I hear they used to be cool, way back in the day...
But everyone I've ever known who's tried to work at a Kroger has quit because they just couldn't stand working there. I tried working there myself, but I quit because I got tired of being treated like a slave, essentially.
So why has Kroger turned into this monster it is today?
Blind corporate greed, except manifested incompetently through nonsense such as key retailing.
THIS
Kroger has decided it needs to be the head hancho of stores so to take on others like Wal Mart they come up with bullcrap ideas and crack down on employees for whatever reason. Kroger wants drones that will do whatever Kroger demands while trying to attract customer loyalty.
Of course in sensible worlds keeping your employees happy would be a bigger step in that direction, but it would cost more/take more effort, so guess which way they'll go instead
No place is going to be puppies and rainbows. I've been worked like a dog in privately owned places, government businesses, and corporately owned big businesses. If you don't make your dreams happen, someone else will hire you to make theirs happen.
No place is going to be puppies and rainbows. I've been worked like a dog in privately owned places, government businesses, and corporately owned big businesses. If you don't make your dreams happen, someone else will hire you to make theirs happen.
For those of us whose 'dreams' don't involve working... guess we're screwed.
@ barada: They had to. Walmart set the mold, and continue to do so, unfortunately.
By the late nineties, Kroger was in serious trouble and had to set new strategies. But in the self-defeating pattern of human nature, they've since taken things from one dysfunctional extreme, moved them into what could have been a successful business model, and moved them all the way over into the other side of bullsht dysfunction. The good news is, these trends will reverse, stabalize, and resume their course.
Live long enough, you'll see this thing happen numerous times. Ask Grumpy 1.
@ barada: They had to. Walmart set the mold, and continue to do so, unfortunately.
By the late nineties, Kroger was in serious trouble and had to set new strategies. But in the self-defeating pattern of human nature, they've since taken things from one dysfunctional extreme, moved them into what could have been a successful business model, and moved them all the way over into the other side of bullsht dysfunction. The good news is, these trends will reverse, stabalize, and resume their course.
Live long enough, you'll see this thing happen numerous times. Ask Grumpy 1.
yea you hit the situation right on the head there. the world is so messed up right now. businesses have lost their focus and run themselves pretty much like a ship lost in the fog. its sad to see
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I am no longer part of the oppressed, evil workforce of Kroger! Can you say "Hallelujah"
Kroger got to where it once used to be by being the best at what it was......just a grocery store ! Kroger ought to concentrate on being the best at what it was....just a grocery store !Once upon a time, when Kroger was just a grocery store, and one of the best grocery store chains in the country, they didn't try to compete with department and variety stores such as JC Penney, Sears, Montgomery Ward ( remember them?), etc. Kroger competed successfully against other grocery stores like A& P, Jewel, etc. Kroger corporate has thrown away the values that Barney Kroger embraced when he started the store many years agao..Now, its all about building the manager's bonuses. Always remenber, everything that management does, from the store manager to the guy at the very top of the Kroger food chain, is done with one goal only in mind....to boost the annual bonus.
