retail supervisor

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lead cashier

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I loved working for Buy-Low, I loved my coworkers and my hours, I never had issues with anything other than management (Store managers and supervisors, not always the department managers.) I disagreed with the management style, they hired all the wrong people  and were contradicting their management methods every which way as there are 3 'managers' (who were never on the same page) that then delegate to the department managers completely different information.  the Deli was the worst, but to be fair- it is our first year as Buy-Low Foods and we are all adjusting (I saw probably 10 people get hired and *QUIT* IN THE DELI ALONE in my year working there). However, the management never took the blame for changing the things we learned or hiring staff that didn't want to work, Which in turn is not the worst thing in the world because there was never a shortage of hours so my paychecks were always full. 
Until someone calls in sick and the staff that was hired does not want to come in on their days off, causing the department managers to work 12 hour thankless days. Then the department managers get short tempered with you for needing a sick day, and being the cause of their 12 hour days. 
If you need the hours and a full paycheck, come work for BLF- but make sure you know your own limits. be prepared to turn down overtime shifts, be prepared to work hard and you will fit in just fine.

Morning office opening activities the normal customer service for the rest of the day, I learned how to do deposits and Float the tills in the morning get some newspaper, Lottery and cigarettes out. Clean and maintain the tills and area around front door, aisles. Stock and face shelves, the hardest part of the job would be head office not listening or caring about your store / town problems there is also zero job security everybody is part-time because head office doesn't want to give out benefits so they'll hire as many part-time people as possible they also don't like overtime, head office would rather be short-staffed then have a working store, there is bare minimum of training and after that if you mess up it is still your fault not the lack of training

It's a great and very rewarding place to work if you're someone who's productive, personable and can enjoy meeting the many unique and interesting characters of a smaller town.
It's not a big location and it runs like a well-oiled machine on it's best days, so expect to be continuously working with everyone to make the best use of your available spaces. In my case, the team was usually great and we all got along, so that was easy enough to manage. Very busy environment during summers and holidays. Very slow environment when it's evenings and off-season. Much more like a local shop, than big city's chain store.

Buy low foods is my first job working anywhere. As a high school student the hours are just not enough, and the management does not care for your concerns. If you ask for more hours you are rewarded with less hours in hand. I have not worked consistent hours in over 3 months. It can go from 400-500 dollars a cheque to 100 every 2 weeks. It is simply unviable and unfair to work and live off of the little bit of money you barely get. Half the time you won't even get paid on payday and will be rewarded with even more pettiness. The staff is consistently the worst group of people on a daily basis and makes it impossible for an employee to even want to be alive and work there. 

All in all it is the worst job experience I have ever had anywhere, and I hope whatever poor soul stuck working with the produce management leaves as quick as possible.

Never allowed to chat with coworkers unless it’s about work. This includes friend’s funeral dates. “That doesn’t affect our job here.”  I’ve learned to keep my mouth shut and avoid the manager at all costs. When you hear your name being called to the office, it’s an instant panic attack. I did really enjoy the job itself. I love customer service and I know I’m good at it. I’m genuine and it shows. Never any free “discard.” We were forced to throw it all into a locked dumpster. This has now changed!! 🙂Hardest part of the job, besides management, was memorizing codes. (I studied at home and it really paid off)


What is the best part of working at the company?
Descent pay for work involved 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Better management and supervisors needing backing from management to better direct the workforce with some authority. 
If it were not for existing senior employees capable of delivering on their abilities this company could very well be in trouble.  

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
With better leadership their would be less drama. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
I personally carry out my job under my own discretion, which I appreciate they trust me to do what needs to be done.  
Unfortunately not all employees are accountable for and need direction.

Good for part time students, closing shifts aren't too late at night. They'll often take people that have limited availability, which is rare for a lot of retail jobs. For most departments the work itself isn't that hard. 
If you want more than that than it's not a great place. Your hours will fluctuate radically, one week you'll be 40 hours, even if you don't want that, and the next you'll get one 4 hour shift. 
I worked at a few different stores. At some locations the management was pretty relaxed and everyone got along. At others management was horrible  and made a toxic environment. 
Working hard is a waste of time at this company, you're paid minimum so just do minimum amount of work.
Also no store discount which is pretty lame.

Working at Buy-low Foods provided me with a lot of customer service experience, mainly because I was in high school at the time the only shift i could work during the week was at 3:45 to closing. Which meant that i stayed at the customer service till with the Lottery and Cigarettes; often doing customer refunds and collecting the customers recyclables. My co-workers varied in age, but we were mainly students and management understood that we needed some weekends off so we'd monthly get one weekend off, especially after working a stat-holiday or many hours the week before. The most enjoyable part of the job was connecting with the community, since it was a small and everyone was a regular.

I've only worked there for about 2 years (mind you I'm part-time) and normally days go slow for me. Stocking shelves, showing customers around, that kind of stuff. Sometimes we'll have fresh stock in and putting those out on shelf and top-stock is pretty busy. Working grocery gives you a kind of sympathy for the people who work in grocery stores, you learn it's not easy and the people there try their best. Most of my supervisors are okay, some kind of mean ones but you get those no matter where you go. The only hard part is the slow days when it gets really really boring, and the heavy lifting required for a lot of things.

This place was awesome to work at!  I was in the Produce Department and advanced to Assistant Produce Manager before moving to a different city.  

The work environment was a lot of fun for everyone with a strong work ethic who took pride in their work.  The management team was solid all round.  Friendly and personable, but quality and customer service always come first.  

The Produce Manager was absolutely amazing.  Her quality standards were really high, and our customers often voiced compliments about our department to me.  She was a confident teacher, and I was able to learn a lot from her.

All in all, I highly recommend this as a workplace.  Wages were a little low, but benefits were great.  

Top Job Titles	Average salary
Retail supervisor 3 salaries reported	$23.00 per hour
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Adjoint de magasin 3 salaries reported	$53,500 per year
Lead cashier 2 salaries reported	$18.50 per hour
Grocery associate 1 salary reported	$19.50 per hour

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