store manager

assistant store manager

senior retail sales associate

sales associate

administrative assistant

Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority

The work is very fast paced, often too much work with not enough people to keep everything running smoothly. Management sucks higher up you go. Very micro managed, with most the higher up not even understanding what the retail shop basic things and unable to help if asked. They pay the manager decent but everyone else gets what the trickle down economics should be I suppose. The amount of work to pay is real bad. 

Some managers are nice and easy to get along with and will work you if you want to just work a day or 2 for little extra money. Other manager will schedule you times they know you can not work, just to get you to accumulate attendance points to fire you. 

The coworkers are usually awesome and fun to work with.

But the most important part that makes this job suck, is that you will watch people come in multiple times a day or daily just to buy alcohol. You get to watch people just destroy their lives just to get alcohol, it will destroy you mentally, I would not recommend getting to know any of your customers. Virginia is a control state, but with the way that the Authority run it, it makes me question if we truly are a control state....or if the authority just wants to fatten their pocket.

The location where I work is slow so it's boring but they started me at $11/hr so I don't mind. The company is really straight on the use of phones and eating/drinking on the sales floor.

Some managers who know how to be a good manager will assign works for sales associates such as stocking bottles and pull licenses orders, lazy managers would just stay in the manager room either they are too slow with their own work or they're watching YouTube and eat all day. 

Some managers like to make up rules that are not actually company policies just because they want you to do exactly how they want us to be, some managers are more chill and don't really care as long as you get the job done, which makes us confused all the time because he said do this but she said don't. 

Overall it is a good company with nice salary, good benefit for full-time employees and not much skills required. On the downside, managers need to discuss how they want things to run and come up with one rule book. Also, managers should assign works to different sales associates so everybody is actually doing something instead of standing around waiting to get off.

I love my co-workers, but this is the WORST place to work. They claim that they care about their employees, but they don't. The second they have a reason to get rid of you, they will. If they want to get rid of you and don't have a reason to, they will make one up. They started a point system for attendance, saying everyone requested it. No, everyone did not. You get points for all kinds of things: having a sick child and needing to miss work to take them to the doctor, passing out at work and leaving via an ambulance, missing because of where you live and can't get out in bad weather. They say they don't know why they have such a high turnover rate....well, that's why.  They're a company of us first, you and your family second. They would expect you to come in for you scheduled shift on the day of your funeral. Just don't work here unless you don't have any other choice.

The first billion dollar sales year has been met with staffing cuts and new CEO/CFO positions.  New management implements and rescinds bad policies constantly.  No pension to new employees downgrades the job which already underpays.  New management payment policies erase experience and any transfer will be met with a pay decrease for most employees.  8-hour shift was cut from every day and upper management asks why shrink has risen significantly.  

Good aspects?  As an Assistant Manager you will have a 40-hour work week the majority of the weeks you work - if you stay over 40 you receive overtime.  As a store manager, you will have the ability to add multiple part-time key holders and taking all of your PTO time is highly achievable.

The Authority is more concerned with stopping their by employees than trying to stop their at the store.  Additionally the upper echelon of the Authority is more concerned about the ethics of their lowest echelon of employees vice their own ethics.  There is a clear lack of leadership and accountability within multiple upper echelons of ABC.  
There are significant issues on all levels, however there is a clear disconnect between the corporate side of ABC and the individuals running and operating the stores.  Until that disconnect is addressed and resolved, the other issues will not be solved.  

Used to be an amazing company to work for until all the bigwigs from other corporations started working there. It’s a monopoly, but they treat it like they have competition on every corner. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
Environment is mostly calm and comfortable 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Other employees if they are micromanaging

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Calm and cheerful environment and diverse culture

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Calm and smooth work shifts mostly no incidences

What is the best part of working at the company?
Working hours was good I was part time 6 to 9:30 and love the people I worked with and location was good. The location was good for business. Knowing more about the beverages.  

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Nothing was too stressful  it was like retail job sometime workers didn’t think of it like that

I love going to work because you never know what's going to happen. The customers are hilarious and the work environment is immaculate. The only thing I would improve about my job is the pay. My store manager is understanding and she does whatever it takes to help you understand and succeed in advancement. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
Great folks to work with...

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Fast pace 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
It's a good atmosphere 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Very Busy....always something to do

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Store manager 2 salaries reported	$62,363 per year
Assistant store manager 3 salaries reported	$49,259 per year
Senior retail sales associate 5 salaries reported	$35,545 per year
Sales associate 4 salaries reported	$15.47 per hour
Administrative assistant 3 salaries reported	$48,410 per year

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