- UNION UNION UNION. Protects the lazy, and screws the hard-working. To work at Kroger, you are required to join the UFWC union which requires a weekly payment of $7.99
- Probably 80% of all Kroger managers have no common sense or are corrupt. I'v seen good, bad, and the absolutely retarded.
- Union's pay grid. Seniority will hardly increase your wage. $.05 raise every 6 months, $.10 every year.
- Most corporate policies/methods/key retailing are like a little child figuring out how to do something right, AKA no common sense.
- Managers will ride you and FREAK OUT over the littlest thing
- Front-End employees make the store a high-school drama club
- Hiring Managers will hire ANYBODY, even incompetent workers who will quit the same week as hired.
- Managers will not care to address lazy workers when they're not doing they're job right or fast enough
- Minimal career advancement
As a final analysis, working at Kroger for your first job is good. It will build your work ethic and working the front-end is mindless work, but you'll have to do with the high school kids who don't know anything but drama. Working back in a department is where it's really at, but your coworkers greatly influence how easy your job will be, in which you'll have a high chance there's at least one idiot with you who you will have to pick up their slack. Also, don't expect to get paid much, ever. If your part-time, Union is your mortal enemy because it's a waste of your money. Full-time it's not so bad if you don't mind the weekly payment.
