Harris Teeter Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"I've worked for Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc. for nearly four years. HT is a respected grocery retail company with presence in Sussex County, Delaware since 2007. My fellow associates and I admire our department manager and the store management team. I would best describe my working relationship with my immediate supervisor as exemplary - she has picked me on several occasions to help open new stores in Virginia, DC, and Maryland, and she never hesitates to call me as a first choice whenever she needs extra help. Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc. has an impressive corporate management team, and the HT grocery chain is admired by its peers."

"I've only been there since Oct 2013. The job is easy but can be boring due to repetition. I have flexibility with my hours which is excellent. Management is cool but demanding at times. It's a good place to work if you're in between jobs. They do hire within for management positions but it takes a while for that to complete."

"Hard work, low pay, out of this world expectations of employees."

What do you like about working at Harris Teeter?

"Working with some nice people (not in management) and set hours every week as an overnight cashier."

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

"Get used to working hard at a pay rate $0.50 above minimum wage with no chance of a raise. Don't expect to be able to work more than 28 hours a week, more like an average of 15. Expect that management will have out of this world expectations and will put it out on you when not met. And if going for overnight shifts don't plan on a chance to advance."

What don't you like about working at Harris Teeter?

"Lots of hard work always standing on your feet. The front end is not really engineered for tall people, always have to bend over to be able to use the registers causing back pain. The low pay compared with other companies with like jobs. The company has a goes out of its way to treat the customer right, but does not treat employees well."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"To increase wages of employees for the amount of work done.Don't expect the impossible from people every night (i.e. be short on people one night, have a large truck and still expect everything to be done in the morning). Oh, and don't over hire so much where you can only give employees 4 hrs a week."

"finished training program-been at both well run and very poorly run stores."

What do you like about working at Harris Teeter?

"2 times a year bonus (all employees) after your first 6 months"

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

"expect to work for every dollar you make and if you have family you will need a second job because of cost of living"

What don't you like about working at Harris Teeter?

"micromanaged, always short staffed for expectations, too many chiefs, no workers"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be realistic about goals, stop promoting just to promote. Wake up"

"This is a good job to have during the holidays when it is busy."

What do you like about working at Harris Teeter?

"I really like how many days I work a week"

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

"Be a yes man and always report to work in a timely fashion."

What don't you like about working at Harris Teeter?

"I do not like working 3rd shift and I dont like how sporadic the hours are."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"My suggestion for management is too watch who they hire more often."

What do you like about working at Harris Teeter?

"They have decent pay, and the people are relatively nice."

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

"Basically, just convince them that you are a hard worker and that you'll get the job done efficiently."

What don't you like about working at Harris Teeter?

"I spend hours in the freezer, it's cold. And I have to spend hours closing up the department each day. My hands go numb after 10 minutes of fronting up the freezers. The yogurts have to be formed into a wall, and they constantly fall over. The boxes of hot pockets and lean cuisines never want to stay upright. It's ridiculous."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I wouldn't try to act so intimidating, it's pretty scary."

What do you like about working at Harris Teeter?

"I excel at challenges and there are challenges all the time!"

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

"know that you will get beaten up on a regular basis and money is good only if you are at a high volume store."

What don't you like about working at Harris Teeter?

"have very little qualified help, and when things hit the fan, it all falls to me. this is fine, but I am overworked since we are under staffed. I am then scolded for working too many hours or for having problems with my staff that aren't properly trained by me."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"the entire culture at harris teeter keeps stress levels high at all times due to always having 'emergencies' that need to be attending to instead of just running their business the best they can."

What do you like about working at Harris Teeter?

"Comfortable due to years of familiarity. Felt like family, sort of... had high admiration for the owner of the company and their vision...great respect for her example of striving for perfection...great appreation for her tireless pursuit of new contracts.. loved her public speaking."

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

"Ok for short term...too much frustration as direct management style is not conducive to ultimate production."

What don't you like about working at Harris Teeter?

"Need to accomplish projects within more structure. This is not possible because the direct supervisor would interfere with getting things finished... it was not a prime concern for jobs to be completed and work focus was always on the direct supervisor as though they were a celebrity. Very controlling, received no ideas and considered any offerings of suggestions to be an insubordinate act. Direct supervisor always wanted the purple jelly bean. Upper management, on the other hand, expected production.... work focus... perfection... that is good."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Place the direct supervisor in another area other than production....she was too obcessed with her importance...not interested in getting the work out. required a lot of personal attention..needy for friendship..enjoyed telling depressing tales of her homelife, forcing one to listen... interrupted work flow so projects were sabotaged... made like it was unimportant.. then held workers responsible when it all hit the fan."

What do you like about working at Harris Teeter?

"Harris Teeter has a pretty great environment to work in."

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

"Know about the company and be really positive and pleasant."

What don't you like about working at Harris Teeter?

"It's pretty hard on your feet and shoulders standing for so long."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I think I would pay the employees a little more"

"Not a pleasant experience. It gave me opportunity to take care of dying mother"

What do you like about working at Harris Teeter?

"The associates I worked with were great and performed well in spite of micro management"

What don't you like about working at Harris Teeter?

"This company over micro manages and creates an extreme non trusting environmet"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"If you do not like to be micro managed, then look at other companies"

"At Harris Teeter each associate is trained well and puts forth great effort."

What do you like about working at Harris Teeter?

"Nice people are all around. There is not an incredible amount of stress."

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

"Enjoy the good karma that comes along with organic grocery."

What don't you like about working at Harris Teeter?

"The shifts can kick me off balance. Management seems inexperienced at times. Management shifts around unexpectedly and untimely."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Focus more on customer service. Focus more on creating a positive and ethical environment."

What do you like about working at Harris Teeter?

"retail environment, team work, low strees, customer services, grocery store"

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

"Know customer service and the grocery/retail industry and be willing to adjust to dealing with certain types of customers"

What don't you like about working at Harris Teeter?

"lack of opportunity for full time employment and low pay and low raises for part time employees"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"More full time jobs for the people who have worked part time more than four years, better hourly rate of pay,"

What do you like about working at Harris Teeter?

"Fellow employees. Though under constant berating from store manager and co-managers...they were good people of quality caliber."

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

"Don't get sucked in. Harris Teeter couldn't care less about you. They are a publicly traded company on the NYSE and regard shareholders far above employees. Store managers will treat you badly."

What don't you like about working at Harris Teeter?

"Harris Teeter admitted to me in my exit interview that they know they have a problem with store managers. They just fail to act in correcting that problem. It is really unfortunate that they keep the current manager at the Kernersville store. He is awful......just an awful, awful person."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Same as for the current government - Fire them all and start fresh."