Just ate Hy-Chi for lunch. First time in a few years and holy cow have they turned the heat up on the twice cooked pork. Way too spicy. Another odd decision by Hy-Vee...
Hy-Vee's weirdest business decision yet?
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Probably not a result of something changed company wide but just whoever is cooking it put too much spice in it. You could order the same thing at 10 different Hy-Vees and not get the exact same flavor at all 10 I bet. Chinese food is the 1 thing its nearly impossible for them to duplicate at every store it seems, there are some stores in the DM area I think make their Chinese food better than others and it's probably because of who runs that store's department.
He used to be President, CEO, and Chairman of the Board. Now he’s Chairman of the board.
This is why Steve Prohm was always licking his lips.
Store directors leaving is nothing new. Would need more reason behind it to have better perspective of why this one left. Did they quit, get forced out, or move onto another role or job? In retail and Hy-Vee its pretty common for anyone in management to move onto another store or job title as many are trying to climb up the chain. Sometimes that requires them to relocate to a different store to further their career path through management and in the case of a store director the bigger the store they are in charge of the more they will earn.
I worked at Hy-Vee part time during HS and college and got to know some of the people that had been working for the company and were making a career out of it and its not common for people in retail to get burnt out as the hours can be long and times they are scheduled vary. Seen some climb the management ladder quicker than others but required changing stores several times to get the experience or job titles they needed. Some burned out and either got out of retail altogether or just took a job at a smaller store where there wasn't as much volume or stress to deal with.
I attempted to make a career out of Hy-Vee coming out of college. I already had worked there mostly part time for 6 years so was well known in my store. Found out pretty quickly after my 3rd move to a new store that the burnout was going to catch up to me faster than the role I wanted to achieve. I had developed into a well thought of and dependable assistant manager with good work relationships at my 3rd store, but the next and final store I worked for, the one that was kind of my last straw, really demonstrated a lack of concern for my career development. The store director knew that I had moved there with intentions of moving up, but did nothing to foster my growth. No new opportunities, he was solely focused on getting our store to hit record breaking bonuses, so I was treated like the new kid on the block and just basically had to start from scratch. I couldn't do it for a 3rd time so left after putting up with it for a year to a M-F 9-5 type of job. Hy-Vee was years of my life that weren't all bad, but ones I'll never get back either.
I had a very similar experience. The carrot was always the store manager income but it sounds like that is mostly gone today. After that long in retail, it really made you appreciate a 9-5 job. I saw department managers just work insane hours.
I'll call my shot and that HyVee follows their newish rural Iowa plan where a director oversees multiple locations. I will all but guarantee HyVee goes this route, they are all about cutting corners.
Absolutely. I saw no end in sight. I left and haven't looked back. I could end up back in the business but I think it would take certain kinds of catastrophe's to get me there.
Ya, a lot of chains have this problem. Especially ones in the Midwest. Take Casey's Pizza for example, I know many of them throughout the metro well and will go the extra mile or 2 for better pizza.
edit: Don't get me started on places like Panchero's where now they bring out the knife to measure out how much of each thing they are getting. Gotta have their cup for meat, cheese, and whatever and scrape off the rest.
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Not surprised. Had a guy I knew from HS that was working his way up the ranks too and just got burnt out. Shift/front end managers usually have it the worst with having irregular hours and sometimes little downtown between shifts for what is not a great paying job. But if you want to move into a bigger management position you basically have to work that job and some other thankless other roles in order to get to be a department head or one of the store management positions just below the store director that gets better hours and pay. Takes someone willing to put in a lot of long hours and stress to get there and even then if you run into someone like you did that stalls your development and career path all that hard work could be for nothing.
I didn't mind working part time for Hy-Vee as I think you learn some good skills and work ethic working in a retail environment but turning that into a career, no thanks. Fortunately for me it did help turn it into a couple summers of an IT internship with the corporate office that I gained a lot of valuable experience for my resume. Also got to learn a lot about how the stores operate too and you could usually figure out which stores were well managed and weren't a toxic work environment and which ones were having issues because of the store leadership or work culture. The stores where the store director spend time daily actually out in the store helping customers or pitching in where they were short staffed or something seemed to be the ones where most of the people seemed happy to work there because the main guy in the store actually cared about what was going on in their store daily.
Oh come on. Perhaps you should shop in the bath bomb aisle more
Or perhaps 12 donut holes for $6.99 will make you feel better?
Or 18 eggs for $9.98?Oh come on. Perhaps you should shop in the bath bomb aisle more
Ridiculous.
I used to be a kitchen manger. Definitely worked insane hours. Stepped away two weeks before my son was born.
The shuffling of CEO(s), responsibilities, etc.
They need a set plan in place.
They honestly probably need to poll employees to get honest opinions.
For some unknown reason, Hy-Vee breakfast no longer serves hash browns? I have heard many customers complaining, but no change. They replaced hash browns with “home style potatoes “. Not sure if anyone has tried them, but they are soggy, greasy, & burnt. Maybe I just got a bad batch (twice), and am not planning on eating breakfast there anytime soon unless I hear they bring back good ole hash browns!
Who’s with me??? Aaarrrggghhh!
Who’s with me??? Aaarrrggghhh!
