much to help them in what they need. smiling employees equals smiling costumers.

Work hard and you can work your way up Quickly. This Unionized store is a good place to work if you like job security and the idea that you can not be fired easily. With that being said you are constantly finding yourself with advacment opportunities if you WORK HARD due to the fact that most co workers will be so laid back with the knowledge that they do not have to work at their 100% because they won't be fired they just have to show up to work to collect a check even if they do not work during their shift. At first it seems cool to be promoted so quickly but then you notice that you are doing EVERYONE'S JOB for them and it gets old fast. When you are getting paid more than others and promoted to a higher position all the work falls on you, if it's done right it is what's expected of you and you are rarely appreciated for success, but if it dosnt everything goes down on you even if you are not the Manager of your department. It is hard to work with So many people and food 4 less has you working with 30 people in you dpt to keep the hours down to something like 20 hours a week employee because promotions usually depend on a fixed ammnt of hours until your next raise.

They told me they were hiring in bakery. I thought "Yay! Cakes, baking... just my type of thing!" I apply for the position, I get hired, but they put me in deli instead. When I, politely (since I am a shy person), requested the bakery job I was hired for, they flatly refused to place me there.
My title was Bakery Clerk, but I was forced to work in the deli under the threat of termination. When I put in my two week's notice after a month of hard labor and extreme janitorial work, the manager and supervisors were livid. They wouldn't even let me finish my second week, and told me not to show up at work anymore.
I understand if I had been lazy or rude in my position, I would have deserved their colorful words and harsh actions. But I was hardest working person in that department, going above and beyond expectations, making the entire deli department (and even the bakery) spotless. However, they told my co-workers how lazy I must be to put in my two week's notice so early, that I was the one making a fuss over not getting paid properly. They went as far as to tell them I was fired, even though I was the one to step down.

To this day, I can't go back into that store without glares in my direction for something I didn't even do.

A typical day at work would usually go by faster rather than slow because you literally will always have something to do, but at most times it is too much workload for the certain amount of employees scheduled for the day. I have increased my customer service skills as i work here dealing with all kinds of people and I have also learned to use multiple tools and machines. The biggest con I have to say about working here would be management and the co-workers most of the time management only cares to step in is when it is there butt's on the line other than that they typically leave so much for others co-workers to do while they sit back and watch and they expect you to be happy about it, so along with that this makes the co-workers want to be lazy and less productive and also makes them complain most of the time instead of just doing the job. Hardest part of the job is working with co-workers that are there just to collect a check and making the day harder than it is. the most enjoyable i would say is when you actually work with a co-worker that does there job and is productive and helpful and also just fun to be with.

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Stocking associate 10 salaries reported	$1,550 per week
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Order picker 3 salaries reported	$23.75 per hour
Loss prevention director 3 salaries reported	$23.17 per hour

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