Food Lion

I have had the unfortunate displeasure of having to work for food lion when i got out of the military, honorably.



In my time there, even with a college degree; living abroad for many years; going through deployments; 100's of hours of volunteer work and a few years of prior grocery experience, i was started out at minimum wage and promised a raise after 6 months. Four 6-month time periods passed, and two yearly evaluations, both which were stellar, and no raise. it did not matter that i cut and wrapped meat in the market; closed the market every single weekend; was head stocker; also ran dairy, frozen food and ice cream; set ads and did inventories. I even ordered trucks (yes, all in the same store, mind you.)



Within food lion, unless you know how to bend down on your knee and kiss GM and DM booty, you will NOT succeed within this company, in fact it's the exact opposite. You will be belittled, you will be scorned, you will be humiliated and under appreciated, you will get no raises, you will get no benefits, you will get no help from your fellow employees. You will however bend over backwards doing everything you can for everyone, and they will still ask and use you for more, and if you don't, they will cut your hours, talk behind your back (yes, the store and assistant managers who do nothing all day. i always wondered why food lion wastes millions of dollars having 10 different managers in one store)and cause so much stress for you that you have no option except to quit or commit suicide. The managers will even make promises to you to get you to shutup and go back to work. Now that is what I call quality management. Remember, Loyalty and hard work will NOT BE REWARDED WITHIN THIS COMPANY!!!



I have been working since i was 12-years old and i am now 28. Food lion is by far one of the worst experiences in my life, and i was on two deployments. They do not care about their employees. They use the "economy" to pay you as low of wages as possible yet they are recording all time record profits. Also, if you have a talent of any sort that people can use or take advantage of, I highly recommend say nothing to anyone about it. They will all use you for their personal gain and when you have nothing left to offer, they will toss you off to the side; talk behind your back; start rumors; etc. The most fake and unfriendly employees work there. I am pretty sure it is a prerequisite to know how to walk all over people; make people feel like they're worthless and abuse your "power."



With that said, I will make it my life's work to now make sure all of these things get out to the public. Funny that I am not the only one with this story, huh Food Lion Executives? You selfish, greedy peckerheads. I can't even feed my family while you are all playing with your ipads and your camaros and your huge houses and boats.



Regards,



Brandon L. Boucher