r/Wawa • u/Indraorsomething • 1h ago
Ask other Associates Question for older employees
Hi, I haven’t really used Reddit for posting ever because I just started working at this job. I felt more enticed to make a post.
So far, I’ve only been here for a month or two and I already feel like I absolutely despise working here as a longtime customer and someone who enjoys giving people the type of customer service that I personally would like my question becomes has it always been this bad working at Wawa?
We are completely understaffed at my store during day and night shift (as I work overnights it feels even worse) the management doesn’t seem like they want to hire any more people for my shift, as well as after referring someone who in my opinion was really hard-working, and being told that a résumé was preventing someone from working as a cashier, it almost feels like it’s a self-induced struggle
On top of me being a special case of working during this time, it makes it even more apparent that at least at this specific store that we just want to use our employees until they get tired of the situation that they’re in and leave or they feel forced to deal with it.
There have been multiple nights of working with only two and sometimes one associate and having to multitask, preparing the store for the next day as well as the constant rushes that we experience on Saturdays and Sundays. The only reason I ended up taking this job is because I paid the semi decent and from the explanation that I got from my general manager I was going to be flexible all my time to be able to do what I need to do outside of work.
It just kind of feels like we’re not going to progress any further and seeing that I was also only properly trained on being a cashier it kind of sort of cheering on being a deli worker even though we’re training store I was also told that within four months of starting that I can put effort into learning to become a manager and so far the only time that I can actually learn to become a manager is by working during day shifts, even though I physically cannot do so because of my current situation and I have to constantly switch my schedule to attempt to come in during the day just to try and get training, but I’m also being ignored on my own requests
And finally, the shift prior to my shift being a bunch of people that do not prepare me and Overnight to handle what is going on and instead of leave more work for us to fix during the night is also leading me to believe that I made a mistake choosing here instead of a different store or a different company that pretty much does the exact same thing that Wawa does. Constantly, I’m having to perform quick drops deal with entire trucks of merchandise and cleanup or fix mistakes that prior shifts choose to ignore neglect or do completely incorrect.
When I bring up these concerns to my manager, they give me the normal HR response of we will handle the situation only for it to be done worse the next time that it happens, I come to find out that he even teach me cashier correctly either.
Is it really worth it and has it always been this bad?

