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Working overtime. You're damned if you do, damned if you don't.
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This is one of the most frustrating things about working for Kroger. Management acts like they have all the authority in the world to ask you to do whatever work they want you to do, even if it's outside your job description to do that work, and then behave as though you've robbed the store blind when you do the work and therefore have to be paid for it. At the store I used to work at, my department was constantly expected to go above and beyond the requirements of the job and management had the audacity to threaten people who worked overtime even if approval was given. There's this unspoken rule that you will be considered lazy, unhelpful and uncaring if you actually take all your breaks and don't want to stay past your scheduled shift. People literally get together and ridicule you behind your back for this! It would be different if you have a fully staffed up and properly scheduled department of competent hard-working people but when you are lacking in staff and management refuses to hire on more people to help out, AND only a few individuals in the department actually show effort and do quality work while others slack off or consistently under-perform, what else can be expected but the helpful few picking up the slack by working overtime??? They don't bat an eye when they see you working off the clock taking care of tasks that they've piled onto your plate but they'll threaten to write you up in a second when you get even just a half hour of over time. And they rarely show any gratitude when customer feedback absolutely proves that you are working your butt off and are in fact, worth every penny because you're driving up customer satisfaction ratings! It's ridiculous that a multimillion dollar corporation chooses to treat its best employees so callously! Not to mention, the stress it causes when the same slacker co-workers become viciously jealous and actively try to get you in trouble when they're a large part of the reason you had to work extra hard in the first place. When I first got hired, I actually didn't mind working overtime off the clock just to help out my team because I liked the work and enjoyed being around my co-workers but that turned into a pattern of me being taken advantage of and then eventually being thrown under the bus by people with their own agendas who smiled in my face and lied about me behind my back. But I digress - it's deuces up to them anyway. Never intend to work there again if I can help it. Just had to get this little rant off my chest because it's been bothering me for a long time.

Does anyone else have any similar experiences to share?



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no ****ing way I'm reading through all that ****



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This is one of the most frustrating things about working for Kroger. Management acts like they have all the authority in the world to ask you to do whatever work they want you to do, even if it's outside your job description to do that work, and then behave as though you've robbed the store blind when you do the work and therefore have to be paid for it. At the store I used to work at, my department was constantly expected to go above and beyond the requirements of the job and management had the audacity to threaten people who worked overtime even if approval was given. There's this unspoken rule that you will be considered lazy, unhelpful and uncaring if you actually take all your breaks and don't want to stay past your scheduled shift. People literally get together and ridicule you behind your back for this! It would be different if you have a fully staffed up and properly scheduled department of competent hard-working people but when you are lacking in staff and management refuses to hire on more people to help out, AND only a few individuals in the department actually show effort and do quality work while others slack off or consistently under-perform, what else can be expected but the helpful few picking up the slack by working overtime??? They don't bat an eye when they see you working off the clock taking care of tasks that they've piled onto your plate but they'll threaten to write you up in a second when you get even just a half hour of over time. And they rarely show any gratitude when customer feedback absolutely proves that you are working your butt off and are in fact, worth every penny because you're driving up customer satisfaction ratings! It's ridiculous that a multimillion dollar corporation chooses to treat its best employees so callously! Not to mention, the stress it causes when the same slacker co-workers become viciously jealous and actively try to get you in trouble when they're a large part of the reason you had to work extra hard in the first place. When I first got hired, I actually didn't mind working overtime off the clock just to help out my team because I liked the work and enjoyed being around my co-workers but that turned into a pattern of me being taken advantage of and then eventually being thrown under the bus by people with their own agendas who smiled in my face and lied about me behind my back. But I digress - it's deuces up to them anyway. Never intend to work there again if I can help it. Just had to get this little rant off my chest because it's been bothering me for a long time.

Does anyone else have any similar experiences to share?


 Another poster said they were not going to "read through all that".  May I politely ask the OP that when you write a fairly long post, just separate it into a number of different sentences/paragraphs so it is easier on the eyes??  I find it SO much easier to read a post that is separated into paragraphs and that is why Ii usually write a post that way if it is getting long. 

Like this: (I copied and pasted the previous post : )

 

" This is one of the most frustrating things about working for Kroger. Management acts like they have all the authority in the world to ask you to do whatever work they want you to do, even if it's outside your job description to do that work, and then behave as though you've robbed the store blind when you do the work and therefore have to be paid for it.

At the store I used to work at, my department was constantly expected to go above and beyond the requirements of the job and management had the audacity to threaten people who worked overtime even if approval was given.

There's this unspoken rule that you will be considered lazy, unhelpful and uncaring if you actually take all your breaks and don't want to stay past your scheduled shift.

People literally get together and ridicule you behind your back for this! It would be different if you have a fully staffed up and properly scheduled department of competent hard-working people but when you are lacking in staff and management refuses to hire on more people to help out, AND only a few individuals in the department actually show effort and do quality work while others slack off or consistently under-perform, what else can be expected but the helpful few picking up the slack by working overtime???

They don't bat an eye when they see you working off the clock taking care of tasks that they've piled onto your plate but they'll threaten to write you up in a second when you get even just a half hour of over time.

And they rarely show any gratitude when customer feedback absolutely proves that you are working your butt off and are in fact, worth every penny because you're driving up customer satisfaction ratings! It's ridiculous that a multi-million dollar corporation chooses to treat its best employees so callously!   

Not to mention, the stress it causes when the same slacker co-workers become viciously jealous and actively try to get you in trouble when they're a large part of the reason you had to work extra hard in the first place.

When I first got hired, I actually didn't mind working overtime off the clock just to help out my team because I liked the work and enjoyed being around my co-workers but that turned into a pattern of me being taken advantage of and then eventually being thrown under the bus by people with their own agendas who smiled in my face and lied about me behind my back.

But I digress - it's deuces up to them anyway. Never intend to work there again if I can help it.  Just had to get this little rant off my chest because it's been bothering me for a long time.

Does anyone else have any similar experiences to share? "

PS. I agree 100% with what the OP wrote!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   This is telling it like it is!  Thank you! 



-- Edited by Kroger-Employee on Tuesday 18th of September 2018 08:38:44 AM

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Anonymous wrote:

This is one of the most frustrating things about working for Kroger. Management acts like they have all the authority in the world to ask you to do whatever work they want you to do, even if it's outside your job description to do that work, and then behave as though you've robbed the store blind when you do the work and therefore have to be paid for it. At the store I used to work at, my department was constantly expected to go above and beyond the requirements of the job and management had the audacity to threaten people who worked overtime even if approval was given. There's this unspoken rule that you will be considered lazy, unhelpful and uncaring if you actually take all your breaks and don't want to stay past your scheduled shift. People literally get together and ridicule you behind your back for this! It would be different if you have a fully staffed up and properly scheduled department of competent hard-working people but when you are lacking in staff and management refuses to hire on more people to help out, AND only a few individuals in the department actually show effort and do quality work while others slack off or consistently under-perform, what else can be expected but the helpful few picking up the slack by working overtime??? They don't bat an eye when they see you working off the clock taking care of tasks that they've piled onto your plate but they'll threaten to write you up in a second when you get even just a half hour of over time. And they rarely show any gratitude when customer feedback absolutely proves that you are working your butt off and are in fact, worth every penny because you're driving up customer satisfaction ratings! It's ridiculous that a multimillion dollar corporation chooses to treat its best employees so callously! Not to mention, the stress it causes when the same slacker co-workers become viciously jealous and actively try to get you in trouble when they're a large part of the reason you had to work extra hard in the first place. When I first got hired, I actually didn't mind working overtime off the clock just to help out my team because I liked the work and enjoyed being around my co-workers but that turned into a pattern of me being taken advantage of and then eventually being thrown under the bus by people with their own agendas who smiled in my face and lied about me behind my back. But I digress - it's deuces up to them anyway. Never intend to work there again if I can help it. Just had to get this little rant off my chest because it's been bothering me for a long time.

Does anyone else have any similar experiences to share?


 Welcome to Kroger, where big dreams COME TO DIE!  I had the same experience as a frozen lead and I hated it.   To be honest, I don't mind going back due to the overtime, but please Kroger increase the pay of your lead men, especially if they're alone and making sure the department is up to task.



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Hi OP, here!

 

My deepest apologies for the wall of text. This was my first post and I honestly just wrote as it all came to my mind. Didn't occur to me to edit at all. So, many thanks for actually reading it and taking the time to comment!  



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Be very, very careful about working off the clock.  You can get fired for that.  What I would do, if you are required to work OT and they have approved it, is write down the day and time it was approved, as well as who approved it.



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Well put, OP. That's exactly how it is.

Just be careful about working off the clock. While management may look the other way most of the time, if anything should happen during that time, they will come down on you hard.

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Agree 100%

 



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Be very, very careful about working off the clock.  You can get fired for that.  What I would do, if you are required to work OT and they have approved it, is write down the day and time it was approved, as well as who approved it.


 Agree, never work overtime off the clock.  This ain't slavery.  Work your time and get off.  OT ain't bad though, I love overtime.  Just hate when you're taxed more for it.



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OP here,

To everyone warning about working OT off the clock, I appreciate the tips (especially since no one I worked with there ever bothered to warn me), but don't worry. I no longer work for Kroger (found

better opportunities where I'm treated like a human being and valuable employee) and stopped giving extra help off the clock long ago once it finally sunk in that management and my co-workers were

truly just taking advantage of my kindness and would never have done the same for me. Anyway, it was one of my first jobs so I look back on it now as a valuable learning experience.



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OP here,

To everyone warning about working OT off the clock, I appreciate the tips (especially since no one I worked with there ever bothered to warn me), but don't worry. I no longer work for Kroger (found

better opportunities where I'm treated like a human being and valuable employee) and stopped giving extra help off the clock long ago once it finally sunk in that management and my co-workers were

truly just taking advantage of my kindness and would never have done the same for me. Anyway, it was one of my first jobs so I look back on it now as a valuable learning experience.


 Smart man.  Best to move on from krogerland.  I know I'm moving on once I put in my vacation.  Did 6 years of this place and it stressed me the **** out.



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