Before Covid Kroger used to load each employee’s card with $100 to be used (in their store only) to buy Thanksgiving dinner or whatever we wanted to buy with it. No holiday bonus, no thank you, no extra for Christmas either but at least they loaded $100. Now we all receive a $10, TEN DOLLAR, gift certificate in the mail to be used with a message of how thankful Kenny Kimball is for all our hard work that year. Talk about a slap in the face!! If you are expecting a Christmas party you’ll get one. You sign up for their employee association and every paycheck they will deduct $2 and then you have your party. If you choose to not be apart of the association you have to pay $20/person to attend the Christmas party.
If you enjoy having a set schedule and/or 40hrs a week you’re out of luck. Everyone except managers are considered “part time” and nobody is guaranteed 40 hrs/week. Unless you’re lucky you do not have a set schedule every week. One week you’ll work early shifts, next could be all closings and the following can be mid shifts mixed with whatever they need. The other down fall with schedules is you cannot see your schedule until the Friday that is 2 days before. Example: You cannot see your schedule for the week of Sunday the 20th-Saturday the 26th until the Friday the 18th.