i don't understand why managers a jerks to good hardworking employees. it makes no sense to me. i will explain. my fiance and i work at different stores he is a produce head for one i'm a cashier. he just won best produce dept. for area. and his manager is yelling at him for it. i don't understand it.
-- Edited by firedreams on Wednesday 27th of May 2015 02:01:56 AM
1. To boost their own ego and make them feel important
2. Because they feel, in their opinion, that if said employee wins Best (any) Dept Of Year that AUTOMATICALLY gives said employee MORE responsibilities to maintain that position
3. They had an arguement at home or with their boss and therefore, THE HARDWORKING EMPLOYEE, is the one to nail knowing they can't do a dam thing about it.
If the employee is a hard worker then there should be NO reason to tell WHATSOEVER.
Any one with power over others, who yells at and is abusive in any way towards them, cuz they know they can't fight back? That's an a$$ hole. Plain and simple, no psychological diagnosis needed.
It part of Kroger's Culture. You see - these managers all hang out, go to their meetings, train together. Things like that. They see how one does things at their store and emulate that into their own store. It's a crazy sick repetitive cycle.
__________________
I am no longer part of the oppressed, evil workforce of Kroger! Can you say "Hallelujah"
Not all of them are *******s. I've witnessed this many times. If you aren't trying to walk all over the nice ones they will respond in kind.
What it is is that when you're a hard worker you have to pick up all the slack for the lazy ass people... Your immediate supervisor will see that you're a hard worker and unload all their crap on you because you're easier to find/willing to do it.
If you stop giving a fub then they will sense that too and expect less of you. I've told many dept heads that I simply didn't care for the way they had been treating me by unloading all their problems onto me. You'd be surprised what kind of a response actually standing up for yourself gets out of people.
__________________
Would you like fries with th... I mean, your milk in a bag?
It's called the Peter Principle. If someone A feels threatened by someome B, someone A will try and keep someone B "in their place." You will find it in EVERY work environment. Offices, stores, restaurants, educational institutions, government offices, etc.. Good thing about retail is the store managers change a lot more often, than say, an office's branch manager or an academic department head in a university.
