Stressful, with no quality of life/job balance. - Anonymous employee Kroger Employee Review

2.0
Mar 11, 2012
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Large convenience store chain that is owned by Krogers, so there is stability.

Cons

Customer service is suppose to be driven by the Kroger theme "Customer 1st in everything we do from the decisions we make to actions we take" but they are words only, not the culture of the company. Disconnected corporate that has no understanding of store job requirements. Collusionary practices from executives expecting only "yes" employees, and showing favoritism to those that are. Pay starts at minimum, and is only allowed a max increase of two percent yearly, or .15 cents. At that it takes store management submitting the increase, corporate approval, and payroll processing, that takes weeks to be active, if approved. Nobody at store level knows if it is approved or when, which creates stress.

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Cons

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