Fred Meyer reviews

Being in middle management isn't an easy position. It would be much better if every level of management was on the same page with discipline, etc and favouritism wasn't so prevalent, the environment would be more positive. Added stress and tasks while cutting hours. Too many programs handed down by corporate to "help" customer service but no true viable way to be successful. And to add on more stress.... Expect all depts to back up check up front at the drop of a hat.... Even if you're helping a customer. You're expected to give top notch customer service while being forced to rush, rush, rush. A lot of counter productive guidelines make for unhappy associates.

Upper management expectations, lack of hours available. I've been at Fred Meyer for almost 3 years and I've been trying to leave for almost one, just haven't found anything else yet. The company as a whole does not care about the employees or their experience; they track our every move for peak productivity, not understanding how many factors are out of our control. They're the most understaffed they've ever been, yet they base available hours on profits, so they say they can't afford to schedule or hire more people. Everyone is burnt out and struggling. Store management can be found stocking shelves, baking cookies, shopping for the pickup orders, and more, because every department is desperate. Yet when a corporate walk comes around, we stock our shelves to overflow (which causes waste a week later) to make sure we don't get in trouble with the higher ups. Kroger is a corrupt company and the minute I can leave, I will.