Tractor Supply Co.

I would rate it 0 stars if I could… I am a former employee who went through the HARDEST 3 months I have ever worked. The majority of the management is unkind to not only employees but also customers. The cashiers are lazy, and care more about getting their “scores” for club memberships and credit cards than the actual customer. They talk bad about customers to OTHER customers and managers do it too. Employees verbally abuse customers to fellow employees as well. Also, I am very well informed on the state of TSC chicken food. I can tell all customers from personal experience that the feed they sell has ingredients that are meant to mess up our chickens. I personally do not feed my chicks TSC food because our chickens stopped laying for a long time. We switched to the local feed store and after allowing a time for their systems to heal - they started laying again. When they recommend medicated food, they are secretly forcing vaccines into our chickens. I always advised people away from the medicated food, but I had to do it without my employers knowing. I would have been in a lot of trouble, but I didn’t care, I cared more about the animals. Even the organic and non-GMO food still is not good. The companies that make the feed put chemicals not meant to be ingested by chickens. But the company will never relent from pushing medicated feed. It is all about money. Also I have pictures of dead chickens that they leave to die. They do not try to save them and in fact they are thought of as merchandise by some. In fact the store manager told me that they do not even really want to sell live birds, they only do it to make a customer. A customer who has to come back for food, supplies, and if your chick dies well you have to get 4 more to replace the one. It is all profit. The amount of dead chickens I saw is mind blowing…the lack of care when they are within the store is sad. It really is heartbreaking…I would be brought to tears because I would leave work knowing I would find dead chicks the next day. They would leave dead chicks in the midst of the live ones…for hours. Overall, there are a few moderately okay employees of this Tractor Supply who but the majority are not what they seem. And the “trusted” advice about chickens or animals in general that comes from this place should not be trusted. They are money oriented and not customer oriented. I will never give another penny to this company in general. It is better to support the local and truly knowledgeable farmers who run our local feed stores.

Store was dirty and very cluttered. Sales associates were not helpful. Would rather talk to their friends and stand in the way then help customers. Cashier was the only one who was willing to help even though she had customers in line to check out. This store is convenient but I will be driving alittle further to the one in Erwin where the staff is always friendly and helpful.