I've been reading some comments that in some divisions new ASM's or Co Managers have to sign a contract saying they will not leave company for a certain period of time. If they do then they have to repay cost of training. Does anyone know if this is actually happening and in what divisions? I didn't have to do that several years ago.
I also checked company website for job postings and there are a lot for ASM's and quite a few store leader positions. If their cutting down on store management why do they need to hire so many new ones? Is it to replace the higher paid managers they might be firing?
I've been reading some comments that in some divisions new ASM's or Co Managers have to sign a contract saying they will not leave company for a certain period of time. If they do then they have to repay cost of training. Does anyone know if this is actually happening and in what divisions? I didn't have to do that several years ago.
I also checked company website for job postings and there are a lot for ASM's and quite a few store leader positions. If their cutting down on store management why do they need to hire so many new ones? Is it to replace the higher paid managers they might be firing?
You wont get much training so shouldnt be more than 5.00. The penalty is because they know after a few weeks your going to want to leave because its so bad at Kroger. Yes they are probably getting ready to lay-off higher paid store managers hence all the openings.
They do normally have a have MGMT, GO sign a job commitment letter. Basically, this letter just indicates you have to commit to the position for 2 years.
Knowing what I know now, I would only sign a commitment this way: I would write in that I accept with the following conditions that Kroger will only require me to work the 50 hours I am salaried for and that I will get the two days off a week Kroger promised me and that I will get to take the vacations in the weeks I have written in. If Kroger does not live up to what the company has told me then I can leave at any time and the company will not be paid back for training. Of course I would not have been hired but that would have been the best thing that ever happened to me.
"Knowing what I know now, I would only sign a commitment this way: I would write in that I accept with the following conditions that Kroger will only require me to work the 50 hours I am salaried for and that I will get the two days off a week Kroger promised me and that I will get to take the vacations in the weeks I have written in. If Kroger does not live up to what the company has told me then I can leave at any time and the company will not be paid back for training. Of course I would not have been hired but that would have been the best thing that ever happened to me."
Yup.. We are warning everyone we can to stay way from this Nashville Division - they are looking for suckers anywhere they can find them who don't know what's going on or who believe "Well, every company has bad reviews" etc.. "Every company has angry failures who left and blame the company"... Which is true - but it's also true that this Division has way more ppl leaving due to the failure of the company here, then their own failures. Just look at the tend in the reviews, the complains are all similar, sometimes word for word negative reviews.
My former department manager started training as a co-manager after gunning for the job for 5+ years. He was miserable as a dept manager and given how that company treats salaried management, I think he's nuts. Must be sunken cost fallacy, can't take lower pay to find a new career. I offered to bring him to my new job, but he declined.
