Kroger reviews

Very unpredicatable schedules. I get a lot of hours (30+/week) during holiday times, sometimes only 4 hours/week during slower times. The Union is the biggest con of this job. Very high-pressure sales pitch to join. Benefits are exaggerated & costs are minimized. After weekly dues of $8 to $10, I make far less than the $7.35 hourly minimum wage. When I only work 4 hours weekly, the Union takes over 1/3 of my paycheck. After taxes, social security, and medicare are taken out, I my take-home pay is minimal. This means I'm working for experience and to build my resume.

Very High Stress, constant interaction with aggressive customers, management are conniving and deceitful, Union is completely broken as far as Local 1059 Central Ohio, in both President and members. Hours are being cut so far as to almost destroy every dept, and we all know if you have one lazy person who doesn’t care, (like most dept have more than 1) then the person who actually cares gets ripped. If you’re new, they’ll let them steal, but anyone older than 3 yrs and they will get you for accidentally taking a $1.79 comb(Had to defend a girl as I’m a Union Steward. A real shame). They will put more and more on as they continue to reduce hours in hope of taking in money. They just don’t care at all for either customer or employee. If they cared, they’d fire the lazy nobodies and protect the ones who care and get them the help they need, so that way no one’s going home tired and in danger of falling asleep on the road.