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Anyone with retail experience will pick up the tasks required of them with relative ease. ordering based on movement of product is the most difficult thing to learn but that takes store experience to learn. the pay is pretty good for my position and its day hours with some flexibility. sadly no paid time/sick time off for a department manager till after a year of employment which is an absurd policy. 
If an employer wants responsible grounded  family types to apply and thrive in a position then PTO is kinda a big deal.  

benefits are Ok. typically high deductible plan. dentals good. 

the biggest drawback of this This store is the absolute Lack of positivity and encouragement. For the first 2 months i went way above and beyond to show my Value as an employee and heard
zero positive feedback. zero. i heard constant criticism for the things they knew i didn’t know when hired and was told i would be taught. things that I did IN fact learn and improve on. 

my 4 week training was like pulling teeth My trainer barely let me practice the things he was teaching me instead he choose to interrupt me and take over the tasks he was “teaching me” which only prolonged my learning period. I told my trainer multiple times I learn quicker hands on, but Honestly i don't think my trainer ever listened to me because he always interrupted, repeated things i already knew and when i tried to explain to show him i understood he would interrupt me.

the criticism coupled with lack of feedback got to be so much that i even confronted my supervisor over it. while that specific supervisor has improved to an extent, the company culture is heavily steeped in depression, negativity, and cynicism. 

it absolutely boggles my mind that supervisor’s couldn’t and still cant, find any thing great to say about me. as a person with a chronic health condition i've came in under terrible circumstances and worked without any thanks at all or notice because the job had to be done. 

Paying. Someone. Is. Simply. Not. Enough. 

we are people and words give life or take it away. we want to work for someone who appreciates us and our efforts.   

in short pays and hours are good, benefits are enough but if this culture doesn’t change they will continue to need to hire new employees every week. which is where it is at currently. 




This is a great company to work for, but they don't pay you what your worth. 

I am a Customer Service Manager who oversees front end duties. I take customer complaints and praises, deal with refunds and sales. I work in the Cash Office, where I balance tills, the Cash Office, and the deposit for the next business day. I also assist the Assistant office manager and Office Manager by helping to make sure they can perform their duties and tasks they need to get done.

The Management can range from Awesome (meaning they are hard workers, and are amazing team leaders) to terrible (meaning they are lazy who let others perform their duties and tasks for them). There are a handful of Awesome Managers in the Cosentino's Market. My Store Director is Awesome, two of his Assistant Store Managers are also Awesome, and the third Assistant is terrible. Sometimes you find that these Terrible Managers are hired into these positions because they just needed bodies to fill the position. Which is a horrible thing to do because that places more work and hardship on the other Store Managers and it falls down the pyramid to the departments and their Managers, to the clerks, cashiers, etc. 

My co-workers are awesome, I love them we have a lot of fun together. However there is a lot of inconsistency in my department. We have set rules that Corporate has given us to follow, and in turn we as the Customer Service Managers must make sure that we and the cashiers and utility clerks that we oversee, follow these rules. Some of my fellow co-workers are very lax when it comes to the rules and they let stuff slide, so when one of us tries to address the issue with the employee its a huge deal.

The hardest part of my job is that I have a lot of knowledge and skills for the job that I do but I only make 12.50/hour. It is also a 30 minute commute to work one way, which I wouldn't normally care about, but when I have bills to pay that money gets spread to almost nothing. Also I am at my ceiling of pay for my job, so I can never get a raise, other then the cost of living raise that I'll get in May. 

I love the work family that I have made working with Cosentino's Price Chopper. I mean I met my Fiancee through my job. I love the people I work with, they have become a huge part of my life.

Every store will be different, so this review is based off my time at the St. Johnsbury, VT location.

Good - Decent co-workers (aside from management). Work itself is simple and easy enough. Sometimes they have free food in the break room.

In-Between - Scheduling is okay. I know of some people who didn't like what they were being scheduled, but they gave "open availability". I only gave a few days of open availability, and the rest I had a cut off time. They do stick to what you give them for availability. Job can drag a bit due to not a whole lot of different things to do. Customers, some good, some bad, as it is with any customer service job.

Bad - Management (aside from 2 to 3 people). Micromanaging is a huge problem at this location, and what your being micromanaged on constantly changes day to day. Also, one manager may be relaxed on certain things, then another will be on your butt about said things. There's no consistency. I was rushed into a Supervisor position within my first 2 1/2 months there. This comes with more responsibility, but no pay increase. I could understand if it was because I was the new guy, but there were supervisors there for a year plus with no pay increase. Starting pay is okay, but you won't make much more than that unless you want to move up within the store/company. Moving up is also hard to do. You pretty much dead end at Customer Service Manager. All other management positions are spoken for, and very rarely open up. Benefits are lack luster and only offered if you meet on average full-time hours.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The best part,  I would say is you really can learn multiple sets of skills working here.  You can learn to be a grocer and run the registers,  You can work in the bakery,  You can do floral and learn about flower arrangements,  You can Learn basic  Is prep work and get serve safe certified  And work in the Deli. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
 Unfortunately you have to be Really good at setting boundaries.  Be prepared for them to try to change your schedule and adjust your hours.  They do boast a fixed schedule and flexible hours but be prepared to have to really assert yourself for your days off. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
 It can be stressful it's definitely a fast paced environment most of the time especially if you're the only grocery store in town.  But I mean the environment is determined by the managers and your CO workers so that really depends on which price shopper you're working at. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
 I opted to work 3rd shift so I make a lot of the grab and go meals in the deli.  So my work experience is actually very quiet.  You manage your own time you have a set amount of hours to get through your list.  And then you leave there's not a lot of oversight.  At least not where I am it's different at price choppers that are open 24 hours.  The communication is done through notes however so that can be difficult at times but you meet with the manager once a week to touch space and bring up any problems.

A typical day at work starts for me either 8am-4pm or 1-9pm. 

I learn patience and endurance a lot because you gotta serve with a smile no matter what. You gotta be patient with youn team and also patient with the customers.

Management changes every so often and usually it takes awhile to get used to the new managers, but after that it is usually good. Even with managers you don't like, its a free research team into your blind spots and how you can improve them.

The workplace culture is fun and exciting. The customers are always doing something interesting and it is like watching TV sometimes as you look out across the store. 

The hardest part of the job is having people not appreciate you. Sometimes this happens and the best thing to do is walk away or pray or some similar thing. Or act like you are really dum, or continuing to be cheerful like you didn't hear the person. I remember seeing marines I think being yelled at by their instructors just inches away from their face. I thought, if these marines can take this punishment then I can treat a few customers and people who make me mad differently.

The most enjoyable part of the job is when you have a time of fun conversations with your team while knocking out the work quickly and excellently. I remember the first day someone bought

This is a fun and productive place.


In a typical day, I would punch in to start my shift, and then promptly walk over to the highest-in-demand cashier and stand at the end of the conveyor belt to bag the groceries. Occasionally, someone will ask me to bring back a Reshop item or group of items back to their respective locations in the store.
I learned to be friendly with people and prompt with my errands, as the cashier would need me back at the front to assist bagging since they often had a lot of groceries to ring up. The management was okay, though most people there knew what they were doing and busy at it, so it wasn't needed most of the time.
The workplace culture was mostly exciting and energizing, as customers, supervisors, and the cashiers were vibrant and cheery, as was the atmosphere of the store. The hardest part of the job, while it was straightforward and manageable, was taking the criticism about a lot of subtle nuances of how I could work to make my performance more effective. Listening to them intentfully and reframing them as positive suggestions was challenging at first, but I learned over time to accept what they were saying, and then adopting their ideas into my work ethic.
The most enjoyable part of the job was meeting and conversing with all of the interesting and eager-minded people there, some of whom are now friends.

You want a job and benefits if you're full time? Go here.

You want to enjoy your job and coworkers? Respect managers? Go somewhere else.

Absolutely, by far, the worst job ever. I was flexible and wanted to find myself a little job, close by, with benefits. Whelp, I found that.

But it didn't take long to see how horrible the communicate was between managers and department managers.

Expectations where low: show up and work.

Zero happiness, people grumbling about co-workers.

There is SO much possibility for a better work environment. But decades long store manager doesn't know or DO any better.

0 stars out of 10
Would not recommend.

I'm a grown adult, and know better.

Don't even consider this for a high school aged kid, as it teaches the WRONG work ethic. This is NOT how people are to get along, don't gossip in front of customers, work together, help each other. Inspire and lead. Develope and encourage good work ethic.

Anyways, I ramble.

Hated it
There's high turn over for a reason.

Two things: Either the owners of the store know this culture and don't care OR store manager keeps them sheltered and refuses to  allow employees engage.

Store owners would do right, by reaching out to employees and get their honest feedback.

A typical day starts with coming in as second shift, starting out with needing to replace sanitary buckets, cleaning the deli slicers, restocking the case, flipping the hot case to evening meals, restocking shelves. Then once those are done the evening daily chores begin, such as gathering freezer from the back freezer and transporting it to the front one, cleaning the deli case, extra cleaning of the deli in general, keeping the customers happy and keeping the cases stocked. Ensuring that the deli workers are constantly doing something to keep busy and doing well in their work. 
The best thing that I have learned is how to delegate daily chores to different people based on what their skill and workload for the day.
I have seen several supervisors leave, several management leaders change and have personally been promoted to a management position since I have started with the company.
The hardest part of my job is the constant demand to do several things at once, whether I am a cook, a clerk or a supervisor I have to have the ability to swap constantly between all three positions.  The holidays are a bear, simply because of the constant caterings and meals that my deli alone provides. As one of the senior cooks, I get to be immediately in the line of fire for all holiday meals.

There’s a lot to cover about the lack of coordination and organization within this company. Not to mention, the insurmountable expectations they hang over you while working you to death on skeleton crews. This thoroughly bleeds into the employee culture, leaving everyone miserable, on edge, and highly irritable. You’ll find that most of your crew members seem selfish, or are “out for themselves”, but how could you blame them? Everyone is up to their neck in work trying to create impractical results with an unsatisfactory amount of help, and that’s putting it lightly. I find humor in the irony behind all of this too, considering the higher ups complain about payroll every single week while simultaneously coming up with new food processing ideas that require more work but seemingly doesn’t require more help in their eyes. The CEO lives in a multi-million dollar home. Why is payroll the hot topic of discussion every single week when there’s only a maximum of 3 full-time employees in each department? The big headed fools that “run” this company wouldn’t last a day performing the real labor that takes place within their stores now-a-days. It boils down to greed. The big man gets his, while the little man struggles. If you like being taken advantage of without the slightest bit of appreciation, this is the job for you!

I would go into work at 10:00pm, Monday, Wednesday, and Saturdays were ice cream nights, I would get to work, grab a scanner, and begin working on scanning and stocking the ice cream, once ice cream was done i would begin on the rest of the frozen foods.  On Mondays we had sales items coming in, and also had to figure out which sales items were going on end caps of the isles, and on displays.
At price chopper i learned how to use a scanner, and how to figure out which products to put on end caps, or displays, and which products to order as well as to let ride a little while longer due to sales.
My management with Price Chopper was more of a joke.  Our Main manager made our schedules, but never followed them.  He would write himself in as a worker, but was never around to be found, and our assistant manager was always making more hours than the manager himself, anything after his 40 (usually less) was taken over by the assistant.  My assistant manager on the other hand was actually very well at his job, if you had an issue, he usually knew what to do to solve it.
The hardest part of my job was Monday nights we would have 400 - 500 pieces on ice cream plus another 300 - 400 on frozen, and one person to put it up.
The most enjoyable part of my job was learning new ways to do different things, and challenging myself to be faster.

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