Kroger reviews

3.1

42% would recommend to a friend

(24,191 total reviews)
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31% approve of CEO

37% positive business outlook

Kroger has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 24,191 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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3.0
Jan 20, 2010

Could be worse,

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Started out as a good company many years ago. The company then went corporate, the company made tons of money. The company is now the top in the country but fail to realize that the hourly associated are the ones who got them to where they are today. So its a good company in terms of you know they will be around and that your employment is pretty secure.

Cons

It is a bad company in terms that they dont treat the people at the bottom with respect. *(please note that respect dosent have to mean more money an hour,)

3.0
Jan 11, 2010

Kroger- Good training, bad for balance of work/life

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Absolutely great training program, they really give you a round about knowledge of how to do your job. Good pay with a chance for raises.

Cons

You will work more hours, and more ODD hours than humans should have to. Good luck trying to balance your non-work life, especially if you have a significant other.

4.0
Jan 8, 2010
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Pros

If you have the desire and the determination you can go far. Department heads are chosen by interviews, not seniority. Once you have become a dept head and prove your worth you can go into the management training program to create a career that pays better than a dept head could ever achieve. Since they are union, you don't have to worry about @ss kissing getting someone ahead who doesn't deserve to be there. I have dealt with great managers and awful managers. Luckily, the terrible ones usually get weeded out over a period of time and I consider this a good point.

Cons

As a regular clerk, you are relegated by seniority since they are union. You must work all holidays and most weekends and for most people that is a negative. Raises are not given based on your work ethic or production, they are given on a time line because they are union. Although dept heads make decent money ($16-17/hr) for what they do, there's no going up from there unless you go through Kroger's management program.

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