Way better for a first job I could ever hope for - Front End Courtesy Clerk Kroger Employee Review

5.0
Dec 23, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Management is very uplifting and helpful. They are very forgiving, and I've seen them do a lot to create a safe and healthy work environment for their employees. Requesting time off is very easy, and very frequently goes through. Almost everyone I've worked with are cool to have as coworkers. On holidays, we receive holiday pay bonus too. People are respectful to each other, and management is very effective at communicating, and they are professional too. It's a very good first job, and the coworkers encourage and empower one another. The people here have actually have a voice often. The schedule is fair, you can get a lot of different shifts, you can swap shifts, and pick up extra shifts if you don't have enough hours (if there are ones available)

Cons

Not very many cons, but the only one I could think of is in front-end there's not much room for advancement. Often it's harder to switch to a different department.

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5.0
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Pros

Laid back job. Great team. Good to learn about wine

Cons

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4.0
Jul 4, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great benefits at a reasonable cost. First year you get 2 weeks vacation, 5 PTO days, and 5 Health and Wellness days. Loved the hourly (union) people I worked with at various locations. They become your second family

Cons

- Crazy schedule. You will be either scheduled to work a 7-5, 12-10, or a 9-7 depending on the location. And even when the schedule is posted for the period it typically changes week to week, so do not bother making plans. And get ready for 5-10 closes in a row then opening the next day. -9 times out of 10 you never get to use your earned time off due to circumstances at the store you are assigned to. And yes, you will lose them they do not accrue. -If you are lucky enough to be assigned at a store with a strong store manager then things are different, but if not, get ready to blamed for every failure of the store, even when the labor model continues to be cut to the point that you are lucky if you have 2 people in a department and someone from corporate walks in and wants to know why the departments are not set. -Endless micro-managing. Your day is mapped out what you should be doing verses what you know you should be doing. It is check the box that that the "task" is completed when in fact there is no one to complete it, except you. Ergo that is why many just "fudge" it.

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