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a typical day at work would be one out of three. either i would be on a register ringing up customers then at the end of the night doing what has to be done like putting groceries away and cleaning the registers. being on self checkout where i'm supervising the whole evening then at the end of the night i clean the registers and fill them up with bags and lastly, it could be me being in the service desk. taking care of customers complaints/returns, doing lotto, selling lotto, taking care of the cashiers, and also answering phone calls. it all varied, honestly. i learned a lot being there. i learned how to be more independent, how to be a leader because in all honestly, that job was not just given to me; i earned it. i enjoyed working there because it was a good vibe, but working with management is a complete different thing. i did not like the fact that i, personally could not be something more than a supervisor in that store simply because i am a girl and i find that to be unfair and sexist because i do strongly believe i deserve something more. my co-workers are great! we work well as a team. the hardest part of what i do would be keeping up with everything, with that store being so busy, you have to learn how to be fast. i would say the most enjoyable part of that job would be getting to know the daily customers. it's pretty awesome.

I work in a specialty cheese product area. I was asked to take over and manage this new product area and make it successful. I work 40 hours per week and my work schedule changes for week to week with no established or fixed work days and hours. My work days change from week to week along with my start times. I took over this position to learn about new cheese and meat products and their pairings. I enjoy making samples and serving customers along with providing them with the my suggested selection of products. I maintain all product stock and purchase required depleted stock. I enjoy holidays when I can be creative and make sample product trays along with making different Brie Banking Pies and assist customers with making their own party trays for special occasions. I work alone and have no pressure from management since they know that I am providing good sales and customer service. I am a team player and work well and assist other co-workers when needed. I am always cutting, wrapping and restocking products while maintaining three separate product display centers. My work day passes quickly since I am always busy and I enjoy this.

I used to do several different jobs at two different Tony's locations. My first job was at a different location which wasn't too bad. It was just almost always busy. As a cashier there I learned that in order to advance to a higher position within the company you have to basically kiss a manager/supervisor's butt. When they finally did promote me I moved to another location which also wasn't too bad. The worst part about working at Tony's I think is all the gossip. Everyone likes to talk about each other there and I don't think that's very professional. Another thing I hated about it was being constantly harassed by my fellow employees. I have been physically touched by the male employees a few times and it made me very uncomfortable. So when I found another job I was happy to leave all that behind. My fellow employees made it easy to leave by talking about me the entire time. I'm very happy to have left this store as it has lifted a huge weight from my life. The benefits of working here are not great. Management picks favorites, my co-workers gossiped, and that was the hardest part of the job. Most of the customers were great and that's what made me enjoy the job.

Cashier job was okay not much training was required had to figure a lot of things out on my own. For training I was getting thrown around to whoever was at the register most of the time they were displeased to help me. They constantly want you doing something even when there aren’t customers around. They have favorites too if they like you they’ll go easy if they dont they’ll make it difficult for you by constantly bugging you or they’ll act like you can read their mind. They overwork you for the little pay that they give and are strict on the random things like how you can’t have your shirt tucked in even though someone else was doing the same thing. The management isn’t good either seems like they make random people supervisor and the supervisors are the biggest pains: acting as if they own everything constantly bugging

I pushed carts starting my shift for about an hour or two till they called me in to be switched with another co-worker. When I was switched I had been either on bagging position while helping customers who needed assistance of putting away their groceries. I would mainly keep myself busy if it were not a busy day such as I would sweep, stack the hand held baskets and putting away misplaced groceries items where they would belong. The higher ups would also put me to work with other departments if they had short amount of staff members during the time. I left the store since I felt I was being overworked with the other departments since they would have me on the department for the whole entire day with the same hourly pay. In which I felt it was unfair.

A typical day at work included cutting and wrapping meat, making sure the meat on display was fresh and neatly wrapped. The last 5 hours of my afternoon shifts would focus on cleaning and sanitizing the meat department and freezer. This would be a long process and depending on how busy the day would be, I would be clocking off half hour late in order to properly do my job. I learned how to be professional, and use time wisely. The workplace culture was fast paced and based on one's on efficiency. The hardest part of the job was re-organizing the freezer. The most enjoyable part of the job was interacting with customers and offering them help.

Tony's is not a bad place to work at. However, they hire way too many people.  For employees who had been there longer, they lose hours to the newer employees.  I went from working 30-39 hours a week, to 7 hours a week, and sometimes not even put on the schedule. When I did get put on the schedule, they would take those hours from me to give to someone else who wanted to work.  I would continuously ask to work any shift, any day, any time.  If someone called off, I asked to be put on the call list to come in and cover the shift. I have never been called in.  I cannot afford to work at a place that continues to hire 17-year-olds when I have actual bills and rent to pay. 

They overwork everyone who actually comes in to do their jobs and lets every slack-jawed, lazy dunce do whatever they want. Every manager I worked with was high on some sort of power trip and was incredibly rude/unprofessional. The whole place was so unprofessional and downright disgusting/unsanitary. God forbid you’re sick or have anything going on in your life other than work or else they act like you’ve just shot them in the back. Trying to schedule a day off is nearly impossible and if you call off they treat you horribly with lots of attitude. The most enjoyable part of the job was quitting.

It’s an okay job if you’re looking for Part time especially for teenagers. Would not recommend if you’re looking to stay for full time, they don’t really offer it unless you’re in certain departments like produce, meat department, managers, CRT. They give a 25 cent raise every six months. Only full time employees get paid time off and you have to be full time for a year before you get the paid time off which is I think it’s 36hours of vacation, 16 hours for sick day, and 16 funeral and some holiday pay. 

It’s a good first job for students. Career wise though this job is not survivable, unless you’re a manager which is the fact. In some situations you are overworked which sucks. I remember being scheduled at 7 in the morning once and leaving 7pm just because there wasn’t anyone else to do the online orders and I never even got to take my lunch break. They also have no employee benefits which is really a disappointment! So even if you've been working here for over 5 years there still aren’t employee benefits! I think this store needs to be more mindful of its employees, but don’t get me wrong it’s a great store! It’s really nice to see more locations being opened like in Schaumburg, Glendale Heights, and Joliet. 

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Deli associate 252 salaries reported	$17.60 per hour
Cashier 217 salaries reported	$17.56 per hour
Grocery associate 148 salaries reported	$17.62 per hour
Produce clerk 129 salaries reported	$17.53 per hour
Courtesy associate 115 salaries reported	$17.68 per hour

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