Plum Market Employee Reviews for Team Member

"Disrespectful owners & managers. No breaks. No holiday pay."

What do you like about working at Plum Market?

"My coworkers, the people I work with on a day to day basis, are mostly fantastic. Also, the product that we sell is generally of good quality (before it sits under heat lamps for 8-10 hours)."

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

"Don't let the managers talk you into a lower wage, or different job than you are willing to accept. They will tell you that they will re-evaluate the situation, but they won't. If the job and wage they offer you at the interview don't work for you, then walk away. NOTHING ever changes for the better in this place."

What don't you like about working at Plum Market?

"I have worked for this company for slightly less than a year. In that time, I have seen A LOT of people start working in the store and leave. This company has constant problems with turnover. Maybe they wonder why, but they aren't taking any steps to correct the situation. Low wages and high expectations of employees lead most people to conclude that working at Plum simply isn't worth it.Our customers in the store can be rude, sometimes downright mean. Employees get no support from management whatsoever. The owners often come through the store, but almost never say anything to, or acknowledge their hourly employees (again, I've never worked for a family-owned business where this happened). I can't believe that this company has had any success operating this way. I was hired in at a low wage ($8.50/hour. Works out to about $17,000/year) and I remain at that low wage after working there almost a year. Plum Market is open 364 days a year (closed on Christmas Day only) and employees are expected to work holidays with NO INCENTIVE. I repeat, there is no time-and-a-half paid for holidays; there is no bonus paid for holidays worked. Additionally, in my department, there is very little effort made to ensure that employees can take breaks. I almost never get a 15 minute break and I have NEVER in my 10 months working at this store taken a 30 minute lunch break. It is simply impossible logistically. They schedule the bare minimum of staff and because I work behind a counter that has to be staffed, there has to be someone available to cover any breaks. I do my best every day that I work, but I wish so much ill upon the owners of this company. I hope that the money they make with this company brings them nothing but sorrow and pain."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Learn how to have some respect for the people who are the face of your company. Your hourly employees are the people who make your store profitable. You would be broke without them. Your contempt for the people who earn the money that sends you to Cabo five times a year makes me sick. The owners should be ashamed of themselves. They disgust me. If you want to keep good people working for you, you need to take care of the people who work hard. Your stinginess, callousness and lack of understanding of your own operation makes working at Plum Market like stepping into a Kafka short story. Every day when I come to work, I wonder what I will be walking into. I am a great worker and the owners and managers have inspired zero loyalty in me. I am staying in this job until the fall so I can do some traveling this summer, but I will be looking for a new job come this fall."