Working at C&S Wholesale Grocers in Keene, NH: 8 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Keene, NH Area

"A truly terrible place to work. I worked for one of their subsidiaries, and while it might be a good place to work if you're "smart" enough to succeed, it will only be to the detriment of the other store employees and the community at large. C&S is such a big corporation that they lose sight of what their actually doing when acquiring a large chain retailer. They're supposed to be serving the community, but instead they're so focused on profit that they're running their grocery stores into the ground. They don't pay well enough in this day and age for someone who doesn't live with their parents and/or takes government assistance to work there. The facilities are disgusting, the standards are slipping, and upper management doesn't give a f-word about their stores or employees. Their store workforce is mostly comprised of teenage girls because they can't hold on to an employee who isn't a manager, due to their unwillingness to pay a decent hourly wage. So the solution upper-management floats is; to hire prisoners on work release, to work with the high school girls. They're either actively trying to drive down prices to the detriment of their starting level employees, or they're purposely trying to run their stores into the ground. Either that or their a bunch of idiots who don't know what they're doing. HEY BOOMERS, RETIRE! SERIOUSLY RETIRE. YOUR THE WORST GENERATION EVER. IAN RAND WAS WRITING A FICTIONAL DYSTOPIAN NOVEL, NOT AN ECONOMIC PLAYBOOK THAT SHOULD HAVE ANY BERING ON THE REAL WORLD, YOU F-ING IDIOTS. When I was young the grocery store jobs in my hometown were highly sought after, because they were good jobs that paid well with decent benefits. They served our community, a community that you've never been to. That you'll never know about, and you're ruining one of the pillars of our community with your greed. RETIRE, BOOMERS! And to all the other corporate succubi that don't allow themselves to feel ashamed, this is exactly why sociopaths should be in management."

"C&S is currently undergoing tremendous change. They recently laid off hundreds of people, some of whom were with the company for less than a year."

"Great company to work. Lots of growth opportunities if you are smart."

"The company is going through a lot of changes."

"Left another employer to come here with the hope that hard work and strong work ethic would be key in growing within the company. It couldn’t have been further from the truth. Besides questionable practices by the company overall & immediate supervisor, manager and some others, the day to day became more than any decent person could take. Enjoyed working with many of those in my department Office politics & rampant favoritism was a downer."

"Overall it's a great company but that doesn't matter when you get paid peanuts. It's unfortunate that some positions are payed so horribly, especially when people work their butts off and do all they can to get noticed for a higher position. People here are just greedy and only care about themselves. As a college graduate with student loans, an apartment, bills, etc... how does this company expect you to support yourself and family by making $12 an hour?"

"Even with all the challenges, this used to be a great place to work with a lot of opportunities to grow and learn. The most recent regime changes over the past couple of years have changed IS into what will soon be a non-responsive out-sourced pool. It's too bad. It really was great to work for, for many years."

What do you like about working at C&S Wholesale Grocers?

"The company was great as an intern because I received a lot of experience very early on."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Its a great opportunity as entry level position but not for long term."

What don't you like about working at C&S Wholesale Grocers?

"The amount that I am learning has gradually grown stale due to limitations in choice of technology."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Transition to IT grouped by skill set rather than by business departments."