Great place to get your start. - Checker/Stocker Hy-Vee Employee Review

4.0
26 Dec 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Get to know lots of customers by name. Upper management seems to know how to run the business because most of them have worked their way up.

Cons

This is a highly physical job. You are on your feet for the entire shift. Sometimes you feel like a cog working in a machine because the work is never done.

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5.0
3 Feb 2026
Recommend
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Pros

I really enjoyed my coworkers and the management of the store. There were a handful of people who worked there at the time who weren't necessarily my favorite, but overall the team was good.

Cons

There we no significant cons. The pay is not the highest, but these are mainly entry level jobs.

1.0
19 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Paid breaks. Can be lazy and get the same pay as a hard worker.

Cons

Your high efforts are not rewarded. Benefits only include the time you put into retail that can be considered experience. Although you have the title for a specific position you will still be forced to complete tasks of another position. Although I was a checker, I was also put on hot food line, samples, cart duty, cleaning bathrooms, cleaning spills, watching self check out, stocking, and many more. Any sense of enjoyment with other coworkers gets shut down quick by management. Availability can be ignored by management. Lots of drama with coworkers. No penalty for inappropriate and unprofessional work. Management cares about business more than employees even though it is “employee owned”.

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