Okay but no advancement opportunities - IT Manager 7-Eleven Employee Review

2.0
14 Sept 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Peers and customers are terrific. Annual bonus has been given every year for 20 or 30 years though HR has lowered the percentage of salary over that time.

Cons

Career growth into Director or above positions does not exist. I only saw two people move into Director positions over multiple decades. Those positions are filled by external candidates and recently, candidates that worked with senior management at their prior company. Moving into a senior manager role can be done but still, many filled with external hires. Ironically, I've seen several people leave then re-hire 2 or 3 years later into this higher level senior manager role though they probably wouldn't have been promoted if they stayed with the company. Typical forced bell curve reviews with a B- being the "new normal" so raises at or below annual CPI for most. It was a great company when I started many years ago but has slowly degraded.

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5.0
23 Jun 2026
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Pros

Amazing company to work for. Benefits are above average. Room for growth is never ending.

Cons

Being laid off for work force reduction

2.0
6 Jul 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Pay, Schedule Flexibility and Local Teams - That is where the pro's stop

Cons

Upper Management don't seem to have a clue! They do cuts throughout the company every 2 to 3 years just to hire back/hire new people into roles they eliminated 6 months earlier. They say they value people and their concerns but the majority of workers say nothing about the toxic work environment created by Zone Leaders and above in fear of being singled out. They create positions that don't add value to the field and add more and more work onto field staff. Size of areas continually change - first its 10, then 12, then 16, back to 12 and back to 14+ stores. No consistency in there direction, they train you to manage the whirlwind but the problem is...... they create the whirlwind! Upper Management is a do as I say, no questions asked

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