Great place to work. - Night Stocker Hy-Vee Employee Review

5.0
15 Jan 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Friendly and enthusiastic atmosphere. Sufficient breaks. Two paid 15s and an unpaid 30. Flexible scheduling. Usually three ten hour shifts every week. Half shifts can be arranged. You can buy fresh food to eat on your break.

Cons

In the winter, trucks can be delayed for 12 hours or more. You may be asked to work during the day. The training that you receive is not very consistent. It never comes from a manager and everyone seems to have a different idea of what official policy is.

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5.0
15 Apr 2026
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Pros

East management environment compared to other retail. Simple to onboard and opportunities for growth.

Cons

Depends on the store director or leadership team, as HyVee leans on “employee owned”, w/ majority ownership being store directors. Not much corporate oversight, so your relationship with management can make or break the job.

5.0
2 Jul 2026
Recommend
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Pros

You get to constantly move around the store thru the different departments. Depending on the hours you work you can potentially learn how to do little things within each department, for example the deli or meat counters, which in turn opens an opportunity to get additional hours if needed when AOL doesn't have the business to keep all the shoppers shopping. Hyvee was always very good about giving you the opportunity to help in other areas of the store if your department was lacking hours or business to give you the full 40 for your work week.

Cons

The management/ chain of command often gets a little confusing as you have department managers, assiant managers, general mangers and a director. Often times I felt as if assiant managers sometimes gave different directions then the department manager would give almost condescending what you were told from your direct manager, but would fail to communicate with the department manager this info, causing conflict with employees being told to do it one way and then also getting asked why things were done that way after being trained to do it another way. Basically no communication by your assiant to the department manager causing internal conflict.

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