Sales Representative (Former Employee), San Bruno, CA – February 27, 2013
A typical day at work consists of maintaining a welcoming and clean environment. I have learned how to provide good customer service. The management did not care about their employees. We had no workers compensation. The hardest part of the job is dealing with difficult customers. The most enjoyable part is learning how to work as a team with my coworkers.
Cashier/ Customer Service Representative (Former Employee), Charlotte, NC – January 3, 2013
Pros: practicing my customer service skills
Cons: short breaks
A typical day at work included greeting and assisting customers and cash management. I learned how to work well with irrate customers. My co-workers were helpful. The hardest part about this job was trying to satisfy everyone. The most enjoyable part of this job was meeting new people everyday
Sales Associate (Former Employee), Hayward, CA – December 17, 2012
I loved many of my co-workers here , however management wasn't as great. I found it it difficult to balance school with having a job here, the manager wasn't as accommodating. Another issue I had was our manager didn't keep tabs on each of our duties and if one person messed up we would all get the blame and sometimes written up. The job itself was – more... not very challenging and was fun helping customers.It was an experience to learn from and I was grateful to have the opportunity. – less
Very friendly place. Best place to find great food at low price.
Assistant Customer Service Manager (Former Employee), Carrollton, VA – December 2, 2012
Best part of my job was the people I got to work with, and the customers I got to help. My management time was wonderful they all felt like good friends to me. Worked very well with each other. Most days at work after email, we would talk about our duties for that day and just coast through the day. The hardest part of this job would have to be the – more... hours. Very hard to have family time, and work here. What I learned made me ready to always move up to the next spot. – less
Baker (Former Employee), Charlotte, NC – November 9, 2012
Pros: the training in multiple areas.
Cons: never really got a chance to advance
Open deli, discard out of date products, begin full bake, bag and tag,assist in deli, maintain sanitation,do pull for next day.I learned to be flexible and honed my ability to multitask. Loved my management they knew what they wanted from me and always pushed me to do more and learn more.Co worker were great helpful and informative.Being short handed – more... on the holidays.Really learned to love baking also the interaction with consumers. – less
Administrative Management (Current Employee), Smithfield, VA – September 22, 2012
Pros: working with the public
Cons: no set schedule
Typical day is checking on the deposit to see how the previous day deposit went down, Reading emails checking for any curren or future events. Interviewing an constantly coaching on standard practice.
Customer Service Assistant (Former Employee), Haymarket, VA – August 30, 2012
Pros: greate management, flexible hours, never boring, there was always work to be done.
Cons: short breaks, system crashes, improper input of sales merchadise prices.
Bloom was a good work place. The work environment is very cultural with room to improve and grow in different positions. I really enjoyed working for this company. Co-workers were very friendly and helpful. I learned how to present myself to customers. The hardest part at times were when systems would go down especially during transactions. Mangement – more... was very helpful and managed things very professionally. Managers were always involved with employees and if ever there were issues with scheduling they were very flexible.
I learned customer care and how to give customers greate service. The most enjoyable part about working at bloom was being able to learn how to multi-task between being a cashier and also getting carts and having to do other assigned duties. – less
Deli/Bakery Manager (Former Employee), Greenville, SC – August 29, 2012
Pros: managers worked 40 hours
Cons: pay scale could be better
Good place to work. Daily work changed with seasons. Had to work anytime once in management. Other associates worked good. Hardest part was balancing work/home life.
Cons: no benefits, no holiday pay, unfriendly management, false accusations!
Fast paced. Nice customers. Management is highly unorganized and lacks any customer skills. Not very kind to fellow employees. The place and people are not very professional to say the least.
Good management staff that was eager to learn and to get better.
Merchandising & Training Specialist (Former Employee), Loudoun district in Va – May 1, 2012
Pros: working one on one with the associates.
Cons: long hours with the traveling added in.
Traveling store to store in the district (11 stores) anaylzing day to day operations was a typical day. The most enjoyable part of the day was getting that "ay hah" moment during a visit. The hardest part of the day was the traveling.