What did you have for lunch or dinner today?
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@scottalanmiller said in What did you have for lunch or dinner today?:
@NerdyDad oh no, it is THE WORST place to work ANYWHERE. No one works there that can find work anywhere else. Those polls don't mean at all what you think that they mean. People who work at Wegmans are SO thankful that someone, anyone hires them and doesn't fire them because they are generally unemployable. Some of the least skilled, least motivated, lowest paid people you will ever find. Every internal position in the company comes up from cashier - so they filter out anyone with the slightest motivation or qualifications because if you know anything or are just a hard worker, someone else will have paid you more when you were a teenager. So everyone, in every position in the company, is someone who depends on cashier experience for their job... think about that!
I've literally never worked in any place so universally unhappy and unqualified. It's horrific. They have to bring in consultants for everything because their internal staff can't do it and they can't keep consultants because people just quit and leave constantly.
I actually use those reputation lists as a guide of where not to work. Once you think about how a poll like that works, it really opens your eyes.
It's based on surveys that are monitored by the company and you can lose your job (and no one else will hire you) if you don't rank it highly.
But this poll doesn't look at employee satisfaction. It is focusing on customer satisfaction, including those in the corporate workforce.
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As a grocery store, it's good. It's not the ground breaking amazing place that NYers tell you. If you travel around the country or world, there are plenty of similar grocery stores. Kaufland in Germany, for example, is very similar but with a bigger selection. It's definitely a good place for customers, and if you are senior enough internally it can be okay, but in general, you'd be freaking embarrassed to work there.
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@scottalanmiller said in What did you have for lunch or dinner today?:
As a grocery store, it's good. It's not the ground breaking amazing place that NYers tell you. If you travel around the country or world, there are plenty of similar grocery stores. Kaufland in Germany, for example, is very similar but with a bigger selection. It's definitely a good place for customers, and if you are senior enough internally it can be okay, but in general, you'd be freaking embarrassed to work there.
So, its like working for Walmart in the south. Its kind of embarrassing to work there. Its almost just as embarrassing to shop there too.
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I was Wegman's corporate guitarist a few decades ago and they treated me great and it was an awesome job. I've never met anyone else who felt that way. I worked for one of their biggest regions. I worked for corporate as a consultant for a year and a half and @andyw worked there too, also in IT. I was a consultant and it wasn't bad, I was able to name my price and work things out so that the job was okay - I literally worked with no one so it was just be making big bucks (2004 - 2005, $85/hr.) But the internal IT people, they were almost in tears every day. That job was so awful. In the department that @andyw was in, it was literally just people sitting around scrolling up and down on their computers because they had one policy that said that they could never stop working to do anything but "write code" and another policy that said that they were forbidden to do any proactive work that was not assigned and since the company was so disorganized that they could never assign work the whole department was caught in a limbo of being forbidden to talk or anything, while being forbidden to work. So they had to "look like they were working" but had to ensure that they created no actual work.
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Reasons why I love Wegmans (and yes I have traveled and been to grocery stores all over the world too):
Their brand of products are always great
Their selection is great
Their customer service is only rivaled by Amazon
Their healthy and fresh selections are amazing
They listen to their customers on products they wish they had and get them in (I have personally requested things more than once and every time with in a couple weeks they have it and they called me to let me know they are carrying it now)
Their hot food section is very good
Subs are awesome
Vegetarian Selection is awesome (on the hot food bar)
Coffee Shop is awesome
Pizza is really good
Sushi is good
Panini's are good
Store Brands are GREAT (never had anything I don't like)
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@NerdyDad said in What did you have for lunch or dinner today?:
But this poll doesn't look at employee satisfaction. It is focusing on customer satisfaction, including those in the corporate workforce.
What are customers in the corporate workforce?
Even that, though, keep in mind that this is a regional company with no local competition. People often like it because it's way better than Tops, their big rival. But it is far more than Tops sucks hard than Wegmans is that good. I'm not saying it isn't good, it might really be the best grocery store in America - but the margin of excellence is not nearly as wide as the locals would have you believe. If you go to a Wegmans after being away from the area you don't really miss it, it's nice but it's not exciting or anything.
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@scottalanmiller said in What did you have for lunch or dinner today?:
@NerdyDad said in What did you have for lunch or dinner today?:
But this poll doesn't look at employee satisfaction. It is focusing on customer satisfaction, including those in the corporate workforce.
What are customers in the corporate workforce?
Even that, though, keep in mind that this is a regional company with no local competition. People often like it because it's way better than Tops, their big rival. But it is far more than Tops sucks hard than Wegmans is that good. I'm not saying it isn't good, it might really be the best grocery store in America - but the margin of excellence is not nearly as wide as the locals would have you believe. If you go to a Wegmans after being away from the area you don't really miss it, it's nice but it's not exciting or anything.
Ummm you are the one off there. Every person that comes and visits us that used to live here. Insists on eating at and shopping at Wegmans.
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@scottalanmiller said in What did you have for lunch or dinner today?:
I was Wegman's corporate guitarist a few decades ago and they treated me great and it was an awesome job. I've never met anyone else who felt that way. I worked for one of their biggest regions. I worked for corporate as a consultant for a year and a half and @andyw worked there too, also in IT. I was a consultant and it wasn't bad, I was able to name my price and work things out so that the job was okay - I literally worked with no one so it was just be making big bucks (2004 - 2005, $85/hr.) But the internal IT people, they were almost in tears every day. That job was so awful. In the department that @andyw was in, it was literally just people sitting around scrolling up and down on their computers because they had one policy that said that they could never stop working to do anything but "write code" and another policy that said that they were forbidden to do any proactive work that was not assigned and since the company was so disorganized that they could never assign work the whole department was caught in a limbo of being forbidden to talk or anything, while being forbidden to work. So they had to "look like they were working" but had to ensure that they created no actual work.
"corporate guitarist"???
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@Minion-Queen said in What did you have for lunch or dinner today?:
@scottalanmiller said in What did you have for lunch or dinner today?:
@NerdyDad said in What did you have for lunch or dinner today?:
But this poll doesn't look at employee satisfaction. It is focusing on customer satisfaction, including those in the corporate workforce.
What are customers in the corporate workforce?
Even that, though, keep in mind that this is a regional company with no local competition. People often like it because it's way better than Tops, their big rival. But it is far more than Tops sucks hard than Wegmans is that good. I'm not saying it isn't good, it might really be the best grocery store in America - but the margin of excellence is not nearly as wide as the locals would have you believe. If you go to a Wegmans after being away from the area you don't really miss it, it's nice but it's not exciting or anything.
Ummm you are the one off there. Every person that comes and visits us that used to live here. Insists on eating at and shopping at Wegmans.
oh yeah and people that don't live here like going. Seriously its a tourist stop
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@scottalanmiller said in What did you have for lunch or dinner today?:
@NerdyDad said in What did you have for lunch or dinner today?:
But this poll doesn't look at employee satisfaction. It is focusing on customer satisfaction, including those in the corporate workforce.
What are customers in the corporate workforce?
Even that, though, keep in mind that this is a regional company with no local competition. People often like it because it's way better than Tops, their big rival. But it is far more than Tops sucks hard than Wegmans is that good. I'm not saying it isn't good, it might really be the best grocery store in America - but the margin of excellence is not nearly as wide as the locals would have you believe. If you go to a Wegmans after being away from the area you don't really miss it, it's nice but it's not exciting or anything.
Sounds like Buehler's Fresh Foods around here. It's nice, they have good fresh food, salad and hot bars, if something isn't available, they'll order it for you, etc. That's what I grew up with, so it's my baseline on what a grocery store should be. Sounds like Wegmans is about on par.
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@travisdh1 said in What did you have for lunch or dinner today?:
@scottalanmiller said in What did you have for lunch or dinner today?:
@NerdyDad said in What did you have for lunch or dinner today?:
But this poll doesn't look at employee satisfaction. It is focusing on customer satisfaction, including those in the corporate workforce.
What are customers in the corporate workforce?
Even that, though, keep in mind that this is a regional company with no local competition. People often like it because it's way better than Tops, their big rival. But it is far more than Tops sucks hard than Wegmans is that good. I'm not saying it isn't good, it might really be the best grocery store in America - but the margin of excellence is not nearly as wide as the locals would have you believe. If you go to a Wegmans after being away from the area you don't really miss it, it's nice but it's not exciting or anything.
Sounds like Buehler's Fresh Foods around here. It's nice, they have good fresh food, salad and hot bars, if something isn't available, they'll order it for you, etc. That's what I grew up with, so it's my baseline on what a grocery store should be. Sounds like Wegmans is about on par.
Very similar....
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@travisdh1 said in What did you have for lunch or dinner today?:
@scottalanmiller said in What did you have for lunch or dinner today?:
@NerdyDad said in What did you have for lunch or dinner today?:
But this poll doesn't look at employee satisfaction. It is focusing on customer satisfaction, including those in the corporate workforce.
What are customers in the corporate workforce?
Even that, though, keep in mind that this is a regional company with no local competition. People often like it because it's way better than Tops, their big rival. But it is far more than Tops sucks hard than Wegmans is that good. I'm not saying it isn't good, it might really be the best grocery store in America - but the margin of excellence is not nearly as wide as the locals would have you believe. If you go to a Wegmans after being away from the area you don't really miss it, it's nice but it's not exciting or anything.
Sounds like Buehler's Fresh Foods around here. It's nice, they have good fresh food, salad and hot bars, if something isn't available, they'll order it for you, etc. That's what I grew up with, so it's my baseline on what a grocery store should be. Sounds like Wegmans is about on par.
Is it the size of a Super Walmart? Wegmans stores are.
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@art_of_shred said in What did you have for lunch or dinner today?:
@travisdh1 said in What did you have for lunch or dinner today?:
@scottalanmiller said in What did you have for lunch or dinner today?:
@NerdyDad said in What did you have for lunch or dinner today?:
But this poll doesn't look at employee satisfaction. It is focusing on customer satisfaction, including those in the corporate workforce.
What are customers in the corporate workforce?
Even that, though, keep in mind that this is a regional company with no local competition. People often like it because it's way better than Tops, their big rival. But it is far more than Tops sucks hard than Wegmans is that good. I'm not saying it isn't good, it might really be the best grocery store in America - but the margin of excellence is not nearly as wide as the locals would have you believe. If you go to a Wegmans after being away from the area you don't really miss it, it's nice but it's not exciting or anything.
Sounds like Buehler's Fresh Foods around here. It's nice, they have good fresh food, salad and hot bars, if something isn't available, they'll order it for you, etc. That's what I grew up with, so it's my baseline on what a grocery store should be. Sounds like Wegmans is about on par.
Is it the size of a Super Walmart? Wegmans stores are.
That's what shocked us about Kaufland in Romania. Even in our small local city (not the REAL city, just the little Batavia like place nearby) the Kaufland was so big, bigger than any normal Wegmans. Maybe not Pittsford big, but close to it.
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Kaufland has the internal restaurant and eating areas like Wegmans. And a weird sausage bar outside in the parking lot for some reason. Basically like a hot dog stand.
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@RojoLoco said in What did you have for lunch or dinner today?:
@scottalanmiller said in What did you have for lunch or dinner today?:
I was Wegman's corporate guitarist a few decades ago and they treated me great and it was an awesome job. I've never met anyone else who felt that way. I worked for one of their biggest regions. I worked for corporate as a consultant for a year and a half and @andyw worked there too, also in IT. I was a consultant and it wasn't bad, I was able to name my price and work things out so that the job was okay - I literally worked with no one so it was just be making big bucks (2004 - 2005, $85/hr.) But the internal IT people, they were almost in tears every day. That job was so awful. In the department that @andyw was in, it was literally just people sitting around scrolling up and down on their computers because they had one policy that said that they could never stop working to do anything but "write code" and another policy that said that they were forbidden to do any proactive work that was not assigned and since the company was so disorganized that they could never assign work the whole department was caught in a limbo of being forbidden to talk or anything, while being forbidden to work. So they had to "look like they were working" but had to ensure that they created no actual work.
"corporate guitarist"???
Yup, salaried classical guitarist. It was an awesome job.
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@scottalanmiller said in What did you have for lunch or dinner today?:
@RojoLoco said in What did you have for lunch or dinner today?:
@scottalanmiller said in What did you have for lunch or dinner today?:
I was Wegman's corporate guitarist a few decades ago and they treated me great and it was an awesome job. I've never met anyone else who felt that way. I worked for one of their biggest regions. I worked for corporate as a consultant for a year and a half and @andyw worked there too, also in IT. I was a consultant and it wasn't bad, I was able to name my price and work things out so that the job was okay - I literally worked with no one so it was just be making big bucks (2004 - 2005, $85/hr.) But the internal IT people, they were almost in tears every day. That job was so awful. In the department that @andyw was in, it was literally just people sitting around scrolling up and down on their computers because they had one policy that said that they could never stop working to do anything but "write code" and another policy that said that they were forbidden to do any proactive work that was not assigned and since the company was so disorganized that they could never assign work the whole department was caught in a limbo of being forbidden to talk or anything, while being forbidden to work. So they had to "look like they were working" but had to ensure that they created no actual work.
"corporate guitarist"???
Yup, salaried classical guitarist. It was an awesome job.
That ain't not bad.
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@art_of_shred said in What did you have for lunch or dinner today?:
@travisdh1 said in What did you have for lunch or dinner today?:
@scottalanmiller said in What did you have for lunch or dinner today?:
@NerdyDad said in What did you have for lunch or dinner today?:
But this poll doesn't look at employee satisfaction. It is focusing on customer satisfaction, including those in the corporate workforce.
What are customers in the corporate workforce?
Even that, though, keep in mind that this is a regional company with no local competition. People often like it because it's way better than Tops, their big rival. But it is far more than Tops sucks hard than Wegmans is that good. I'm not saying it isn't good, it might really be the best grocery store in America - but the margin of excellence is not nearly as wide as the locals would have you believe. If you go to a Wegmans after being away from the area you don't really miss it, it's nice but it's not exciting or anything.
Sounds like Buehler's Fresh Foods around here. It's nice, they have good fresh food, salad and hot bars, if something isn't available, they'll order it for you, etc. That's what I grew up with, so it's my baseline on what a grocery store should be. Sounds like Wegmans is about on par.
Is it the size of a Super Walmart? Wegmans stores are.
In Wooster, OH, the one on the north end is about that size, but the one downtown is on the smaller side. The one in Medina is at least as big, Coshocton is also on the smaller side. None of them are exactly small, but in comparison to a Super WalMart some would be. Those are the 4 I remember being in myself, I know they have more stores than that.
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@RojoLoco said in What did you have for lunch or dinner today?:
@scottalanmiller said in What did you have for lunch or dinner today?:
@RojoLoco said in What did you have for lunch or dinner today?:
@scottalanmiller said in What did you have for lunch or dinner today?:
I was Wegman's corporate guitarist a few decades ago and they treated me great and it was an awesome job. I've never met anyone else who felt that way. I worked for one of their biggest regions. I worked for corporate as a consultant for a year and a half and @andyw worked there too, also in IT. I was a consultant and it wasn't bad, I was able to name my price and work things out so that the job was okay - I literally worked with no one so it was just be making big bucks (2004 - 2005, $85/hr.) But the internal IT people, they were almost in tears every day. That job was so awful. In the department that @andyw was in, it was literally just people sitting around scrolling up and down on their computers because they had one policy that said that they could never stop working to do anything but "write code" and another policy that said that they were forbidden to do any proactive work that was not assigned and since the company was so disorganized that they could never assign work the whole department was caught in a limbo of being forbidden to talk or anything, while being forbidden to work. So they had to "look like they were working" but had to ensure that they created no actual work.
"corporate guitarist"???
Yup, salaried classical guitarist. It was an awesome job.
That ain't not bad.
It wasn't bad, it was one of those really awesome points in my life that I'm really proud of. I gave it up to move to Pittsburgh with NTG.
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@scottalanmiller said in What did you have for lunch or dinner today?:
@RojoLoco said in What did you have for lunch or dinner today?:
@scottalanmiller said in What did you have for lunch or dinner today?:
@RojoLoco said in What did you have for lunch or dinner today?:
@scottalanmiller said in What did you have for lunch or dinner today?:
I was Wegman's corporate guitarist a few decades ago and they treated me great and it was an awesome job. I've never met anyone else who felt that way. I worked for one of their biggest regions. I worked for corporate as a consultant for a year and a half and @andyw worked there too, also in IT. I was a consultant and it wasn't bad, I was able to name my price and work things out so that the job was okay - I literally worked with no one so it was just be making big bucks (2004 - 2005, $85/hr.) But the internal IT people, they were almost in tears every day. That job was so awful. In the department that @andyw was in, it was literally just people sitting around scrolling up and down on their computers because they had one policy that said that they could never stop working to do anything but "write code" and another policy that said that they were forbidden to do any proactive work that was not assigned and since the company was so disorganized that they could never assign work the whole department was caught in a limbo of being forbidden to talk or anything, while being forbidden to work. So they had to "look like they were working" but had to ensure that they created no actual work.
"corporate guitarist"???
Yup, salaried classical guitarist. It was an awesome job.
That ain't not bad.
It wasn't bad, it was one of those really awesome points in my life that I'm really proud of. I gave it up to move to Pittsburgh with NTG.
That's the depressing part. If I ever had an opportunity to be a salaried musician, you'd have to kill me to get me to stop. And I'd gladly kill and/or maim to keep such a position.
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@RojoLoco said in What did you have for lunch or dinner today?:
@scottalanmiller said in What did you have for lunch or dinner today?:
@RojoLoco said in What did you have for lunch or dinner today?:
@scottalanmiller said in What did you have for lunch or dinner today?:
@RojoLoco said in What did you have for lunch or dinner today?:
@scottalanmiller said in What did you have for lunch or dinner today?:
I was Wegman's corporate guitarist a few decades ago and they treated me great and it was an awesome job. I've never met anyone else who felt that way. I worked for one of their biggest regions. I worked for corporate as a consultant for a year and a half and @andyw worked there too, also in IT. I was a consultant and it wasn't bad, I was able to name my price and work things out so that the job was okay - I literally worked with no one so it was just be making big bucks (2004 - 2005, $85/hr.) But the internal IT people, they were almost in tears every day. That job was so awful. In the department that @andyw was in, it was literally just people sitting around scrolling up and down on their computers because they had one policy that said that they could never stop working to do anything but "write code" and another policy that said that they were forbidden to do any proactive work that was not assigned and since the company was so disorganized that they could never assign work the whole department was caught in a limbo of being forbidden to talk or anything, while being forbidden to work. So they had to "look like they were working" but had to ensure that they created no actual work.
"corporate guitarist"???
Yup, salaried classical guitarist. It was an awesome job.
That ain't not bad.
It wasn't bad, it was one of those really awesome points in my life that I'm really proud of. I gave it up to move to Pittsburgh with NTG.
That's the depressing part. If I ever had an opportunity to be a salaried musician, you'd have to kill me to get me to stop. And I'd gladly kill and/or maim to keep such a position.
Carpal tunnel. I know it wasn't going to last for forever. I had a good run as a guitarist and trombonist and had medical issues that made both hard to keep going on. I kind of burned out, medically at least. I got to do some amazing stuff over a five year period in both instruments, some international work, studio work, and even got to work in music management and production with Greg Lake and ELP (and lots of local small time artists.) It was really cool, but it was time to move on.
