Job Responsibilities
Was in charge of the over all management operations of the
grocery (food) department, plus acting as over all manager of
the store in the absence of store manager. assisted in the
operation of additonal departments, ie: deli, bakery, meat,
seafood, floral, produce, bakery. assisted in the checking in of
vendors, the recieving of trucks, and directing the instore
safety team. over all responsibilites for profit and lose of
the store, budgeting of employee resources including time and
hours. worked to ensure complete customer satisfaction to retain
current customers, and encourage new customers. maintian,
quality and feshness of products, as well as cleanliness of the
interior and exterior of store
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Job Requirements
A 22-week training program, that incuded 1-4 weeks in each
department of the store with written, and oral tests at the end
of each section, plus the occasional special project, depending
on the departmet. with a final written and oral test-
presentation at the end
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Uppers
good benefits, good pay, good employees, good working conditions, for the most
part, good managers
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Downers
Bad, irregular hours. no over time, nights and weekends,
holidays, unruly customers, shoplifters.
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Lifestyle
Business casual, 50-plus hours a week, no ot, very occasional travel to the
office for a meeting, or another store. 3-4 social gathers a year, some with
spuse, some not. a great job if you are single, bad if you have a family and
kids, you wont see them, you will work weekends, dont kid your self, they will
tell you that you will get 1-2 weekends of a month, MAYBE! i worked on average 3
weekend a month, with another co-manager, so should have had eveyother weekend
off. some store have 1 co-manager, so you could work more. not many females in
management, but growing, the same for minorities
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Compensation
Starting base varies, but general around $30,000 with bonus
potential max $6500 starting, dont expect more then about $6000
before tax. decent benefits. a family of 4 (you, wife, 2 kids)
HMO medical only cost me $130/13 times a year (you get paid once
a period, there are 13 periods in a year)dental and eye and long
term and life all extra
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Advice to Jobseekers
Do it 3-4 years for the experience, then move on (if no family)
if single, stick with it, but look for the and recognize the
moment that your movement has stopped and you will be stuck in
the same position at the same store forever, and leave. there
are people there who have been a co-manager (assisted manager)
for 10 years plus AND WILL NEVER BE PROMOTED.
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