My Experience Working At The Fresh Market
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
- I had the opportunity to work at The Fresh Market for 2 months!
This video captures my entire journey with them detailing the frustrations and obstacles I faced while employed there.
I hope you all enjoy this video, if anyone has worked for the Fresh Market
I'd love to hear your thoughts!
Also for any work stories you'd like to share please email me at rebecca.espinal@gmail.com
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A few other things to mention....
1. An employee whom has been dedicated and loyal since the store opened 6 years ago, received a "congratulations" pin for his lapel and a thank you note. This man is in his late 70s, never calls out sick, never complains, retrieves all of the shopping carts spread out across the parking lot in snowy/blizzard conditions, cleans the restrooms, takes out all the garbage and helps with the truck deliveries and that's ALL the gratitude they extended to him. One word....MISERABLE!!
2. Managers very rarely will jump on a register to help out when cashiers are flooded with long lines during peak times, but rather sit in the front office acting as though they're working on the computer or standing around in the back stockroom on the "timed" computers allegedly completing their weekly inventory. Does it take two hours to data enter info into a computer??? Seriously???
3. The bar codes NEVER work and most of the new produce items won't scan as well, because no one bothered to enter them into the system. Same issue with the bar codes for LBM meals.
I can go on and on...but I believe you've covered it 1,000% Congratulations on your new opportunity. I'm 1,000% confident you'll be much happier and valued.
Everything thing you said is spot on too! Thank you for taking the time to do this video.
I love these videos. its a shame when the store is worse than the cutomers. I hate working jobs like this omg~
Thanks for watching and commenting! Yes it really is a shame 😔
Is this the Henderson ave store in Tampa???? I was abused and bullied so much as a AGSM. I have ptsd. Don’t work at this store! It’s worse now than she’s talking! All these points are true. And whatever you do…. Don’t work for Victor Day.
I quit Friday. It's so toxic there. I never experienced this before ever!
Rebecca, thank you for your super accurate overview of what it's actually like to work at The Fresh Market (aka....the Frozen Market, due to most of the food is actually frozen and defrosted prior to placing on shelves and tables). Yes, you guessed it...I worked at this most miserable company in the world!! Everything you mentioned has actually occurred at our store in Connecticut. They truly don't value their employees, especially those whom are professional, efficient and hard working. If anyone needs a job, there are plenty of companies hiring now and whom will truly value you and pay well. It's quite astonishing that this company is still in business. With a new BigY nearby (doing quite well, impacting this store's revenue) and a new Whole Foods in the works, maybe this will be the nail to burst their inflated egos and increasing prices. People are definitely very much aware of what high quality actually is and their over inflated prices. Over the weekend they wanted us to push this new Feeding America initiative that when a "Loyalty Member" customer purchases a $100 gift card, only a mere $10 actually (so they say) goes to feed (allegedly) 100 meals. That means, The Fresh Market pockets $90. How miserable!!! If they truly want to make an impact, it would be the opposite....$90 to Feeding America and $10 to The Fresh Market.
I absolutely agree! It was such a shame to hear and read good things but actually experience a totally different thing. I was very saddened by this and lost all hope after 2 weeks lol I sadly once lasted a month which is not what I wanted but the pay and drive was not worth what I got back. Such a shame.
Thank you so much for watching and sharing your experiences!
I got sent this link from someone I worked with at the same store, a lot of this is really accurate. I worked there from October 2019 till Thanksgiving 2021 and I had almost no training but worked every single department at least once
It's so sad how they under appreciate the many people that can flex this way and perform amazingly over expectations yet they will reward kiss ups and those that know people in higher places. So disgusting. I'm sorry you dealt with this, but I'm glad my video was accurate!
I try to just speak the truth and hope it helps others when making a decision in which companies to invest in.
I left for sprouts and if anyone tells you they treat their people well, they're lying
@Alana Piazza I actually heard Sprouts is horrible...I haven't worked there myself, but after hearing so many bad reviews I figured I'd save myself the trauma 😅
@@rebeccaespinal4560 it's funny too cause I heard the part about the old meat manager leaving, I get to work with him again 😂 he just got to my job that I've been at for a year and he's already a manager
@@alanapiazza Yep, that's ridiculous. Are you a manager or were you trying to be and they overlooked you?
I posted before but deleted my comments. After a month of being there I'm considering not showing up starting tomorrow. I think I'm quitting because I really don't like how unfriendly and unapproachable the staff are. This place is so unwelcoming since day one I just can't take it anymore. If I don't turn in my name tag and discount keychain will they ask for it back?
They don’t need it lol
@@JaimeeBolden-vx1it Yeah thank goodness.
What store is this ?
slow
What store is this and was it high volume ?
Downtown Tampa area, yes and no but we were the highest volume in our Florida district from what I remember them saying.
Store 71
Let's keep in mind this was my first job, I thought all these things were normal, like my $10.50 an hour for working the WHOLE store
Omg, noo, it's not! That's extremely low! Always remember, the more skills you acquire, the more desirable you are and can advocate more for yourself. Like being bilingual is a skill that most people probably aren't making sure they get paid for. Operating a Fork Lift, working overnight usually gives an extra dollar. Never tell a company what you were making at another job either cause that's what they'll use to give you a pay lower to what you might have gotten for the job.
Where do they get their cakes and pies that they don’t make in house?
I don't know about the cakes, but I know the Pies they get from a NY company.
Worked in their bakery from Oct. 2015 til Oct. 2019. Venders were constantly changing. Some of their small cakes and cheesecakes were from Juniors.
I have a job interview at fresh market tomorrow and im really nervous 😭 what were some of the questions they asked you
My interview was honestly not a very good one. lol, it was the mostly the assistant speaking and he ask standard questions like "tell me about yourself " and "why this company?"
did it work out ?lol
I clicked here to hear about the experience of a Fresh Market employee and found an
HOUR & FOURTEEN MINUTE video!!!!
SERIOUSLY????
I have just started @ fresh market running the floral department & the manager doesn't seem to understand get how perishable flowers are
Yea management is taught to take no excuses and always push that anything is possible rather than to actually problem solve and help associates with certain issues that arise. My management at my current job is like that. They give us no resources or hours to accomplish their impossibly high standards.
I worked at the Fresh Market for three years. What happened to me was a lady that used to get mad if closed the door when she was doing inventory in the deli cooler.I accidently closed the door. When I went to try to try and apologize she pushed the door halfway open then she kicked the door it almost hit me in the face. I told the head manager and then I made a report to corporate. Nothing was done and the camera did not catch it. I got mad but I am human. There was a other guy there he takes like ten breaks.I was asked to go home and fired. I asked a question to the head manager why I'm going for asking a question but yet home dude in the meat department doesn't do shit and you never tell him your going to send him home?
the managers don't know anything and the work they put out is crap and leave a mess in their wake
Lmaoo I remember you from 36
Me podrías mandar la dirección vivo en cidra Lindo Bendiciones
If u quit yay🎉 many jobs today are disposable .
They definitely don't know produce, I survived 8 and half years to be told, we moving in another direction
Oh boy 🤦♀️ I'm sorry!
I remember you from 71, it’s only gotten worse lol
That's a shame to hear...
I wish I would have seen this before taking her job
Definitely one of the worst companies ever to work for