Wegmans named best workplace in U.S.

[Mike32282]

I'm not afraid to admit I've gone to a grocery store and waited in a longer checkout line based on the hottness of the cashier.

 

Sad, I know.

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Many people do that. The hot girls always have the longest lines. There's a reason for that.

[Mike32282]

14+ year employee of the Johnson City Store (#73) and still going strong.  8 of which are full time.  Started when I was 15 puching carts outside, won the scholarship they offer to college students and attended Oswego St...found out college was not my gig, Wegmans welcomed be back to my home store with open arms and eventually I became full time.  I am currently the Frozen Foods manager at Store 73 (Johnson City) and love every minute of it.  You might not work M-F 9-5 but there is stability and a sense of carig from Mr. Wegman (Bob) on down to the store manager.  I have been treated with nothing but respect from day one and love my job with the company. I plan  on moving to the new Fairfax, VA store this summer and continue my career with the company and hopefully working my way up the Wegmans management ladder.  The VA stores are going STRONG! There is so no competition down there at all. At the Dulles, VA opening back in March of '04 there were 500+ people in line at 6:00 am all cheering the incoming employees and chanting "WEGMANS WEGMANS!" as we all made our way to the front of the building. Transplants from all over WNY and CNY were all fired up that a Wegmans was finally in their neightborhood.  True story....I was helping out in the Dairy dept on that opening day and we ran out of Zweigels in less than 40 minutes.  Bison Dip in 2 hours, Dinosaur BBQ in 1 hour...all things we failed to take in account how popular they really might be for the local transplants that can not get that anywhere else.    So instead of making excuses and giving the customer the run around, they sent a special tractor trailer with a bunch these items (Bison Dip, Zweigels, Dinosaur BBQ sauce, etc) down that morning and it arrived 8 or so hours later to keep the customers satsified until the regular load came down the next night  It's things like that, that make it special to be a part of that team.  Anyways...sorr to go off on a tangent but I thought you guys might like that story.

 

   Also...the company rumour going around about why Wegmans ditched the Bills training camp sponsorship was that Gregg Williams came across as the biggest, and most pompous a$$ at a get together with Mr. Wegmans and other VIPS, that Mr. Wegman was so infuriated with his attitude and behavior that he dropped the sponsorship the next morning after.  No idea how true that is but that's what I hear.

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Good story. as for the rumor...Theres a whole bunch of them that are around, I heard that one, but I also heard that they ditched the Bills training camp sponsorship because it interferred with their expanding down south. Wegmans wanted to open up stores near Philly and then in Virginia and MD and with them being connected to the Bills, it makes it like that's their team and they didn't want to seem too loyal to one team over the other. I heard that they signed a partnership with Donovan McNabb to do a McNabb's fav sub around the Philly area though. Plus, there's the Flutie rumor.

[Mike32282]

The "rumor" I heard is that Danny W pulled out because of the Flutie fiasco...that Wegman was very fond of DF, both personally and finacially (remember "Flutie's Favorite Sub?).

 

It's too bad that there's ill-blood between Wegmans and the Bills, because they are both a natural fit for each other...and because when Ralph goes to that great sky box way above the stadium named after him, Danny W will be one of the locals looked to to keep the team in WNY.

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That's the other rumor that I heard. It makes sense.