Typical retail - Assistant Manager Kroger Employee Review

2.0
Mar 1, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- Decent PTO and personal/sick day program - Lot of opportunities outside of being in stores; admin, specialists, operations, HR, warehouses, etc. Have to serve your time in stores first though. - You’ll meet a lot of good people

Cons

- No work life balance. 10-12 hour days, weekends, holidays, closing. Getting texts on your day off. - Long days of dealing with complaining people and chasing silly metrics. - Executive division management seems to be getting further and further away from reality. - The ASM salary probably isn’t enough to justify the pressure and stress. Walmart and Meijer both pay more to ASMs. If you’re going the retail route, you should lean more in their direction.

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5.0
Jun 16, 2026
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Pros

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Cons

Hot outside when delivering groceries, early mornings

3.0
May 25, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

10% discount on all kroger branded items $17.25 per hour is one of the better wages in the area when compared to competitor stores

Cons

October-January the workload and store environment is overwhelming due to holidays Slowest time of year in the store is during the summer when its hot and days drag ob forever Lack of communication between dept as well as between store management MOD adds insurmountable tasks onto your already lengthy expected daily task assignments

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