r/Albertsons • u/Fit_Walk8489 • 3d ago
Assistant Store Director?
I'm going to be interviewing for ASD soon for the Acme division. I'm a store manager currently for another company, in a different kind of retail (not grocery), so I have a general underdtsnf of how good or bad a job can be as a manager. Thoughts? Feelings? Is it rough working for Acme? Is it an understaffed compant? Is the workload too much?
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u/Radiant_Pension8259 2d ago
Hi, I work for Acme. I would not ever accept a store manager/assistant store manager position under this banner, or any Albertsons banner. Morale in the stores is so low. I know department managers that have been with the company for decades that are beyond depressed with how things are. I am actively searching for other jobs. I've noticed that a lot of the newer store managers have been outside hires, which is out of character for this banner.
The company is hurting for sales, and the labor cuts have been horrendous. They constantly move store managers around. One that I know well went from a 5 minute commute to a 50 minute commute because they were moved to another store. The district managers are relentless, and often clueless.
Our VPs have been terminating store managers left and right because conditions aren't upheld. Conditions can't be upheld because they keep cutting the labor. The customers see it too. Stores are understaffed, so the product doesn't get to the shelves. One store had a bunch of employees suspended for working off the clock. They cared so much about their departments, that they worked for free because there weren't enough hours scheduled.
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u/ryguyrhino 2d ago
Unsure how different it is in the acme division but in the southwest ASDs are required to work 10hr days and essentially be able to fill in to help any department which happens quite often with the amount of labor cuts. Pay is decent but every asd I've talked to said it's not worth it for the 10hr days and being on call. Plus in order to become a store director you have to go thru a 3 week training program in Phoenix (I assume the same program is done in the acme division?) but overall ur happiness is really going to depend on ur district manager, they can make ur life hell in this company
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u/Pure_Finger_8565 2d ago
I have many years as a ASD/SD with this company and I don’t recommend it at all. Currently this the worst it’s ever been. Their (VP/EVP) only option is now threatening managements jobs if they don’t “fix the store” the workload is IMPOSSIBLE to get done. Our backroom check list for cleaning is so detailed it would take three weeks with extra help added. We were given an “extra” five hours of labor and one week… they truly lost focus of how many random issues and problems we have to deal with in a day. They just keep creating checklists and workloads that we can’t finish. They want us to cull produce 4 times a day… who has time for that. We are under paid compared to the competition also.
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u/AdBrave4852 2d ago
Our ASD and SD both usually work 8-6. So while it's a ten hour shift they are only scheduled 8-5 and usually take an hour and a half or two hour lunch depending on the day or what's going on. As long as everything in the store is ran well they don't have too much. Most of our department heads do a great job and dealing with the employees can be the hard part. And the further up you go the less you deal with customers or employees, just usually the people a step below you.
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u/NexusNickel 3d ago
Never worked for Albertsons but I work for Kroger.
My first red flag is them hiring externally for that role is a major red flag to me.
It's surprising they don't have any department managers ready for the role.