If the company does go on Undercover Boss, management's going to make sure on principle that when the cameras are rolling people are giving the best impression of the store and even if they don't get tipped off about what's really going on someone's going to recognize the friggin CEO. It's not going to be an honest look at the day-to-day situation.
If Hackett was still around he'd be super easy to spot when he comes in as the new grocery kid at age 65 (or whatever he is). I'd say "John, give me $25,000 and I'll keep your secret" me poor, work for kroger
I can just imagine the ending portion of that show...
"Well, Bill.. I know you've had a lot of struggles. Your grandma's house fell into a sinkhole leading to a portal to Hell, rendering you all homeless, your dog died, your sister needs a new liver, and you've got that creepy lazy eye... I'm going to give you a brand new cart strap of your very own, and Shoes for Crews is going to send you a voucher for a brand new pair of rain boots. How about that?"
If the company does go on Undercover Boss, management's going to make sure on principle that when the cameras are rolling people are giving the best impression of the store and even if they don't get tipped off about what's really going on someone's going to recognize the friggin CEO. It's not going to be an honest look at the day-to-day situation.
Nobody would recognize the CEO here maybe outside of the store manager, the ASM's, and a few employees like myself. But they could buy me off, easily.
Also, let's hope they don't have him intern as a night stocker because the language and colorful discussions would get everyone fired. But being able to get on his ass because he can't stock 'x' cases per hour would be pretty nice.
So much of Undercover Boss is so phony. yeah, there is some reality mixed in, but it seems like they can't show everything as it REALLY IS, as the sponsors would be up in arms over any "bad press" that might result. And it seems so "formula driven".
What gets me is the way most of the "undercover bosses" are usually given a "makeover" (fake wig, moustache, etc) that just looks FAKE!! Can't they do better than that? Those fake wigs/sideburns, etc stick out like a sore thumb.
I remember when the show premiered and Dave Dillon, our CEO at the time, wrote a blog explaining why he doesn't need to be on that show, and how great the company is and blah blah.
It would be a daunting task though. I mean, Kroger is really really big. And our experienced vary from department to department. And not just the grocery stores, you also have jewelry stores, manufacturing, warehouses, logistics, etc. No matter what, one episode won't be able to cover everything.
No matter what, one episode won't be able to cover everything.
And, one associate out of 449,000 hitting the Undercover Lotto (so she can finally get those gold teeth she been wantin') doesn't help the rest of us who are mired in Hell, bagging groceries for $8.00 an hour and treated like poop while listening to noise about "uplift".
Lmfao bro idk even know when this was posted , but we at least a CEO or two past Dave Dillon. I didn't know our CEO's name till I googled it . I asked everyone on my night crew, nobody else knew either. Ask anyone on the street about Bezos they gonna tell ya about his divorce settlement etc. This Rodney McMother****er nobody has a clue who he is. Google barely knows
