In my division, dept. head pay is based on sales. The contract has it broken down by average sales per week by department. So for example, the deli dept. head will make less in my store than in a million dollar a week store.
Kroger continues to help solve the hiring woes of Walmart, Target and a number of other businesses while creating more problems for itself.
The company wants to get rid of its long term, higher-paid help, plain and simple. Kroger doesn't want an employee there for four or five plus years getting better raises every year and accumulating more vacation hours and personal days, on top of potentially reaching full time status. Kroger wants cheap labor that will be gone in a year or two.
What other explanation is there for a company that is a "leader in the grocery industry" and a "growing company" according to the hiring ads that play in stores? Cut the pay and drive people away, while corporate pockets the extra cash generated from this maneuver.
Kroger would rank high on a list of the greediest companies in America... except Kroger is good at covering it up by being a part of fighting hunger and a host of children's medical fundraisers and school supply donations and stuff.
Department heads are getting a .30 cent pay cut and back-ups a .15 cent pay cut. All based on store sales.
-- Edited by notafan on Sunday 12th of July 2015 08:31:42 PM
That would have to be a contract change.
In ATL division Dept head's pay is pinned to average store sales volume and backups make a 50 cent premium above whatever their regular wage rate is. I recall there used to be other premiums for some jobs like head bookkeeper or AA but they were done away with I think in 2010.
Uh, the most likely situation here is that OP is in a store with declining sales and they have fallen to the tier below where they were at. Our contract states that if that happens, pay cannot be lowered for existing department heads, but any newcomers will have their wages reflect the new store volume.
Them passing a contract with LOWER wages than previous seems HIGHLY unlikely, especially given the current economic condition, company status, wage hikes in other companies.
Don't let them fool you. It's not your stores sales, it's Corporate Krogers greed and over expansion. Kroger continues to pay federal minimum wage, while pushing expectations to the limit. They'll never compete with Walmart, who has higher wages and lower prices. Screw Kroger.
Don't let them fool you. It's not your stores sales, it's Corporate Krogers greed and over expansion. Kroger continues to pay federal minimum wage, while pushing expectations to the limit. They'll never compete with Walmart, who has higher wages and lower prices. Screw Kroger.
I used to absolutely refuse to shop at Walmart. I hated the way they did business, treated their employees, dirty business dealings etc. I'd get a smile on my face every time they lost yet another lawsuit. BUT - after working for Kroger? I shop at Walmart now and I can actually see that things have improved. Can't really compare the two on all things but Kroger is definitely a horrible company. I wish someone could come up with a class action lawsuit against them.
Department heads are getting a .30 cent pay cut and back-ups a .15 cent pay cut. All based on store sales.
-- Edited by notafan on Sunday 12th of July 2015 08:31:42 PM
only can be done if it is in the contract, un ion agrees or you are in a nonunion working area.
There is one other way that kroger can take pay raises or cut benefits from you. That is if there was a bad contract as far as funding for your health care benefits. If that happens then they can cut benefits or pay to balance the deficit created from it.
