New hire

Date: Aug 22, 2012

New hire

BagBoy · Guru

Did she have prior work experience at any other grocery chain for ~10 years? if yes then no. if no then yes.

Date: Aug 22, 2012

I really dont know if the union can do anything.This happens alot in the store I work at. The HR also hires family memebers in at top rate.

I use to get upset but I soon realize there isnt anything I can do but keep my job.

What I really would like to know I have heard more than once how the manager can give a raise over the top rate.How dose this happen?

styles · Guru

most likely a clever reclassification of job title

nocturnia · Guru

Management anywhere can do pretty much what they want to do, believe me. I'm not endorsing it, just stating it.

Date: Aug 26, 2012

Anonymous wrote:
So we got a new hire that's related to our store director and she's already topped out wage wise wtf? Should I call union?

Did she start at the higher rate?

I was hired on the condition of $12.80/h...but I'm making only $7.50/h, because apparently Kroger hires BEFORE they verify your work history, I still have (according to the recruiter) 2 weeks for it to proccess.

Given how abysmal the "Kroger Way" is (seriously 'Kroger' is offically a synonym for "Inefficient Incompetence") and how high the turnover rate is (prior to me three guys quit after working a month a piece, from what I've been told)

..I'm starting to think that I got sold the long con, throw in the recruiter's enthusiasium to bring me on board (the idiot put the $12.80 on the table during the interview) and, yeah I'm thinking that I got deceptively hired.