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Wegmans Food Markets

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don't do it - Front End Wegmans Food Markets Employee Review

1.0
24 Feb 2011
Recommend
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Pros

You get a raise every six months (as long as your manager approves it) and the health insurance is cheap and affordable.

Cons

It is impossible to advance unless you kiss some serious a**. You could work at the company for 10 years as a part time cashier and a promotion would be passed up because a new hire becomes friendly with someone in upper management. It is pretty much impossible to be full time. You will work 25-30 hours with little breaks (on Thanksgiving week you are lucky if you have time to take a bathroom break) and forget about having a life on the weekend. Management will talk about you behind your back and the open door policy is complete bull. The door may be open but within five minutes of you leaving the human resource office the entire store will know your personal business. Everyone is great and there is a nice sense of teamwork when Danny Wegman comes to visit but as soon as he is out the door you are on your own again. It is every man for himself and if you are not into kissing butt then good luck.

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Pros

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Cons

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5.0
24 Jun 2026
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Pros

Gives you plenty of hours and pays well. When I interviewed for my job at the City Ridge Wegmans in DC, I asked for the highest possible starting salary (which I believe was $21 per hour at the time) since I had experience in that exact position for about 3 years beforehand, and they gave it to me without much pushback. The annual salary increases really reward sticking around too, I had capped out at the maximum salary for my position at $22 per hour by the next year. They also once adjusted that annual increase to a dollar rather than 50 cents for all employees (I believe it was around 2023?) due to the economy being crap.

Cons

Not a lot of room for growth. If you want any sort of management training, you REALLY have to push for it. I struggled to even migrate outside of my own department, they really want to keep people where they are for the most part, unless you have friends in the right places who can advocate for you. Networking really is everything. Also, this is either a pro or a con depending on your perspective, but they really pack in the hours. I often struggled to feel like I had any time for myself, but that's also just what having a full time job feels like.

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