Time off and extremely low wages - Anonymous employee Food Lion Employee Review

2.0
3 Oct 2010
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Very good about time off, very friendly customers, good sense of community. Clean and comfortable store. Very easy to get hired and rehired.

Cons

Pay rate is extremely bad, just barely above min. wage. I have worked here, due to location, only 5 minutes from home, for the entire time this store has been open ( July 2009 ) went over a year before my first review, I was given an excellent in every case, but no mention of any kind of raise. It's almost as if the subject is fobidden. I am looking elsewhere for employment, but jobs are not easy to find. Hours are hard to come by, payroll is constantly being cut, I am part time, full time at my location is not in the picture

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