Kroger reviews

3.1

42% would recommend to a friend

(24,267 total reviews)
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Rodney McMullen

31% approve of CEO

36% positive business outlook

Kroger has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 24,267 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Kroger employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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24K reviews
1.0
Apr 24, 2025

Terrible Workplace

Recommend
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Pros

-No strict rules or enforcement -little to no accountability for actions -extremely low chance of termination, even for serious offenses including theft -unlimited lunch breaks -unlimited overtime opportunities available -minimal expectations for completing full duties within and 8 hour shift

Cons

-heavy pressure on department managers to complete all tasks often without adequate time or support -lack of backing from store leadership when addressing associate performance issues -low pay that doesn't reflect responsibilities or experience -inconsistent scheduling expectation, management held to standards not applied to associates -risk of being transferred to another store, regardless or distance from home -no pay increase for tenure or long-term dedication -poor insurance options and minimal benefits -noticeable favoritism within the work place -discrimination concern; minority employees are often expected to take on more work than others

3.0
Apr 17, 2025

Just ok

Recommend
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Pros

For the most part the work is easy the pay is competitive for the industry.

Cons

**In retail you can be granted weekends off from time to time , but for the most part plan on your off days landing during the week and working weekends. **Micromanagement is numbing, mainly because almost all tasks can be easily learned within a matter of days to weeks in your department. ** Promotion, don’t plan on being promoted, I’ve worked for the company before and came back thinking it was possible me… not so, they literally hand pick who they want in these leadership roles. Largely based on good ole boy mentality and public relations. **Im at the age in my life where I need to stop using my back and start using my head. That being said it’s definitely not going to happen here. ** inevitably kroger can go kick rocks, just waiting until the time seems right for a different company. ** I gave 3 stars based on the fact that if all you want is the basics your good but don’t expect promotion unless you fall into there future plans for there public relations. **culture for the most part depends on the management and the store your. It can be very toxic, depending on this.

1.0
Apr 11, 2025

Horrible

Recommend
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Pros

There are no pros after 15 years.

Cons

Not allowed the health and wellness days or vacation days without approval. Manager and supervisor retaliation. 60 hour weeks during career. No career growth. After working and getting a Masters degree punished. No relief in workload and forced to deliver dashboards creation and workload of other team members. Management will expect reports that they cannot do especially in SQL. Manager will talk down and yell at you. Favorites. Under compensated for years. Sunday scaries and no communication. Have to walk in freezing below temperatures. Management at corporate watches everywhere you go and forces you to go to after hours get together. No focus or organization. On my first day after 13 years says to you you are stupid. Parking is expensive and flooded. Treated like a number. Disrespected. Gaslighted. Embarrasssed by having to check in all the time online. Micromanaged. Forced to resign because of hostile toxic work environment. No positive culture or place to move but leave and move on. Work bullies. Terrible management. No leadership consistency or psychological safety. Such stress I became sick when I was normal and successful. I was thriving before working here.

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