The Fresh Market Employer Reviews

A very non-typical grocery store. Quaint smaller stores that open your eyes to the how a store should be. Relaxing "market style" environment with customer service as the main goal....

I worked for the fresh market for 5 months, that turned out to be the worst months of my life. I was an assistant front end manager who wasn't constantly harrassed by employees and managers alike. I was given millions of tasks to do to help the higher up managers and I never got a thank you, let alone acknowledgement. Their training program consists – more...  of you watching for one day and throwing you out there in the field while your trainer is goofing around. The hardest part about the job was working there, I had the worst managers who were unprofessional and when I came to them with basic compliants they ended up falling on deaf ears. I had to leave the company and than had to call corporate once a week for a month to get a letter stating that simply I do not work there, and instead they finally sent me a letter that looked like my young cousin in the first grade wrote it. I am sorry but I hope no one works here and if you do I wish you good luck. – less

I worked in the bakery and it was the same work everyday. Everyone at fresh market was all about everyone elses business so it was drama all the time.

everyone here is very understanding make you feel like they are your family away from home

The Fresh Market is a horrible place to work. I got fired over my register was off by $10 and was falsely accused of taking the money by a front end supervisor. They don't allow for any leeway with cash registers being over or under, as you get written up and fired for it being over and under when its a mistake like if you forget togive some one their – more...  change back or accidently give too much back. Anyone knows that working a cash register it will be off some. – less

great place to work. friendly people and loved learning new things.

The Fresh Market is a fun and challenging work place. Management is the best I've had since I've been in the work force.

This is a great place to work if you want to do a little bit of everything. At the store there is potential to work in multiple departments or transfer between them to become a more valuable employee.

This place pays no holidays, no concern for associates or traditional family values. Has a pay scale that they call chinese overtime for managers, the more you work over 40 hrs the less you are paid per hour.One of the worse places that I have ever worked.

Completely over worked and under paid if your trying to get anywhere in life excepts a dead end. Everyone that worked there more worried about how to get around the work and leave for some one else to do then actually earn there money. The Fresh Market is the reason why i don't have a high school diploma let alone a ged. When i tried to go bad to school – more...  the Meat department was so ridiculous that the manager left before i did and he sure as heck wasn't taking classes and when it was time to sign up for the ged this past fall i couldn't get the day off because the low life in the produce department where to busy going out getting smashed, or better yet standing around checking out the customers and to busy to hear what i had to say. If your looking for a job that asks for bare minimum and have a trust fund or just don't care for your future this is the job for you. – less

I have a flexible schedule so my work varies but always includes packaging or preparing products to sell. Every moment a customer approaches I offer a sample or ask if they need help. The bakery has a bakery manager and there are also store managers and assistants. Various staff in the bakery decorate or bake products. The most difficult part of the – more...  job is having the right product there when the customer shops. We have a large inventory of items to bake, wrap, price and sell and sometimes we are unable to get the product in to bake. I enjoy the customers and helping them with their decisions to make their event special. – less

A great company to obtain experience in the grocery and customer service industry, that provides multiple opportunities for advancement.

It was a great place to work, it was a lot slower than Walmart but was a good change of pace. Management was for the most part good the first Store Mgr. was not so nice but I got along with every other mgr. just fine including the new Store Mgr. Co-workers were great a real pleasant atmosphere. I really didn't have to many hard parts of the job because – more...  I had been doing it so long. I guess maybe working in the freezer at 5 in the morning wasn't to pleasant, but it was alright. Most enjoyable part of my job would be controlling inventory I like to manage it down to a science. It's fun for me anyways. – less

The Fresh Market is a great company with outstanding work ethic.

the fresh market is not agood place for nothing becouse they treat their employees like slaves and they think they are all that the supervisors thinks and they want every body to think that they own the store themselfs but the way they treat there employees are really bad.and if you do some thing wrong and they see you they yield at you in front of – more...  all costumers if there is any in the store????? – less

This was a workplace that was dominated by men who like to over assert their authority. I was physically pushed by a male assistant manager and I was talked to by human resources and he was promoted to the corporate office.

Was fired for made up reason due to speaking out against management ideas

The Fresh Market wasn't one of my favourite jobs, as a matter of fact I left because I am a very positive person and that store is very negative . They are never satisfied . They have a high turnover rate for employees, many people come in and actually leave on the first day ! Not a great a place if your serious about working .

The Fresh Market is not your average store. It's very classy. They even play classical music as you shop! Everything is kept very neat and clean. It felt like home because most of the employees I've known for years! Great place to work with great people!

73-81 hrs, scheduled weekly. District Mgr. was a "Vince Lombardi" type of manager. "Bi-Polar" personality.

Benefits (medical) were above average. A lot of "split-shift" schedule.

Mgmt. (Dist. Mgr.) did not want you to take lunch or dinner break(s).