Haha, Well I don't think Kroger lives is own Core Values most of the time!
Honest, Integrity, Respect, Diversity, Safety, Inclusion
Honest = The Company does not want to listen to its associates
Integrity = The Company wants to portray itself as something its not
Respect = Senior Mgmt does not respect anyone at stores levels, no input into any program/solution
Diversity = Divers Options, Last I checked.....most Corp Vps/Presidents are White Middle Aged Men
Safety = Only because it would be a lawsuit
Inclusion = Associates have no input, voice, why was there not a GO All Hands? KMA Summit? What did the Associates Surveys really tell you ?
never any store managers, but my department head nearly loses his mind at us quite often. it's a shame when middle aged men act like children, but i use it as an example of how not to act if i ever become a DH.
Some of them--Rick Wollman, for example--have made a career out of it.
One of the core values is supposed to be Respect. Was your manager respectful? If not, hold him accountable.
Who?
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Oh, pardon me... I didn't recognize the name at first, since I'm so used to everybody affectionately calling him by his nickname Rick the *ick. Now there's a guy that has gotten ahead in the company... by making the heads of others below him roll for stuff that a lot of times was totally out of their control. He used to only be able to terrorize employees at a store level at 542; but now his wrath extends across much of district 12. Yay.
But yeah, certain areas of stores tend to be trigger points for some store managers... like receiving and the upstairs office. That's where the f bombs usually get dropped the most and managers come unglued. Core Values is one of those things, you know, that is only applied when it's convenient. When a store manager comes unhinged, it's usually best to let them rant and go on their tirade for as long as their bodies can sustain the energy output (which is typically not long) and then just go about your business. Arguing or trying to defend yourself usually just prolongs the earache and generally, by the next day, the store manager will have forgotten the whole "conversation" because he/she will have come across something else in another department to have a critical meltdown over.
If working with your co-workers is a reminder of the "glory days" of high school (especially on the front end), then working with the store manager can be, at times, the kindergarten years all over again. Fun stuff.
Yeah, if they required a thorough psychological evaluation for all managers entering or already working at Kroger, I'm almost willing to bet that half of them wouldn't make the cut!
. . . if they required a thorough psychological evaluation for all managers entering or already working at Kroger, I'm almost willing to bet that half of them wouldn't make the cut!
Management was aware enough of Rick Wollman's habitual abusiveness that they required him to attend anger-management classes . . . and still promoted him on up.
Oh, and speak of the Devil: he and his pitchfork walk back into District 12.
Kroger not only has trouble hiring and retaining hourly employees, but also salaried ones, and that's why I believe so many (unqualified) people get promotions within this company. Kroger has to fill these spots somehow, yet if the company would just treat both its hourly and salaried people better, you'd have more qualified and capable people at every level within the company.
