I just started, and I'm making close to minimum wage.I never worked in this industry before I use to be in construction work and it pays ok I guess,because now I'm making a lot less then was so.?has anyone ever retired from Kroger to know if it was all worth it in the end I mean I use to make some fat checks like 400 every week after taxes had been taken out.so I just want to know will I be sorry 10 years from now that I never went to work some place else?
well I left the construction industry so I can work nights at koger that way I could watch my new born son in the day time and my wife works 2nd shift so we would not have to send him to day care. But I'm 26 and I live pay check to pay check. Like most people. And I'm in great health.
Yea at Kroger you need to be full time for a couple years before you bring home $400 a week after tax. Sign any bids for night crew supervisor or frozen lead. Automatic full time and automatic raise.
Keep an Eye out on your stores job posting and put in for any that look good to you, you might need to take a job at a different store, but you can get full time and pay raises quicker. of course the posting go by seniority.
Financially, it will be hard for the first 5 years. The raises get better after then. Not sure where you are or what contract you are under but some raises are based on hours worked. Unfortunately, the only way to make more than $12 an hour here is by being a department head. So, if you are serious about making a career out of Kroger, learn everything you can, CAO, backstock scanning, using power pallet jack, avoid drama and changing baler. Volunteer for as many extra hours that you can get.
I supplemented my income for the first 5 years selling scrap metal and doing small engine repairs in my spare time. I haven't had to do that for the last couple of years because I am finally maxed out and getting a steady 40 hour week.
Financially, it will be hard for the first 5 years. The raises get better after then. Not sure where you are or what contract you are under but some raises are based on hours worked. Unfortunately, the only way to make more than $12 an hour here is by being a department head. So, if you are serious about making a career out of Kroger, learn everything you can, CAO, backstock scanning, using power pallet jack, avoid drama and changing baler. Volunteer for as many extra hours that you can get.
I supplemented my income for the first 5 years selling scrap metal and doing small engine repairs in my spare time. I haven't had to do that for the last couple of years because I am finally maxed out and getting a steady 40 hour week.
Good luck
That really depends on the contract. I live in a low cost of living area and a regular full time clerk tops out at $14.06 an hour.
I worked for Kroger for 36 years. My best advice is like others have stated is to work hard. Do what is asked of you. Don't complain. The fastest way to make more money is to work nightcrew. Then try to become the nightleader (another raise). After that you will need to try to get promoted to a department head position. The final step is to go into Store Management but if you do not have a college degree you are going to have to impress your managers along the way. You really, really,really need to be the best employee you can be. That means being at work on time day after day taking very few days off for whatever reason. Make them know you are someone they can depend on and you will be fine. I did OK at Kroger. Am I rich? NOOO. but I always had a job to go to. I was never laid off and when I applied at my current job my 36 years at Kroger really impressed the folks interviewing me.
Financially, it will be hard for the first 5 years. The raises get better after then. Not sure where you are or what contract you are under but some raises are based on hours worked. Unfortunately, the only way to make more than $12 an hour here is by being a department head. So, if you are serious about making a career out of Kroger, learn everything you can, CAO, backstock scanning, using power pallet jack, avoid drama and changing baler. Volunteer for as many extra hours that you can get.
I supplemented my income for the first 5 years selling scrap metal and doing small engine repairs in my spare time. I haven't had to do that for the last couple of years because I am finally maxed out and getting a steady 40 hour week.
Good luck
That really depends on the contract. I live in a low cost of living area and a regular full time clerk tops out at $14.06 an hour.
Right. Here full time grocery clerks hired before 2004 make $15.25 an hour. Any grocery clerk hired from 2004 to 2010 make $14.75 an hour. Any grocery clerk hired after 2010 makes $11 for ever until they are hired full time. Not much income if limited to 26 hours a week. After they are hired full time, they make $12.50 unless they become a department manager. It takes 6-8 years to top out in pay. The pay scale is different for other departments. The wages could change if a better contract is negotiated.
In Texas, $11 an hour is an ok wage. In Mi, $15 is an ok wage. Those are poverty wages in California. I don't care to live lavishly, so $15 an hour is ok with me. I have other legal income sources I can chase if I want extra cash. I am warm, dry, fed, clothed, have 0 debt, have ok health insurance and drive a nice vehicle. I am happy with my job at Kroger. I feel bad for anyone hired after 2010. There is no incentive to work hard. And, they have to work extra hard to make any financial gains.
why would you feel bad for someone that started working after 2010?I live in Texas to me you have to start and then you get paid more.is what you said meaning that Kroger has dropped their wages for their works?if so then why?
why would you feel bad for someone that started working after 2010?I live in Texas to me you have to start and then you get paid more.is what you said meaning that Kroger has dropped their wages for their works?if so then why?
Everyone has to start out on the bottom and work their way up anywhere they work. I went from $15 to minimum wage when I started at Kroger. It takes a long time to get payraises at Kroger. My last raise was $3.75 and that was a nice boost to my income.
The wages have dropped is what I mean. They will always make $2.50-$4 less than what I make unless the contract changes.
Plus, the hours are being restricted to 28 per week. A person will almost have to use 1/2 their paycheck to pay for health insurance(rough guess. I don't know for sure).
There is no incentive to hang around and crank out work. I have seen over 20 new people come and go in the last 5+ years. Only two have stayed in the last year out of the last 5+ years. They don't volunteer for extra hours or OT.
Unfortunately, Kroger has to pay lower wages to keep up with the competition.
$190 after taxes??? I make $11.63/hr as a starting cashier at a Kroger store. If I work a 35-hour week, I get around $400 after taxes. I dunno where you guys work, but it seems like a bootlegged a** kroger.
-- Edited by snailshell on Wednesday 19th of November 2014 04:22:24 AM
$190 after taxes??? I make $11.63/hr as a starting cashier at a Kroger store. If I work a 35-hour week, I get around $400 after taxes. I dunno where you guys work, but it seems like a bootlegged a** kroger.
-- Edited by snailshell on Wednesday 19th of November 2014 04:22:24 AM
No, actually, you seem to be in the minority. Most contracts have cashiers start around $8 maybe $9 tops. Also, your numbers can't be right. Using them, your check is only $407.05 before taxes.
I'm an assistant grocery manager. I make 14 an hour. It took me less than 2 years to get this position and I started as a bagger. And I started at minimum wage. Work your tail off, and if you feel like you should be higher up, then ask your managers about i. There's a lot of upward movement possible , provided you show them you deserve it. My store director started on night crew only 5 years ago. My old store director started as a receiver and took 5 years also. My next promotion (grocery manager) makes 50882 anually starting. The pay is there but nobody will give it to you - you have to take it
$190 after taxes??? I make $11.63/hr as a starting cashier at a Kroger store. If I work a 35-hour week, I get around $400 after taxes. I dunno where you guys work, but it seems like a bootlegged a** kroger.
-- Edited by snailshell on Wednesday 19th of November 2014 04:22:24 AM
No, actually, you seem to be in the minority. Most contracts have cashiers start around $8 maybe $9 tops. Also, your numbers can't be right. Using them, your check is only $407.05 before taxes.
Truth. After a general 15% of your $407.05 check is taken out for taxes, you'd have about $346 in net pay. And that's BEFORE union dues. By the way almost no part-timers in my store get more than 25 hours a week, let alone the colossal 35 hour week that snail gets.
$190 after taxes??? I make $11.63/hr as a starting cashier at a Kroger store. If I work a 35-hour week, I get around $400 after taxes. I dunno where you guys work, but it seems like a bootlegged a** kroger.
-- Edited by snailshell on Wednesday 19th of November 2014 04:22:24 AM
No, actually, you seem to be in the minority. Most contracts have cashiers start around $8 maybe $9 tops. Also, your numbers can't be right. Using them, your check is only $407.05 before taxes.
I said around $400 and as far as I know $407.05 is around $400 (that's not counting Sunday pay though - hey, that's an extra 8 bucks!). With taxes that's still $350ish. Dunno why you guys have to be so nitpicky. I didn't say "exactly $400 every week." Nor did I say that I always get 35 hours per week, although I have been lately what with the holiday season.
After ~1520 hours at my store as a front-end cashier you get a raise to $17.21/hour. Where I live cost of living is quite high so $11.63/hr isn't enough to live comfortably. $17.21/hr could be doable.
To answer OP's question, I don't think you can ever make a 'good check' at Kroger unless you're the store director or in corporate.
I'm assuming you live in California. While I get that $11.63 isn't really enough to live on out there, many of us would be VERY happy to make that much. It's all about where you live, I guess.
Coming as someone who moved from Los Angeles to a cheap cost of living area, I can't express how different those wages are from place to place. I can honestly say that minimum wage($7.25) in my area is more beneficial than the $11.63 figure would be in L.A. Between state taxes, higher gas prices, much higher rent/mortgages, much higher insurances, higher food costs, higher everything it really is a different world unless you're still living with your parents and only worry about "spending money".
Coming as someone who moved from Los Angeles to a cheap cost of living area, I can't express how different those wages are from place to place. I can honestly say that minimum wage($7.25) in my area is more beneficial than the $11.63 figure would be in L.A. Between state taxes, higher gas prices, much higher rent/mortgages, much higher insurances, higher food costs, higher everything it really is a different world unless you're still living with your parents and only worry about "spending money".
Living in the south rocks. Might be boring as hell compared to the exciting areas of Los Angeles or San Diego, but at least you have money leftover for food after housing and utilities are covered.
Coming as someone who moved from Los Angeles to a cheap cost of living area, I can't express how different those wages are from place to place. I can honestly say that minimum wage($7.25) in my area is more beneficial than the $11.63 figure would be in L.A. Between state taxes, higher gas prices, much higher rent/mortgages, much higher insurances, higher food costs, higher everything it really is a different world unless you're still living with your parents and only worry about "spending money".
Living in the south rocks. Might be boring as hell compared to the exciting areas of Los Angeles or San Diego, but at least you have money leftover for food after housing and utilities are covered.
I'm actually able to afford a mortgage for a decent home on my pay here. This same job in LA and I'd be lucky to split a 1 bedroom apartment with somebody. It's nice in that regard lol.
