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Not worth it - Retail Reset Merchandiser The Retail Odyssey Employee Review

2.0
Sep 25, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Laidback, no weekends or nights. Easy work

Cons

Pay isn’t worth all the driving to different stores throughout the week, sometimes in same day if work is light. Hours fluctuate very often hard to manage pay living check to check bc one week you might get about a full 4 days w/40 hours and the next week can be working only one day for the week. You’re basically off from November-January unpaid so you’d have to find other work in between. Leads are not the best. My lead was friends with the rest of the team. Shed lie on the hours and give them a full 8 hours while me and other coworker only get 5 hours or whatever it is when the work was short. Kroger employees are very rude to us and RO and Kroger are almost never on the same page. We get told by our supervisors one thing and Kroger says or does differently. No benefits. This is a job for somebody that just needs extra cash i wouldnt Recommend depending on this job for living oh and there are no raises. I’ve been here almost a year and nothing. Not even hazard pay for working through a pandemic. Only got $1 more for like 5 weeks but that’s nothing when you’re only working 20 hours a week.

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5.0
May 9, 2025
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Pros

The hours! The shifts! The company and coworkers that are now your family! They're understanding, and by your side even after years of not being around.

Cons

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2.0
Jun 16, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Have more knowledge of Grocery stores.

Cons

* Hired as a Full Time Traveling Retail Merchandiser, then unbeknownst to me, they changed my Title to Part Time. Why? I showed them my Onboarding Papers that clearly stated "Full Time" They NEVER changed it back. * You travel all over the state of Az, and you're suppose to get reimbursed a percent of how ever much you spent on gas. I went all over, from Phoenix, to Tucson to Vistancia and so on. I NEVER, NOT EVEN ONCE, got reimbursed for gas. * There is NEVER a Boss or Supervisor on job sites. There is 1 Leader in charge for that 1 particular job. You NEVER get training or even shown what to do. When you 1st start, you are so lost. No one, especially old timers, will NOT help you. Why should they, they not Boss. You literally learn by watching. I worked there about 6 months, I saw, met and talked face to face with The Boss ..ONCE. * You start around 9PM, til about 5 in the morning. After meeting, talking and working with your team, it seems that most employees are ex cons, or recovering addicts or just got out of jail. That's not really a bad thing, but some are a little scary. * Once I deposited my paycheck in my acct, instead of just cashing it like normal. 2 days later, they reversed the deposit, withdrew and took paycheck back. Why? I fought them, I fought the bank but I NEVER got it back.

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