Kroger has by far been one of the most frustrating companies to work for. I have been there for 3 years and still making 7.25 even after being moved up in my department. We are constantly under pressure and b!tched at my managers to get our check times up but at the same time we are constantly understaffed. We have no help with bagging or anything usually so it slows us down. My new manager is a huge tool. He yells at everyone. And I mean yells! I never really believed anyone that said he was a huge douche (because he's always friendly when you see him walking around) until I got called in myself for asking a supervisor for help on something. (a markdown) Afterwards I was called into the office for not knowing how to do a mark down. I was never properly trained just kind of thrown onto the register. And I get yelled at for 10 minutes by this douche, the whole time trying to fight the urge to get up and spartan kick him in the chest or just say FU I quit. We've had alot of people quit since he's got there. My other front end manager never reports people changing departments and is terrible about it because there are alot of people at my work that have gone unreported in their department change and have not recieved their raise as a result. Which is essentially why I haven't got mine. Basically she's sucks at that aspect of her job. But I actually like her as a person somewhat though she has changed in a bad way a values the employee less and less. A few weeks ago a co-worker of mine was physically threatend by an abusive customer and she apologized to the customer, who was also being abusive towards his wife. Hearing that made my heart sink and was further evidence that we mean nothing to them.

All in all I hate going to work now. I used to really like it I have alot of friends there...My feelings for kroger are strongly mixed. I'm comfortable there and still waiting on backpay and my raise so I do not want to quit. But my Kroger doesn't respect the employees and constantly drops the ball in management. It's getting old and I'm very frustrated.

Now the WORST part about all of this is I'm in the union. I pay them 7.25 each week. That's 1 hour of work each week for them. And they don't do SH!T. Literally nothing. I've been talkin to my Union guy for 9 months and nothing has happened. He's nice. But either he just sucks at his job or is a lazy P.O.S. I've sent him faxes filled grievances met and talked to him on the phone a countless number of times and nothing has happened. DON'T join the Union. I can put up with sh*tty bosses but a sh*tty union is another thing. I pay them so they can hear me b*tch and not do anything about it just act like they are. HUGE waste of money and time. They wont let you get out till the month of your "Union anniversary" or some BS like that. Now I have to wait a year just to get out of this horrible pact with the Union. They tell you the union is good. It's not. Anything they can do for you you're better off going to HR and taking care of it yourself cause the Union sure as hell won't. Not that upper HR is good either. Though my store HR lady has been more helpful than anyone. THe Union will talk big then drag their ass for months and will basically not do anything and hope you forget about it. Or make you jump through hoops for them so they don't have to do the work then do nothing with what you provided them.

SO, My advice is if you are going to work for Kroger. Do not join the union. It's a useless black-hole consuming hard workers money and Impossible to get out of.

Thank you.

Also @ "the dude" most of them do not love it. The old maintenance guy at my store is always muttering profanities to himself. I'm pretty sure he's on the edge of going off the deep end. So I try and be really friendly to him and help him when I can. It's assheads like you that operate under the preconception that these people like cleaning up **** because they're dumb or old and take advantage of those people and don't treat them like human beings. Like cleaning up **** is some sort of privilege for them. Heck they make the most out of it and try and be happy when people are around. But trust me this guy is very disgruntled and unhappy. Even the dumb and old ones know they're getting ****ed over by their company.

Though I will say one thing. Kroger is very good about providing the mentally handicapped with jobs. On the downside of that working understaffed with mentally handicapped people sucks! I mean they're nice and all but when it's rush hour and there's a ton of groceries coming through and all you got is one of them to bag..They get overwhelmed pretty fast and so does everyone else. I think that has more to do with who's making the schedule's for that week. Though upper management puts the pressure on our managers and supervisors for maximum speed and production while at the same time only putting a few people on each shift to maximize production and save money so sadly this situation ends up happening all to often.

Now another kind of good thing about kroger is that you will have job security. You have to screw up pretty bad to get fired. So you can make 7.25 your whole life if you wanted! On the downside of that the same bad employees may stick around for a good while and make your job harder before they screw up bad enough to be let go. It's kind of like an abusive relationship. Though the union is more like one because you can't get out of it when you want only when they allow it and they'll continue to take and take from you until you finally do or quit. And it's more likely you'll quit before you get out.

That felt good. Now time to go look for a new job.

Yes i agree.  i used to love going to Payless to work but now I force myself to go to work there.  They need to quit calling people from all over the store and have all lanes open 24/7.  If I could manage the beck lane store oh how things would be so different.  I absolutely hate the pay 8 dollars an hour after 5 years.  you know management doesn't care whether we have a life or not.  I gree that in 10 years kroger and all of the stores will be gone if they keep it up.

hahah my store failed its key retailing audit

True that

they over work there employees they give you no hours or help so yeah **** them.

dude you must suck your boss D.I.C.K

I couldn't aggree more, you hit the nail on the head!!

lol yes I just got a job for a utility clerk and they constantly put me alone from 3pm to 11pm (Like I have no life). We have 8 restrooms. they want me to completely fill out the log and be on call for spills, etc... it is impossible and I am constantly running around. The store is not your regular size Kroger! It is massive!

**** Kroger.... go Walmart.... Kroger wonders why they are losing to Walmart.... they treat their employees like s h i t and treat the customers worse.....

Right on!

Hey you suck ass brown noser thats what the sites for to complain and let off steam so we don't have to slit the throats of people like you,let us have our moments and go back to tounging you bosses *******.

Be more versitile learn other jobs voulenteer yo work other depts most people hate to work overnight especially on the u=scan jump on it it will get you the hours, no one likes to work weekends volunteer , thats how i did it i been here now 20 yrs ive done everything from stock to managment and shop stewart

I to agree. I work night stock thier will be a total of 4 of us working 2 of us are working 4 hour shifts and they want us to throw the stock up and work a uboat of back stock everynight on top of that fill the display ends ! Seriously Why is the day manager yelling at me every morning i come in put the stock on the shelf and he yells at me for not doing his job . Whatever !! been thier for 2 yrs now and this stuff is getting old . Ohh and im suppossed to use a telzon to and count back stock all that in a 8 hour shift YEAH RIGHT!

Kroger apparently thinks the customers are idiots too when they raise the prices then put them on 'sale' for the old price. And whats up with the constant annoying sales pitches on the intercom? I pay a premium to not have to hear that bull**** on TV or the radio but will have to start shopping with my ipod. Is that bitch actually having sex with the pears while shes yapping about them?

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Quit QQing about your job your just mad i can tell by your all the mistakes in your writting seriously grow the **** up

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 spelling nazis soooo turn me ON!

They also have to many eyes watching and only a few line working When lines back up they call from all over the store why not just have all Lane open during there peek hours.

Veteran of two tours to afghan, got out to go to college, started working at kroger because my gi bill still hasn't come to me to help pay my house and car bills, 1st day I started they offered me minimum wage because "I havent held a cashier job!" I apologize for having a deeper respect for my country, I apologize for having more of a commitment to Americas people than 90% of the populace, I APOLOGISE FOR SERVING 2 YEARS IN THE WORST CONDITIONS SINCE THIS WAR WAS STARTED AND SEEING NUMEROUS OF MY FRIENDS DIE FOR YOUR SELFISH UNFORGIVING ASS!!!

Agreed.  **** Key Retailing.  In my experience all it means is that higher ups come in, wander around, make useless comments, and then leave again.  "Oh no, that table needs to be FOUR high, not three!"  "Last week it was three."  "Well it's changed...-"  Get my drift?  It's incredibly frustrating not to have any sort of stability.  Even worse is lack of stability AND lack of communication.  If they could type up these changes and I don't know, maybe TELL people what the **** they're supposed to be doing it would be well and truly helpful.

amen, they come in with this key retailing which is a lot of bull alot of the things they come up with i think the big shots should have to come into the store and work for about 3 months to see if it works, before they go makeing it gospel come on guys it doesnt take a rocket scientist to figure it out, all customers want is the shelves to be full and be helpful  to them they should go back to the basics.