People who hate Kroger

Date: May 2, 2010

People who hate Kroger

Date: May 2, 2010

maybe you should shut the **** up and let us vent. just because I hate my job don't mean I just **** around all day. I still do my job and I do a damn good job of it. Kroger sucks period.... If I could just quit and not have to worry about paying my bills then I would do it in heart beat. I have an interview with another company coming up, and I hope I get the job. Then maybe some poor soul can replace me and find out just how ****ty this job is. Also may I ask exactly what your position is at Kroger?

Date: May 4, 2010

Spoken like a kept woman or minority who brings the plethora of knowledge to Kroger. High School grad are we ? I bet your an external too..they reveal at your knowledge! Don't sweat it Sweaty, you'll be a D.M. when you sleep with the heirarchy! So why are you here and how did YOU find this post??? Probably G.O....you know, the 40 hour work week - 25 hours at home ...Ohh, the time Kroger makes you work! Best you can do Bimbo?

Date: May 6, 2010

Well duh...geez your a dumb a$$. Point me toward a job that pays what I'm had to take a fu#kin to get to the last 4.5 years and my a$s is out the door. Its the Economy stupid!

Date: May 8, 2010

Well, this shows you do not know me... I have a college degree, I am white and single mother. So no I am not a kept woman. I was not born rich. No I am not G.O. would not be management. I had my own company for 25 years. I enjoy my job at Kroger. I love working with people. I do understand about venting. You are right we all do need a place to vent.
What I have learned is that all jobs have good and bad, it is up to each of us to make it what we want. We can concentrate on the good or on the bad. Negativity feeds negativity.
I wish everyone well and I hope you find the job that makes you happy.

Date: May 8, 2010

Thats just the thing tho. Other then the fact I have a job.... Theres nothing good about Kroger. They don't do anything for their employees because all the care about is money. Which to them means to treat the customers as if they're royalty, and we are nothing but their jesters just there to do tricks and please them or its off with our heads. Hopefully some one high up in the Kroger ranks vistits this forum and actually has the guts to speak up and try to put a word in for all of us who work hard. Krogers needs to do something for those who work, and let those who don't know that they need to step it up or get wrote up.

Date: May 9, 2010

I wonder if it is more less store management that is the problem. The store I work for is great. I know this going to sound like a fairy tale but it isn't. We really do work together. You see the store management working along side all of us. We have store cook outs. For Thankgiving and Christmas they gave us turkeys and we had holiday dinners. Everyone cuts up with each other. If there is a problem all anyone has to do is come up stairs and talk to one of the managers. I really do like working for Kroger and I guess it is because I have had such a great experience at my store.
We do have walks some are good some are not so good. We fix what we can and go on. They don't beat us down with it. I like that.
I have not once seen our managers ever just taken the word of a customer about one of us.
I guess what this forum has done for me is made me appreciate my store even more and realize there are some not so good ones out there.
So, I have to say my first comments I wrote a few days ago was from my rose colored glasses, but from my point I do love working for Kroger. I love the people I work with.

Date: May 11, 2010

shut up

grumpy1 · Guru

20 years, 9 differant stores, 18 differant store managers, a dozen differant zone managers or changes, more co-managers that I can count and 9 differant market managers until I got one of my own. Some times you get lucky and have a great managment team and then there are times you would be better off at Wally World. Only ever had one manager I just do not like or care for. That is my present Store manager at 488 Mr. pearson an eighteen year veteran of Wal-Mart. Enjoy the management team you have because it could always get bad and then worse.

Anonymous wrote:

I wonder if it is more less store management that is the problem. The store I work for is great. I know this going to sound like a fairy tale but it isn't. We really do work together. You see the store management working along side all of us. We have store cook outs. For Thankgiving and Christmas they gave us turkeys and we had holiday dinners. Everyone cuts up with each other. If there is a problem all anyone has to do is come up stairs and talk to one of the managers. I really do like working for Kroger and I guess it is because I have had such a great experience at my store.
We do have walks some are good some are not so good. We fix what we can and go on. They don't beat us down with it. I like that.
I have not once seen our managers ever just taken the word of a customer about one of us.
I guess what this forum has done for me is made me appreciate my store even more and realize there are some not so good ones out there.
So, I have to say my first comments I wrote a few days ago was from my rose colored glasses, but from my point I do love working for Kroger. I love the people I work with.

kingwoodkroger_sux · Newbie

What a dumb ****in moron you are.Jackass.Kroger ****in sucks and we work there to make money,very little money but money.You are such an idiot.I can't believe you even typed anything on here.Get a life.Why don't you start your own site to defend Kroger and bash its miserable employees lmfao.
Ps I love this ****in site!!
I didn't know there were so many people who hated kroger as much as me :)

Date: May 14, 2010

welcome kingwood :) Kroger ****ing sucks and the person that started the thread is probably a Kroger manager that stumbled on the site and decided sucking Krogers nuts at his store just wasnt enough.... so he had to hop online and ride the cyber shaft

Date: May 15, 2010

I would agree with you about 11 years ago before the Manager change and zone changes. But now its about no help but higher standards. This only effects the moral and the level of service given to customers. I would much rather have more time to talk to customers and make them feel like family and know they left happy everytime but the work load of 3 people leaves no time for the extra touches of old. Elms doesnt take into consideration all the aspects of daily things that happen on the front lines THIS is a disservice to our customers........Wish those hot shot behind the desk all day would walk one day in an hourly persons job with all the expectations they have of us. It would be eye openning to them

grumpy1 · Guru

Now it is not hard to figue out I am real. Hey I have posted that I am in the SWKMA. I am in the Dallas area and local 540.
I even posted that I am at store 488 in mckinney , Texas and work in the market.
There are times I hate my job but that can be said for most anyone. But then I am not afraid to hide behind the cover of Anonymous.
Just have to wonder how many of these Ihat kroger posts are from true employees or made up from people that do not work for kroger or just feel that they have to complain about something to make their day go better.

Date: Jan 27, 2012

You are exactly correct in your assessment of Kroger. The Hierachy of the company cares little or nothing for the people at the bottom including (in my opionon) the local store managers.

I have spoken with many long time employees who tell me it used to be (notice USED TO BE) a good place to work but no longer. When you have people with many years of service looking for work elsewhere that should tell us all something.

It truly is about money period! Those at the top I'm sure are getting paid quit well as well they should, but not at the expense of those at the bottom. CEO's and top executes deserve a good salary but not when the majority of employees make below the poverty level.

I could go on and on and on but the bottom line is...it's a crummy place to work. How can one feel good about the job and the company they work for when the top brass think so little of them?

Date: Jan 31, 2012

Exactly right! In my store there are 5 senior employees with between 25 to 33 years experience that will be leaving at age 55, and none are planning to come back to work part-time. One in August; one in October; 2 at the end of 2012 and another in June 2013. All had been considering working part-time with Kroger but in light of all the c**p that has been coming down from corporate the last year, they are all getting out while the gettin's good.

On a side note...more & more of my store's employees are shopping at competitors because it's getting way to expensive at Kroger...especially if you never know how many hours you might be working from week to week as the mangers cut hours to insure their bonuses.

Finally...I know it doesn't happen again until August but don't forget about the annual Associate Tracking Survey. Management will be on their best behavior in June, July and August so that the employees will hopefully forget about all the c**p thay've had to deal withover the rest of the year and only remember the good things management has done recently. Don't fall into the "Recency Effect" trap! Remember all the stuff you've had to put up with since last August and be ruthlessly honest with your answers on the Survey. It is your only chance to do a performance review on Kroger, the zone managers, the market managers and your individual store managers that Kroger will pay any attention to. Hey, Kroger pays a lot of money to run that Survey and its up to us to give them their money's worth...money that hikes up Kroger's overhead expense and becomes an excuse for cutting hours, reducing full-time status, not repairing equipment, keeping wages low, etc.

Cathy · Guru

I came to Kroger about 20 years ago, and I agree that things were better back then. There seemed to be less help now than back then... and that wouldn't be so bad except that we are all expected to perform as if we had the help from back then. Things are higher than they have ever been, and our wages have pretty much stayed the same. I don't hate my job. The people at my store are great. I just think that Kroger needs to realize that it's customers, along with great employees, are what has made them such a great company, and not how it could cut cost at the bottom line. Sometimes a little investment goes a long, long way.

Date: Mar 4, 2012

Well Put!

Kroger touts that they are the most genrous company in America. Well, that might be but not when it comes to their employees. They don't want to budge an inch when it comes to taking care of the people who make them a success.

If they were going broke or on the edge it might be different but take a look at their earnings last year...

NEW YORK (Marke****ch)-- Kroger Co. (US:kr) on Thursday reported fiscal first quarter earnings of $432.3 million, 70 cents a share, compared $373.7 million, or 58 cents a share in the year ago period. Total revenue was $27.5 billion, 11% higher than the same period last year. Analysts surveyed by Factset research expected earnings of 63 cents a share, on revenue of $26.5 billion. The Cincinnati-based supermarket operator said that same store sales, excluding fuel, increased 4.6% compared to the fiscal first quarter 2010. Kroger increased its earnings guidance to the range of $1.85 to $1.95 a share. Kroger shares rose 5.5% in pre-market trading Thursday

For thos of you who defend this company it is obvious you are either white collar management either at corporate or store level and are getting paid well already. But the fact is that Kroger barely pays a livable wage. Hey, try to make it on minuman wage and get back to me!!!

styles · Guru

well you could always try buying a few shares of stock at least if they're doing that good.......

Date: Mar 5, 2012

I don't have a lot of skills, so it's dead end minimum wage bull**** until I can finish my degree. And hopefully not after.

I lucked out, and get along great with my coworkers and managers. It's not worth sacrificing for McDonald's or Walmart.

That doesn't mean I can't bitch about my worthless job every now and then.

styles · Guru

of course, thats what this forum is essentially for so just ignore these people (trolls)

Date: Jun 27, 2013

It is very obvious that you have not had to work very much with the public. Most of us would love to quit, but sadly we would to afford the luxuries in life like electricity, food, and a roof over our heads. Trust me the job is not worth the pay and although I am actively looking for a another job they are in short supply.

Date: Nov 8, 2013

go **** yourself coward

Date: Mar 11, 2014

wink I know what your saying that one day am going to be old person and when I go shopping at a grocery store I would want checkers and baggers be nice to me and help me ok am bagger and most those old senior customers are rude and mean and treat you like **** so not all old customers are friendy even manager loses his temper with these old farts even go so far the manager ask them leave the store not come back

Date: Jul 5, 2015

I DID quit, and I'm glad I did! "You should be thankful you have a job." BULL****!!!!

Date: Aug 12, 2021

Very regretful and ashamed. Yes a real "associate". Sneaky bastard of a company would be selling your children if it could find an easy way to do it. Money isn't everything. I will leave and when I do I will never have anything to do with kroger again.