Pros
I worked as a Bakery Clerk for Ingles Market for three years from February 2011 to February 2014. I enjoyed worked for the store and the Bakery Department in the following ways: Enjoyed working with my co-workers and the Bakery Manager cared about the employees and the Bakery Associates worked together as a team to get the job done. The store management was in touch with the employees and assisted the employees anyway they could help out. Enjoyed working with the customers who shopped at Ingles Market and interacting with them on a regular basis.
Cons
When it comes to the disadvantages of working for Ingles Market; The pay is very low and the corporation holds off on giving you a raise as long as they can. Pay raises only occur once every year and a half and its only by $.25 cents an hour. In the three years I worked there, my pay only increased by $.75. Also, the company does not pay their part time employees time and a half during the holidays. Part time employees give little or no recognition from the corporate office. I believe the part time employees are the backbone to the company because without us, the company could not function. Part time employees get no benefits or rewards. This includes no medical insurance, no vacation time, no extra pay for the holidays and no sick days. No opportunities to becoming full time unless you are management and stores are cutting employees hours because of the Affordable Care Act. There are no opportunities for advancement at Ingles unless you suck up to someone. The Ingles Career Opportunities Program which is better known as ICOP is a Joke. You have associates call an automatic phone number so we can tell an automatic phone system what you’re interested in even though you never hear back from any of the store about career opportunities and there are no opportunities of becoming a full time employee no matter how hard you work. Some employees are required to work during their meal break, even though you don’t get paid for your work. There is no break area for employees only. You have to take your breaks in the Corner Café where you have to share an area with both employees and customers.