My Kroger career used to be one i was proud of but i can no longer say that
Pros
the employees within my department are more like family than associates. I make good pay for the length of time I have been with the company. I pretty much have a set schedule.
Cons
I am sick and tired of hearing the terms "Key Retailing" and "Percent Effective". These terms dont make for happy employees in the end. These ideas need reevaluated and some aspects need weeded out (some are good). Do away with all the stupid paperwork like tsg's because who has the time and is anyone ever really honest. We need to worry about customer service and selling groceries. Management needs to be better communicators and stop lying to their employees. If you think about it most employees will shop at their own store but if they feel disrespected and lied to and are just generally unhappy then they WILL shop elsewhere. Employees ARE customers too!! Some employees are not expected to work up to company standards and the rest of us have to work three times as hard and get no additional hours. I dont know when the last time was that I saw a properly trained employee, usually people are thrown into a job and learn by doing. There is a great lack of communication within this company, afterall how can you do a job if you arent told what the results are supposed to be and you arent given all the tools to do it with???
