I want to talk a little bit about Fresh and Easy. Fresh and Easy came to california about 4 years ago. By changing the way people shop for groceries, they first opened their doors on the West Coast (so cal, Arizona, and Nevada) Today, on July 27th 2011, they have broaden their area by expanding stores up the California coast towards Nor Cal and more stores in the desert area.
I myself heard about this store when in college. Hearing about these great new and exciting ideas about the grocery business, I was really intrigued. Upon graduating from Culver-Stockton College, I got myself a position at the West Covina store. I first started out as a CA (know as a Customer Assistant) and worked way up the chain to be a TL (Team Leader or also known as an Assistant Manager) I have worked for Fresh and Easy for almost 3 years and I can tell it has had its ups and downs. Right now I am working towards being an Assistant/Store Manager.
Fresh and Easy offers great pay and competitive prices compared to other grocery store chains. I worked at Albertsons while attending Mount San Antonio College as a bag boy and let me tell you, it suck. Fresh and Easy gave me not only great hours but also great benefits. It is also a fun place to work.
I would like to tell you some of the pros and cons.
Pros-
-Great pay and benefits (they now offer Aflac as a medical insurance but for a little extra a month)
-Great hours especially if you are a student.
-Great team playing. When I say team playing, I mean working like a championship baseball team, knowing each others strengths and weaknesses and getting through hard times.
-You are able to move up in the company
-There are many more pros but that is all can come up with right now. More will come to me later
Now here are the cons-
-I think the pay is great but I feel like some people take advantage of being a CA and not be a team player. (could elaborate more about this on later blogs or feel to add comments on this)
-Hours of deliveries from the distribution center. Some stores are different
-The Distribution Center-----I am not too fond of the DC (short reference) because of the temporary workers they hire. Some are great and some are just shit!! I have had many times where pallets are stacked too high, some that are not proportionally fit (where it is leaning to one side but held up by the wrapping), and some that completely smashed!!! Now, I know that this company is still building from the ground up but come on!!! How do you expect workers at the store, who are less than 5 '6" to reach pallets that are sometimes above 6 feet tall? and how do you expect the pallets to fit into the refrigerators in the backroom when the pallets are too tall?? I don't think the height is the real problem, but the way they are configured. I have had many times where crates have fallen on me because they are put together soo bad. That's dangerous to be honest with you.
I have also had an issue just the other day when I received an emergency withdrawal of a product, due to quality and then the following day they sent another 2 crates full of the same product. Really?? That is just poor control.
Feel free to add any comments to this topic. I would really love to hear what you think and feel.
Italian-Messenger.
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