Good company with good benefits for employees - Department Manager Fred Meyer Employee Review

4.0
5 Feb 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Company offers good benefits for their employees. Good vision, mission, and values. They do try to keep associates involved and keep a positive working environment.

Cons

Seems like because of cost-cutting, more labor is being passed on to store level workers. Continues to "promote" work-life balance but the past year they kept adding more work with less hours and still expect the same great output. Not sure if it is Kroger that is doing it after acquiring the company years ago.

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5.0
4 Mar 2026
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Pros

Very flexible schedule and accommodating

Cons

Sometimes managers are a hit or miss

3.0
22 Jun 2026
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Pros

Job can be fun and interesting Always something new to learn Lots of personal fulfillment as a manager when things go right

Cons

Unsupportive upper management Toxic work culture, unpaid overtime is rewarded and even expected or forced, even to the tune of multiple weeks in a row with no days off when you are salaried. They claim to support work life balance but even the smallest effort to set boundaries is heavily punished. Not paid as much as we should be for everything we have to do and deal with

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