Kroger reviews

3.1

42% would recommend to a friend

(24,208 total reviews)
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Rodney McMullen

31% approve of CEO

36% positive business outlook

Kroger has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 24,208 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Kroger employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Ventas al mayoreo y al menudeo industry (3.5 stars).

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24K reviews
4.0
Mar 27, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Stability. Insurance. Union protection. Customers. Co-workers. Haven't lost job over bad hair day. Company stays atop/ not sinking.

Cons

I haven't taken opportunities to advance because mgmnt seems to not have opportunity for family life. My opinion only.

1.0
Mar 20, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Easy to get along with fellow department clerks. Overall, the people you work with and (most) customers make the job tolerable.

Cons

I did not like that they give you your schedule for the following week on Thursday, and there was no consistency on how many hours you'd get or what days you'd have off. So it made it quite impossible to make plans with family and friends, schedule appointments, etc. unless you requested a day off, and even then you couldn't guarantee that you'd actually get it off. Pay is horrible. Like someone else said, if they were allowed to pay you less than minimum wage they would. Department heads slack off and go around to other department heads chatting all day while the lower employees work their butts off to cover all the work. Store managers and co-managers go around barking orders even when you're the only one covering your department and you have a zillion things already to do. They never like to get their hands dirty and help out. I don't know if this is true with every Kroger (I'm sure there are the exceptions) but it was a very well known fact that that was just how things were there. They strongly discourage you to take a 30 minute lunch break and instead want you to take two15 minute breaks for a 8 hour shift. Makes it very hard to actually sit down and have a quick bite to eat before your break is over.

2.0
Mar 14, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Job security, although that can be bad depending on employees competence. Very good health care plan for a grocery store.

Cons

Management cutting my hours because my roommate isn't a great employee, also being wrongly accused of being a disruptive empleyee, I've never had a verbal warning or write up before that. In fact I have a very large number of customer complements. Some manegement is good although some are extremely unhelpful and incompitent.

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