I've worked for 11 years, spent my life working for this company. Worked my way up from just being a parcel at $7.25 an hour. 11 years later and now I'm an assistant. My store leader retires soon. But on the way my manager has taken every opportunity to throw me under the bus. While faking a caring attitude. I'm in a high sales area, we do about $150,000 a week. But my real question is, do I continue this? In hopes of a possible regional position? Or just move on with the skills ive gained?
I've worked for 11 years, spent my life working for this company. Worked my way up from just being a parcel at $7.25 an hour. 11 years later and now I'm an assistant. My store leader retires soon. But on the way my manager has taken every opportunity to throw me under the bus. While faking a caring attitude. I'm in a high sales area, we do about $150,000 a week. But my real question is, do I continue this? In hopes of a possible regional position? Or just move on with the skills ive gained?
Quit. Also dont use the microwave in the break room
I hate to sound like a self help book but it is really up to you to make that move to go beyond your current job and give it up or find another opportunity. I'm 15+ yrs with company and yr 16 will be my last after my education finishes.
I'm now 16 yrs with company and the only thing that got me out of the front end was a repetitious injury disabling me from the position. If you want career advancement kroger isn't it. I advise you to look outside the company. These jobs generally offer little to none advancement or opportunity skill growth in the industry. They're very selective about what they allow to advance and what they don't. I'm disabled highly functioning and its sad that the company shoves this group in one position and you're pretty much there for ever until the day you quit or throw a huge tantrum to get you out of it. This company is the worst for offering real careers to disabled's. My first mistake was telling them I had it other wise you wouldn't of really known. Since then I've always been hard shipped in getting out of the one role I've ever been assigned to. It should not take an injury disabling you from a role before allowing out of it or being last resort option before being allowed even a rare slim chance at it. No, this isn't right but this is what they practice.
I've seen many other individuals with disabilities from lowest functioning to med to higher functioning and this is what grocery practices. I've experienced it my self, I've seen many experience this as well. It's sad. I'm capable of a lot more and this is the reality in which they practice.
Even so called "normal" people get stuck and find them selves career stagnated. I will tell you from experience that if you remain too long in a job you actually loose out on could of been skills to grow in other jobs as well. By not advancing your self in the job market you remain stuck longer on top of it. While the skills increase and your skills do not this means you fall behind and become more hard pressed in getting into a new field. I had to go back to school for an AA and certificate to get my skills up to date.
