I have worked for Kroger now for almost 20 years. Had I have known back then what I know now, I would have ran the other way. I just love the new blue t-shirts that say " GLAD YOU ARE HERE" and " GREAT FOOD LOW PRICES." They should read the truth and say, " NO HOURS LOW WAGES." This week my back up is on vacation. Elms states that I need 79 hours to run my department each week. I get 75 hours a week. Now this week my back ups hours are not replaced. I am trying to run the department by myself on 38 hours total. I was off Sunday and no one worked the backstock or even bothered to condition. So far I have worked 3 trucks by myself. My back and legs hurt so bad every night that I have to eat pain pills like candy. I think that Kroger wants to kill or run off all the senior employees that make a decent wage. They want to be just like Wal-Mart. Look at these new shirts. Just like Wal-Mart. Cut Hours. Just like Wal-Mart. Seems like Kroger always has plenty of money to throw away on Manager's retreats and stupid programs that waste a dollar to save a nickel. Look at all the gas money they waste driving here and there to these childish meetings. Use the KTV Instead. Put the money in man hours in the stores to get the job done. I am getting sick and tired of seeing the co-managers doing work that a union employee could do. Our union seems to look the other way and lets them get away with too much. Thats why I have decided that Kroger should change its name to KRO-MART. They want to be just like WAL-MART.
You have a point about the meetings. And K-TV. Unless a mandate comes down from the zone, in my store K-TV is ignored once an employee is hired. We really should have better access to it.
Get rid of the union, and we will have better wages... well if you earn it. All the union does is allow people not to do crap and get the same benefits as everyone else.
So, you are realizing that Walmart ruined Kroger and for that matter the whole retail sector in this country! They went for low prices no service and low wages. This was shown to be very succesful and the American public went to Walmart in droves to spend their hard earned dollars. Hey, said many a smart retail executive, people want ****ty service and low prices, let us too have those in our stores and we will be loved by our stock holders. Thus were many lives ruined on the alter of low prices. It was Walmart and the American consumer who have gotten Kroger to where it is today. If people wanted you to have a painfree back and enough hours to do your job, they would pay more for their groceries.
Blaming Wal-Mart for low wages and working conditions is like blaming McDonald's for fat people.
I don't support the current retail trend either, but it was inevitable. Much like the demise of the down-town, out side malls that were replaced by giant, indoor mega malls: Paradigim shift that those who refuse to acknowledge ALWAYS get run over by.
People will stampede Wal-Marts and places like them to spend less money, for the illusion that it's the better thing to do. Nobody is holding guns to their heads. Customers are the final authority on what dictates the market, not the other way around.
And unions? I'm all for 'em------------------but they've gotten wicked corrupt and have been horse fking the working man for too much too long. If they can't operate any better than that, let them ALL burn I say.
People need to spend less because everyone is making less. If wages weren't so abysmal then people would support more organic, healthy, and costlier options in the things they buy and eat. I want to buy healthy things but I simply can't justify spending more and getting less.
Also, the masses are ignorant.
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Blaming Wal-Mart for low wages and working conditions is like blaming McDonald's for fat people.
I don't support the current retail trend either, but it was inevitable. Much like the demise of the down-town, out side malls that were replaced by giant, indoor mega malls: Paradigim shift that those who refuse to acknowledge ALWAYS get run over by.
People will stampede Wal-Marts and places like them to spend less money, for the illusion that it's the better thing to do. Nobody is holding guns to their heads. Customers are the final authority on what dictates the market, not the other way around.
And unions? I'm all for 'em------------------but they've gotten wicked corrupt and have been horse fking the working man for too much too long. If they can't operate any better than that, let them ALL burn I say.
During orientation, our store manager told us that Kroger, realizing that it couldn't compete on price with Walmart, decided to compete on better customer service. Then I find out that all that means to management is shorter wait times. Never mind that some customers take longer than others, or that they also want you to make eye contact and be friendly--how are you supposed to chat with your customers and still get them in and out in half a minute?
Ah yes. This is what kroger is doing now to try to compete with walmart. Kroger realized that they have to get the costomer out as fast as possible. youve all seen those 20 check lanes at Walmart not getting put to use. Well if it said kroger in the front they would be put to good use because kroger has quevision. Nevermind that the rest of the store is running on a skeleton crew and your csm lets the computer do the scheduling then tweaks it a little for her friends, they will call up people from other departments then they wonder why nothing got done. although if you have good smart people at your store you should not need quevision, but not alot of stores have these people. Its elms fault too. Elms causes too many problems.
Ah yes. This is what kroger is doing now to try to compete with walmart. Kroger realized that they have to get the costomer out as fast as possible. youve all seen those 20 check lanes at Walmart not getting put to use. Well if it said kroger in the front they would be put to good use because kroger has quevision. Nevermind that the rest of the store is running on a skeleton crew and your csm lets the computer do the scheduling then tweaks it a little for her friends, they will call up people from other departments then they wonder why nothing got done. although if you have good smart people at your store you should not need quevision, but not alot of stores have these people. Its elms fault too. Elms causes too many problems.
ELMS has gotten overshadowed by QueVision and Key Retailing so is obsolete, but yet we still have it.
-- Edited by BagBoy on Saturday 4th of May 2013 03:13:37 AM
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