cashier

order picker

shift manager

Redners Markets

I worked with Redner's as a part-time employee. My manager was great and so my hours were great regarding my personal availability and my pay was reasonable given the job and my experience.

That being said, Redner's does not comply with FMLA laws. If you are out of work for 2 weeks, even if you have experienced an injury or given birth, your employment will be terminated. This is a company policy that contradicts federal law. 

The guidelines stated in their handbook regarding punch-times explicitly contradict federal law as well. They state that you will only be paid for scheduled time, not actual time worked- not their exact words, but that is the idea of it. As any retail employees know, sometimes you must stay a minute or two late while waiting for the next shift to arrive. If you leave on time without your replacement arriving, you will be penalized (as is true for any hourly retail job). However, Redner's does NOT have to pay you for those extra minutes worked, as per their policy. Again, this is illegal. I was lucky enough to have a manager who did pay me for my extra time worked, but this was never something that was required by the company- although it is required by law.

My understanding of the law could be wrong. However, nobody- direct supervisors, HR, etc.- could answer my questions. When asking about FMLA and other workplace laws, nobody had any knowledge. So if I was wrong, nobody bothered to correct me, and the entire time I worked there, I just assumed I worked for a shady illegal business. I still don't know if this is correct of not. My point is, HR is either clueless and does illegal things, or clueless and does not inform employees of their rights. Either way, their HR department is incompetent.


Redner's does offer many benefits to part-time employees if they have been working there for a year. This is very unusual for companies today. Vacation time, health benefits, even a HOLIDAY BONUS if your store performed well enough. I never got a holiday bonus as a full-time supervisor elsewhere. 

I will not touch on the aspect of co-workers or customers, because anyone who's ever worked a day of retail knows and expects that this is the worst part of the job. This is true anywhere, and not unique to Redner's. 

Redner's also seems incredibly behind the times, compared to other grocery chains. There is a significant lack of organic foods, the employee website is out-dated, there is no real focus on health & technology like there seems to be everywhere else.

In summary: If you have a good manager, never have a child or an injury, and show up to work and leave precisely on time- great place to work. Not a great place to make a career, but that was never my intention. Let's be real, its a grocery / convenience store. How good can it be?

A typical day at Redner's started off with walking in, putting my belongings in my cabinet, and clocking in. I learned how to scan and bag groceries quickly, as well as learn various codes for certain produce. Management was very offhands, and I only rarely saw my boss. My co-workers were not all friendly people, and often treated me rudely or ignored me. I was often given the wrong schedule and blamed for coming in at the incorrect times they gave me. I was given one day of training and was blamed afterwards for handling a check normally but it not scanning correctly later. Instead of locating the person who the check belonged to, I was deemed responsible for her 160 dollar bill, with no effort on the part of management to show me what was done incorrectly or how the customer may be contacted. I was often required to do grunt work including scrubbing shelves with chemicals that damaged my clothes, wore away at my pants, and burned my eyes. I would have bruises on my knees and arms from scrubbing too hard, and spent much of my first month only cleaning with no chance to improve in cashiering. I personally did not enjoy work at all, except for the moments when I got to help out elderly customers and scan large quantities of groceries. I attempted to keep an upbeat attitude, but the laid-back and preferential treatment customer service continued to give to other cashiers made it hard for me to get my job done.

Not a bad place to work, it’s very flexible but, this family owned company does not pay well, with the high cost of living these high inflation the last 4-6 years now, this Management or Corporate Heads is so off on keeping up with the cost of living, it’s no wonder no one applies and they lost a lot of good honest hard working people, so let’s go Corporate Headquarters it’s time to get on board you should be paying your employees $21 to $25 hour!!!

WAKE UP!!! Stop being so darn cheap, how many more fancy luxury toys do you all need?  And or how many houses do you all need? Plus how many vacation do you all get a year, most little pions only a get a one or 2 weeks off within a year!!!

How about 3-4 personal days with pay within the year, people do stress out!!!

It’s time for you people in upper management  to think of the little people doing the hard darn work on our backs and trying to survive anymore, everyone except (Management) is living check to check anymore.  Yet corporate leaders that sit on there (Butts) pushing a computer key buttons and get 3-4 vacations weeks a year, yet there monthly news letter they prays how valuable their employees are but, honestly they do not show it.

I’m sure corporate leaders & upper management has no problem paying there bills while everyone else below is suffering!!!

This was my first job, and now that I look back it was a great one. Flexible scheduling - I always got off when I wanted to no matter what. The shift lengths were always consistent, and management always asked me if I liked the particular shift times I was working or not. There were some rude managers but that's expected. Some rude customers, but overall a good first job. I hated the thought of going to work but ended up enjoying it once I was with my coworkers who could relate to how I felt. When it wasn't busy, you cleaned your register and waited for new customers. It was fun people-watching as customers strolled by with their carts during slow hours. Most employees were high school/college students which made it an even better environment for a first job. 

Learning the cashier position was hard at first because you have to get used to the scanner and different requests people may have (checks, food stamps, WIC, etc.) as well as items from the deli/salad bar that have to be keyed in separately. I was there for six months and trained one person, who was trained very differently than I was. 

I had to quit because of college and did not schedule to go back this summer in hopes of finding a new job adventure elsewhere.

I wanted a few hours a week to help with my full-time job income to take care of some things -- I gave them my availability and they were so excited to have someone available evenings that they scheduled me for every moment of my availability.  Even when I discussed it with the manager- I got I can give you one more day off.  That would have had me at 25 hours on top of my regular full-time job and my children.  The manager also felt the need to share not only some of the other clerks' positive points but left mostly negative thoughts about others who work in the bakery during the day.   As the bakery manager she also called it the "fakery" because almost everything is defrosted, heat, and put out. Due to the number of hours, I ended up not staying and she understood when I spoke with her, but I truly have a bad taste in my mouth now for any future employment with Redners or even allowing my children to work there in the future. 

Most enjoyable part of the job is easily your coworkers and regular customers. It is like a true Family. 

The worst is Management. 

No care for health or safety. Allowing food to sit out over night, uncovered before pricing and packing it for customers to purchase. 

No care on how clean the machines are that food touches daily. 

No care for health safety since they frequently allow their employees to work sick. With the flu and Covid. Especially those who work in the meat and deli departments. 

OSHA violations constantly. Especially in their back room, where they groceries are stored before hitting the shelves. 

You can't move up in the company unless you dedicate your entire life to them. 


They claim to be about Family and are proud to be called Employee Owned but they could care less. It's all about Redners or you can leave. 

Nothing is ever their fault, it is always yours. They don't listen to complaints from employees or customers. 

Please do not work for them 

What is the best part of working at the company?
The best part of working in Redner's was the personal growth this job had me experience. My coworkers, managers, and customers were very pleasant. We all helped each other with much care, like family.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Most stressful part about working here is the speed you need to scan items depending on how fast customers expect you to scan. But after a while, you'll adjust to the customer's preferences. Now with self checkouts, they can scan and bag items their own way, but keep a sharp eye out for those who try to sneak anything without scanning.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The environment is clean, organized, and welcoming. The managers are well trained to know how to help and train others.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Slower or busy days sometimes hit, but usually a typical day working in Redner's goes by at a well moderate pace. I worked as a cashier. A cashier's job in Redner's is to check out customers, help customers find what they are looking for, and maintain a welcoming environment.

This was perhaps the worst job I’ve ever worked. The staff were full of drama, somebody was always starting trouble, there was blatant homophobia given to me directly to my face from managers there, they would pick favorites, managers were nothing but a bunch of bullies and top tier misogynists too. I’ll never forget overhearing a conversation between two managers saying “how many b**ches they could get in a weekend”, you talk about DISGUSTING. If you’re looking for an extra cash job? Go somewhere better quality. This place is absolutely without a doubt, entirely unprofessional and toxic. They say “employee owned” on the front of their buildings yet they forgot one very important detail when saying that — CORPORATE employee owned…
They’re basically another typical corporate company, certain people can get away with everything, others couldn’t. Always picking favorites with people who did the bare minimum. You have a hundred and ten different people to answer to etc. Just awful, awful, awful!

I enjoyed building up the company from 1993 to 2018.  When I started with the company we had 15 supermarkets and I was a produce supervisor.  When I left the company we had 45 supermarkets in 3 states and I have been the Director of Produce and Floral for the last 13 years.   I believed part of my success with Redners was my dedication to our employees and customers.  We developed a good training program for our associates and we spent many ours out in the stores to help them and give them the proper directions to succeed.  Almost all of the Produce managers that I have hired over the last 25 years are still with the company, and still doing very well in their positions. I liked my job and never complained about the hours we had to put in to it every week, I enjoyed the positive results.  

I did make the decision this past Summer to retire from Redner's,  but now looking into my future, I believe I still need to do what I really enjoy, and that's working in Produce for a few more years.

I have worked for this company for 6 years. This job is very stressful because there is no communication or team work. The managers do not support their employees like they should. i only request one day off one day a week and the managers cannot accommodate my needs. There have been many decisions I have made throughout my employment with the company that have not been backed up by my supervisors and has made me look foolish to customers. When help is needed there is no rush to take care of the situation by management. In the beginning I enjoyed working with this company but over the years the lack of communication and support has deeply changed my views and interest about maintaining my employment with the company. I would only recommend this job to teenagers that are looking for part- time work. On the plus side over the years I have learned how to excel in customer service and being able to learn about bookkeeping.

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