kitchen team member

porter

dishwasher

assistant manager

grocery manager

Gelsons Markets

I felt it was a great place to work. It is a very lively working environment where one can gain many useful work related skills. As well as gain important everyday life skills in relation to verbal communication and making sure to always make eye contact when speaking to others. And learning to practice appropriate self mannerism when in the presence of others. It was a great first job , because it gave me the drive to want to continue to feel useful and be productive in a way that was sure to be rewarding to one's self at the end of their workday and to be a part of a team that always has something encouraging to keep you going.If you have something you have to comment on or about, I do really suggest you let your supervisor know immediately because it may affect your work performance and at the end your job. If a coworker in your department is telling you to just look busy when you ask for advice let your boss know because slacking off is not what your getting paid to do while at work. I miss that job, Id take it back in a second if I was able to. Very much recommend anyone to work there

As a Grocery clerk, your job is simple compared to other grocery stores. At Gelsons, you have to be knowledgeable about where are items located. It’s best to pick up a store map and review it before each shift. Part of your duties as a grocery clerk is to work the load that’s received Monday-Saturday which will already be on carts (6 wheelers). Once the load is finished, you’ll have to organize the items already on the shelf. Make them look pretty by facing them (pulling all product forward lined up). Working your back-stock will benefit the store by filling missing product if it’s available. You will be provided a pen and a pocketbook to write what you need or to remind yourself what is missing from the aisle you work. You will also be trained as a cashier to help when the store becomes busy. Making your rounds to the produce department is beneficial to you as you’ll go over produce codes. Seasonal produce codes are the difficult ones to remember, so it’s best to write them in your notes and have them with you. Don’t panic about the produce codes, you’ll be given a file containing most codes. 

This was my first job and I was a student. They were very flexible with my schedule which is always a plus. I worked here for 3 years, at times only during summer or winter break. Also while going to school at one point. The work/life balance was perfect with how flexible they were with me. Management was pretty consistent and enjoyable to work with. They paid extra on sundays while working there in 2015-2018. Im not sure if that still applies. I was a bagger and did carryouts as well where customers are kind enough to tip. This job taught me how to interact with people and how to give good customer service. Cons are working during summers collecting/pushing carts outside in an open parking lot. Also not too fun doing this when its heavily raining. Another concern was the large age range of coworkers, with experience I've learned unique cliques form like this. I personally have not had the best experience because of this. But if you're looking to get entry level customer experience then this would be a good choice.

The work environment at Gelsons is okay. As almost every job will have its occasional drama but I will have to say that the management at Gelsons is very petty. I have days during the week that I can not work for personal reasons. It happens every so often that the store manager puts me to work on the days I can’t. It’s inconvenient for me to go and talk to the store manager and “inconvenient” to them to change the schedule. It’s not my fault they don’t have enough employees. If you call off work or ask for a day off, management will punish you by putting you on late-night shifts and they question everything. Can’t I ask for a day off without them asking me why? It’s none of their business. Mind you, I don’t ask for days off that often, I will say rarely. Management will try to make you feel bad for calling off. For a company that says don’t come to work if you are sick, they sure as heck make you feel bad for being sick. Or it's not their problem that you're having a Family Emergency you have to figure something out to come to work. Besides that, my coworkers are very friendly but it’s not enough to keep me sane. 

There is no work/life balance for reliable workers with strong work ethic. Some workers do nothing if there's no attention on them, others work to compensate for the laziness of others and management will do anything to go home early. One employee to open in the morning set up and make operation functional and often many employees will call out on the weekend, take long breaks and avoid high maintenance customers. Closing time is usually a torturous affair of wasting time while praying not to be set upon because of illogical time constraints and more often than not lack of staffing. My longest day required me coming in to work at 7 in the morning and not leaving until after closing time at 10:30. And if you would like to be tortured management enjoys playing country music all hours of the day. And forget having a holiday free if you're reliable, management will "lose" your request for days off form. So, if you enjoy being treated like a slave for okay money then Good Luck and I hope you don't develop a caffeine addiction!

Overall the job itself isn't hard, its the people in management, coworkers and the customers that make it so but mostly management. I've worked three different store locations, Newport Beach, Irvine, and Laguna. Each location's management has been terrible in some way. Complaints and concerns fall on deaf ears. You have to consistently nag your supervisors to get things done for you. Harassment in the work place usually goes unpunished depending on the favortism. The scheduling is not ideal at all, no consistency. For example, you might close, open, work mid and work over night in the same week. Coworkers act like children and teenagers here. Rumors fly and everybody is talking behind someone's back. The customers can be annoying sometimes and having to clean up after them is irritating. If you don't have a social life and keep your head down and keep to yourself, you'll do just fine here.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Not much to be honest. Wasn't really a pleasant experience. Lot's of unnecessary drama and stress. Poorly managed at the time. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Being overworked with little to no experienced workers. Lot's of turnover due to poor management. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
It was extremely stressful work environment. There was a lot of expectation to go way above pay grade. I was overworked and poorly managed. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Being a cook there often means you end up being alone there cooking and entire buffet table of hot items and an entire case filled with hot foods. You will also be required to cook rotisserie chickens, approx. 36 twice a day. Prime rib, tri tip, turkey, you name it. All by yourself and probably no dishwasher. They only hire temps as dishwashers. They have nobody as a permanent dishwasher.

ORDER, RECEIVE, SET UP SEAFOOD CASE EXEPEDIOUSLY
PROVIDE ON THE SPOT CUSTUMER SERVICE
ENSURE SPECIAL REQUEST WERE READY.

1. Cuts, trims, bones, ties, and grinds meats, 
Such as beef, pork, poultry, and fish, to prepare 
meat in cooking form. 
2. Shapes, laces, and ties roasts, using boning 
knife, skewer, and twine. 
3. Wraps and weighs meat for customers and 
collects money from sales. 
4. Places meat on trays in display counter. 
5. Receives, inspects, and stores meat upon 
delivery. 
6. Estimates requirements and requisitions or 
orders meat supply. 
7. Records quantity of meat received and issued
 to cooks.

What is the best part of working at the company?
I spent over 20 years in the grocery industry with nearly ten at Gelson's Market. It was a great environment and the best retail position I held.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
You were held to a high standard in customer service as well as stocking/cashiering skills. As a competitive person I thrived in this environment.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Though you had your own section to deal with if anyone was behind the whole team came together to lend a hand. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Well, it has been 25 years since I worked for this company you were busy stocking and rotating products within the section you were assigned. When it got busy you also ran a cash register to get the customers out without having to wait to long.

I was hired for Seasonal work: I was responsible for cutting the ends of the new boxed flowers over 20 at a time. I arranged them for the front of the stores
1) - lifting heavy water and flowers all together and putting them in the store baskets, vases, and containers.2) Inventory of materials vases, glass-wares.3) cashiering 4) assisting the store designer, making - handmade bows, ribbons, selling items.
As I worked out of the Floral department in Santa Monica, CA store and into the Westside, CA store as a  Deli Counter position.

A store closed in Pasadena, CA, which lead to many hired for the Deli Counter position in West-LA and I got let go due to that fact.
Although I worked from Nov. 2012 to May of 2013 and had no issues at all but when I was sent to the West-side store location, my woes started, really no one Supervisor could be named as my mentor!

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