SpartanNash

Supply Chain Intern

August 2022 • Bloomington, IN

What I liked

This experience allowed me to gain real-world experience in a distribution center, solving problems and streamlining processes. Everyone here was very open and helpful. They created an environment that made me feel welcome.

What I wish was different

I do wish I had more opportunities to work with other interns but because of my location it was difficult.

Advice

Do not be afraid to ask questions or share your input. They do want to hear what you have to say or your ideas!

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Grocery Night Stock

June - August 2020 • Grand Rapids, MI

What I liked

I appreciated the lackadaisical elements given that it was a night shift and although there was a plethora of tasks to do, none of it felt necessary strenuous in a harmful sense. I have fantastic coworkers who made the experience incredibly entertaining to work at and management was generally understanding to the individual circumstances of its employees and was more than willing to create adequate accommodations for those who aptly filled out specific requests and other such forms with advanced notifications involved logistically.

What I wish was different

Personally I wished there was further training during the initial stages since there was an archaic system that was utilized for the employees on the computers that registered me as having an incomplete status on training weeks after I had already been an employee. Similarly, even though management themselves were quite compassionate, other departments actively antagonized certain coworkers of mine with disabilities and there was a noticeably limited human resources sector to appeal to regarding these egregious scenarios.

Advice

I would definitely say that this job involves lots of physical attributes necessary to work with given that it is a stocking and logistics position that requires manual labor throughout most of it. Thankfully, the store has an incredibly streamlined and comprehensive break program that adequately divvies up working periods into reasonably digestible portions that can be flexibly managed throughout the shift. Customers are generally not inquisitive either so those with social anxiety issues might find this position assuaging their preferences.

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