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New Leaf Community Markets

I worked here for a few months and the main reason I left was because their point system is insane. If you get 10 points then you're fired, which doesn't seem that bad but you get one point for being 6 minutes late. You get 1 point for calling out sick if you have PTO and PSL saved up and you can call out for 3 days in a row which will get you 3 points. (To call out sick you need 6 hours of PTO and PSL saved up or you automatically get 3 points for missing a shift if you don't have those saved up) They didn't accept doctor's notes when I was there so if you have any sort of medical condition just do not apply. I acquired 8 points in the 5 months I worked there just by calling out ONCE a month due to medical reasons which would NOT be excused. Same thing happened to another coworker as well. Your points from your first 30 days go away then every 6 months your points get wiped off. The job itself was easy and not stressful but there were a few employees that made it tough to work there and higher management did NOTHING when customers and managers and employees would complain about these workers. It honestly felt like they played favorites with the worst employees and would pick on their best ones. They said you will get fired for not showing up and not calling but that is NOT true. People also tend to not show up to their shifts without calling and will quit unexpectedly. 

Started there this year during the pandemic. The coworkers are really good people and go underappreciated very often. Theres a lot of favoritism. The upper management are all snakes and dont care about any of the workers. One of the upper managers is a known problem among women employees as he either picks on them till they cry or hits on them. They do nothing about this and probably won't. They claim to work around your schedule and life but the minute you make a change in your availability they jump down your throat and shame you for not making this place your number 1 priority. They allow customers to treat the employees like dirt and will literally do nothing if a customer claims you're ripping them off and curses you out. They simply send them off with a hope to see you again soon. 

On top of that the store runs like a trainwreck and they either refuse to fix it or just don't care since theyre banking on the store moving to a new location. So instead of fixing any other the issues they just let them fester and complain about the employees if things dont get done. 

They also have you do things that arent in your job description because they are constantly understaffed, but dont you dare asked to be paid more for doing three different jobs throughout the day. 

I really enjoyed my time here; the atmosphere, co-workers, work/life balance, benefits, everything was very cohesive and worked really well. I only lowered some of the star ratings because they eventually sold their business to another larger grocery chain and that's when things started to change, and not for the better. Prior to the sale, it was probably still the best company I've ever worked for and some of the best co-workers and a really great benefits package. After the sale, excessive stress was put on all managers which drastically changed the atmosphere and the benefits package was stripped of all the wonderful things that made it unique and special. It's a real shame because I really thought I would be one of those "lifers" at this store; but a grocery store should not try to be corporate, that defeats the whole purpose. That's why large grocery stores suck so much and that's exactly what happened here. 

Community minded company, committed to encouraging a sustainable lifestyle.  Promotes buy fresh, buy local, sustainable seafood, organic products.  I think they are an ethical company to work for, with high ideals.  They are, however in transition from local business to a more corporate phase and were recently sold to a company in another state.  I think they have dreams of becoming as big as Whole Foods.
 
I loved my co-workers, and my job, and would not have left voluntarily.  Alas, a new manager was hired, and contrary to company policy I was let go with no warning, written or verbal, and no real explanation.  I have since learned that most, if not all of the food service managers and assistant food service managers are no longer with the company either.  I do also know of one occasion where a job was eliminated long enough to get rid of the person holding it, and a month or so later, it magically reappeared with a new name but the same responsibilities.

I opened the deli each morning. There were 6 stations I was responsible for: deli case, sandwich station, salad bar, " grab n go" packaged foods, pizza station and wrap station. Each station required: sanitizing, prepping, checking sell by dates, setting displays, temperature control, preparing and packaging  food for the 'grab n go " section, setting up the dishroom, and washing all the dishes I had used, and returning them all to their proper homes....( one of the managers had decided we didn't need a  trained dishwasher)...We were always under staffed , but my co- workers and I were a team who looked out for one another, and I learned so much about prepping food speedily and the joys of having one anothers'  backs. 

Management is virtually inexistent and does not communicate. Managers clock in to work but clock out in there heads. They pay the employees garbage and expect 110% . New employees are thrown right in without proper training and with constant customers that ask dozens of health or allergy related questions, they expect them to know what they are serving but the lack of training, willing to pay better wages and lack of care is why that company is suffering and closing stores. Any company that claims they have exceptional customer service usually has poor service with employees they don't care about. Cost of living here is high and there starting all around pay can't even pay one month of rent let alone food, electricity, internet, gas and what ever else you need to live.

Under paid! expectations are way too high achieve, non-flexible hours, favoritism, overloading certain people’s work because they are able to successfully achieve goals that are expected by everybody on the team, unsanitary conditions, lying to customers, lying to staff, dangerous situations for employees, demos across the board due to favoritism, no background checks on employees which leads to danger situations for staff, no perks, overpriced food they claim local, but it’s really from out of state or out of country, poor hygiene throughout the store, no accommodations for workers, typical day is clocking in given task that are unachievable having a stern talking to because the manager refused to help on the unachievable task, get written up for not completing the task and being threatened to lose my job every day

This bakery produces a very high quality product and actively encourages creativity on the part of the bakers. The compensation higher here than other bakeries. This department is very small and has limited resources for professional development, so the most successful candidates will come to this job with prior kitchen or baking experience or be a motivated self-started with a high initiative to learn. The smallness of the operation also means the staffing is very tight, which can make it difficult to get time off and often requires working overtime to cover when someone is out.  This is a very physical job. You'll spend all day on your feet moving.

If you want to work in a environment where cooperate would rather hire outside management from their competitors than hire from within, fills their pockets with over 6 figures and giving their employees who bend over backwards for them the minimum amount of respect or financial stability. Prepare for .15 cent raises, chaotic management in most of every store, and Human Resources workers who would rather cover up any wrong doing from any upper management positions while you get tossed under a bus. If you truly want to hate where you work and constantly being disrespected, then this is the place for you!

Working at bakery was chill for the most part, co workers were mostly nice, but that’s what they want you to think. Once you start to mess up on packaging or labeling stuff wrong the manager will go off on you and tell co workers about your mistakes. Not much to expect most co workers around the bakery are woman so there’s always drama I would always hear them talking bad about everyone. Don’t even get me started on the hours, from almost the first half of the year if you’re full time you’ll Bearly be getting 3 days of work a week, so unless you have another job. You’ll bearly be making any money. So if you like a job with woman always talking bad about each other and constant drama, be my guest and work here.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Clerk 62 salaries reported	$20.39 per hour
Deli associate 34 salaries reported	$20.17 per hour
Cook 21 salaries reported	$21.00 per hour
Food preparation worker 16 salaries reported	$28.03 per hour
Produce clerk 20 salaries reported	$20.11 per hour

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