certified pharmacy technician

pharmacy technician

category manager

pharmacist

pharmacy manager

Southeastern Grocers

This review is best written as a compliment sandwich.  The company has their heart in the right place, trying to lower prices and actually use customer feedback as well as (try) to keep morale high and (given a good manager) maintain a great work/life balance given your position at the corporate level.  However, their unwillingness to create a better customer experience through increasing store staff while putting all their eggs in the basket of lowering prices and streamlining everything to stay afloat, has really created a hole for the company allowing competitors to swoop in.  This along with switching out for a new CEO every two years or so with "restructuring" taking place each time all while the executives keep having company meetings saying how well things are going, giving bonuses, etc. really created some distrust and lack of feeling that  your job was secure.  A final negative is that when you start, they talk about the training you will receive to help your career and what programs/certifications you would like to see added to the department budget, but when the time comes to actually perform the training and receive the certifications that you requested, there is no longer any room in the budget for that training which gets cut (every single year).  However, apart from all of this,  they pay well and try to accommodate you if you need to work from home for a day or two due to illness or family illness, and truly have some great people working for them who enjoy doing what they do.

Company is going towards the right direction with positive changes. However with lots of challenges. As a 10 year veteran in the company they really need to look into salaries by area. Which they they do in a certain extent but no where near enough. $9 an hour starting off in most areas for FL is okayish but not in miami/ft lauderdale, and especially the keys. As a manager I struggled keeping employees going to competitors which they offered 14 to 16 an hour depending on company. For managerial positions they payed 1.5x to 2x of my salary for similar position. They need to pay competitive. They need bump salary managers to mid to late 50k minimum in miami/ft lauderdale and the keys mid 60k. Should put in to allow for performance raises every year or 6 months.

Higher up are very experience and they know what there doing most of the time. However they allow favoritism or allowing laziness/incompetency in certain stores which they know and send in other managers or employees to help while my store never received help in time of crisis. 

They need to reinstate assistant managers to allow work life balance. Lot of times good stores are relied on certain managers and employees but they need breaks, or weekends. If they are out equals choas most of the time. For me specifically I was fine with that regards but I knew other managers with that issue.

Lots of things to work out but getting better they really need to see what their competitors doing with their employees and retaining talent. 

While I have to say that it has been refreshing working for a business that allows for ample chances in upwards momentum through the company, there are still things about this job I find myself highly disappointed in. A shift typically includes checking the computer for any refresher lessons in our training software, then setting forth to stock the inventory in our meat cooler and perform cleanup duties in the cutting room and cooler. The job itself is not difficult; cleaning the parts of, say, the grinder or the meat saw is a welcome task to accomplish.

The difficult part is the management. These people are kind and courteous, but when an audit comes up in conversation, they'll turn 360 and become the people who will stab you in the back to make their own quotas look good. It won't matter how well you perform in your given duties, whether it's on the sales floor or in the cutting room or elsewhere; if the auditor makes any critical failure marks on your department, even just one, you will take the fall for everyone else and that's how the department heads would like to keep it.

As a result, it's a rather dog-eat-dog job at times whose leaders don't pull punches, and it's not the kind of job for everyone. You might like working there, but it might not be a long-term job in the end. Keep that in mind.

Unfortunately, I have very little positive to say and this company was extremely disappointing to me.  I worked in the Human Resources department, and observed rampant wage compression, a severe lack of career pathing, very few job postings and growth opportunities, unchecked favoritism, fake "diversity", low accountability, outdated policies, and leadership that was fixated on looking like a great company rather than actually being one.  My leaders seemed supported, repeatedly telling me that I was bright and had potential, but they did not step up to actually invest in me and aid me in growing my career.  I was very poorly paid, even with a Bachelor's Degree, and was not allowed consideration for a raise, even after taking on additional responsibility.  I was also not allowed overtime regardless of the workload or if a team member was out of the office.  The overall experience served to deepen my passion for working in Human Resources, as I learned how NOT to treat employees, what NOT to do as a leader and what kind of company I do NOT want to be employed with in the future.


Started as stock and from day one one of the MOD made it a point to start being very demeaning and belittling and it never stops. Went to store manager about it and she excused, justified it , and did nothing else even though it's listed in the employee handbook as grounds for possible immediate termination and is managers mandatory responsibility to not one confront it and correct it and report it to human resources.  I have asked her myself more times that I can count to stop on only continues to get worse. I am a part time employee but yet one of the very few they can always depend on and will always agree to come in and work from open to close if needed (and have)...65 hrs on this check is more than proof of my willingness to work my behind off. I asked her for a quick 10 minute break cuz hadn't had one the whole shift in which I was told that I didn't need or deserve one....this coming from someone as an MOD who works same amount if not less hours than me as a part time employee does. Manager wont tolerate it anymore and demand action be taken so now I have reported both to human resources and corporate. Find it very funny that I have been her constant target since day 1 and that I'm also the only openly gay employee in the whole store. 

Fast paced, creative and teamwork environment. From resolving vendor payment issues, assisting peers with software inquiries, to providing meals to management, and scheduling multi-level meetings, it is a place not for boredom. You have opportunities to engage customers, vendors, suppliers and consultants. 

Collaborating with other departments to accomplish the company's projects and objectives can be fun and satisfying with the end results - this is one of the best part of working in this company in addition to working with and for people from other countries originally.

I acquired new skills and polished others during my tenure.  There is room to learn new technology and participate in activities sponsored by the company. The free goodies and sampling can never be passed up!

The one challenge to be aware is the constant management changes and job functions shifting. But for some people this may be a favorable aspect of the company.

Worked at a Winn Dixie that turned to a Fresco. I was left alone in the Deli dept for up to 4 hours at a time with no one to help me slice meats, fry chicken, make sandwiches,  and serve customers. I would then get reprimanded for not getting everything on my "list" done. I later switched to the bakery, and I still had the same problem. They expected me to come in around 11am, cook and bake a variety of baked goods, package all of them, then wash all of the dishes, serve customers, rack all of the pastries and bread we needed for the next day, clean the entire department, etc. This was all done from 11am to 7pm. I was usually alone from 2 to 3pm onwards, so I had little to no help. Management was a joke, they never helped when help was needed unless HR was going to show up, and then would cut my hours and expect me to get the same amount of work done. After I quit, many of my coworkers quit as well. I barely recognize anyone in there anymore.

If you are somebody that hustles - this is not the place for you. Little to no career advancement at the corporate office, promotions can take a minimum of 3-4 years and the pay ranges are well below competitive market rates across all areas of the company at the HQ. Fresh out of college and with a Master’s degree I was payed $16/hr Managers often make $60k with 50+ hour work weeks. Many people who start off bagging groceries in the retail stores somehow end up at the HQ and there exists a “good ol boys” system for those who come from the stores - what made these people successful in a retail setting never translates well in a corporate office and they are running the place in to the ground, which is way there is a mass exodus of people under 40. At the end of the day Southeastern Grocers is a sub par retailer and will be bought by another larger retailer. If grocery is your thing, go work at Target or Walmart. 



I came into Bi-Lo just thinking it would be an easy part time job.
Not too long after I had started as a cashier, I was promoted to customer service and recieved NO RAISE even though I was promised one. Next thing I know I’m working 40 hours a week as a part time, extremely underpaid employee that had to fight for even a slight raise.
The job itself was easy, there was a lot to handle but the tasks given were very easy to execute when you knew how to work the books.
 The store was completely outdated and things were constantly breaking, everything was disgusting and disorganized. Management was nice but had a habit of pushing their tasks on to you when it was convienent for them.
 I had fun times here but it got really bad before I left. 
It’s a good place to start if you’re young and just need a little cash, not great for trying to make a living off of.

As of this date, the company is owned by investment companies that only care about maximizing profits. That includes at the expense of quality for the customer and at the expense of employee pay, lack of promotions, increased work load without pay increase and downsizing that puts more stress and responsibilities on those who stay. There is no future and no positive outlook for YOU. You’re helping them carry until they can sell again

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