driving a customer 1st culture. explaining that change is here to stay,will not be easy,will cause a sense of loss, loss of confidence in management, But associate is accountable to work through it as fast as possible..................... SERIOUSLY
Kroger is a top Fortune 500 corporation that has been operated so intelligently in the last few years that it has set record earnings and profit records every quarter and obviously a great stock to invest in because of that. Kroger will continue to soar above the other supermarket chains by wisely handling employee costs and benefits. Any corporation that puts long term, full-time hourly employees wants/benefits above the profit needs of the corporation will soon be on the road to ruin. It's not their fault that Obamacare has compromised the hourly grocery clerk's insurance coverage.... if you're looking to place blame then look at Congress and the Supreme Court... they passed the health care act and the court upheld it. The flip side of that coin is that the UFCW union is caught between a rock and a hard place with this issue... you can get mad and blame them for not keeping your benefits practically free but there's no other option in this deal. Strikes would be fruitless and most likely would cause unnecessary loss of jobs by a few hotheaded members.
Like the one poster said... change is coming... you can adapt, accept, and strive to fit in with the new company/union vision or you can be stubborn, mad, and inflexible. Which path do you think will be most beneficial for you and your future?
Kroger is a top Fortune 500 corporation that has been operated so intelligently in the last few years that it has set record earnings and profit records every quarter and obviously a great stock to invest in because of that. Kroger will continue to soar above the other supermarket chains by wisely handling employee costs and benefits. Any corporation that puts long term, full-time hourly employees wants/benefits above the profit needs of the corporation will soon be on the road to ruin. It's not their fault that Obamacare has compromised the hourly grocery clerk's insurance coverage.... if you're looking to place blame then look at Congress and the Supreme Court... they passed the health care act and the court upheld it. The flip side of that coin is that the UFCW union is caught between a rock and a hard place with this issue... you can get mad and blame them for not keeping your benefits practically free but there's no other option in this deal. Strikes would be fruitless and most likely would cause unnecessary loss of jobs by a few hotheaded members.
Like the one poster said... change is coming... you can adapt, accept, and strive to fit in with the new company/union vision or you can be stubborn, mad, and inflexible. Which path do you think will be most beneficial for you and your future?
You're the type of insane pieces of **** who are ruining the country. Why not redirect 1% of that record earnings, have Dave Dillion get a 2 million dollar wine cellar instead of a 3 million, and invest that money back into the employees so we can avoid having to use the insurance, i myself dont want to get sick, as im sure no one does, but the truth is, **** happens, and since krogers takes 70% of my life, i think they should invest a nominal amount into me.
It simply comes down to this, the money is there, it just goes into the wrong spots.
What did Dave contribute to the bottom line? nothing. You're either a producer or a consumer, and the consumers steal from the producers.
Kroger is a top Fortune 500 corporation that has been operated so intelligently in the last few years that it has set record earnings and profit records every quarter and obviously a great stock to invest in because of that. Kroger will continue to soar above the other supermarket chains by wisely handling employee costs and benefits. Any corporation that puts long term, full-time hourly employees wants/benefits above the profit needs of the corporation will soon be on the road to ruin. It's not their fault that Obamacare has compromised the hourly grocery clerk's insurance coverage.... if you're looking to place blame then look at Congress and the Supreme Court... they passed the health care act and the court upheld it. The flip side of that coin is that the UFCW union is caught between a rock and a hard place with this issue... you can get mad and blame them for not keeping your benefits practically free but there's no other option in this deal. Strikes would be fruitless and most likely would cause unnecessary loss of jobs by a few hotheaded members.
Like the one poster said... change is coming... you can adapt, accept, and strive to fit in with the new company/union vision or you can be stubborn, mad, and inflexible. Which path do you think will be most beneficial for you and your future?
Sadly, there is truth in what you say. One of the easiest ways to boost a company's bottom line and increase stock value is to keep the pay/benefits the employees receive as low as possible. Kroger sells its merchandise at a level attractive to customers and one way the company is able to do this is by paying the employees as little as possible. In the end, the corporate-level people and store managers make lots and lots of money to live extremely comfortable lifestyles with few cares in the world (of course they don't have to worry about affording insurance), the customers are happy because of the low prices in stores and the shareholders are thrilled because the company is making more and more money.
Everyone wins and profits... except for the employee. You know, the one that is there taking care of the customer so that he/she will leave happy and continue to return, so that corporate/the store managers/the shareholders can continue to make more than enough money to live very comfortably on while the employee struggles and scrambles to live off of the extremely low and thin paycheck that is a product of the greed of the company.
The kind of change that would be most deserving is for all of us under-payed, under-appreciated and overworked employees to find better work elsewhere and for the economy to improve to the point where Kroger literally can't find anyone to work for such rotten pay and thus the company's only choice is to start slashing the sickening bonuses handed out to the corporate fools who do nothing but demonstrate idiocy when doing store walks and start paying the people that really deserve pay increases the money they should have gotten from the beginning so that people will actually work in the company's stores.
Now why single out and trash Mr Dillon like that? IF you were to rate him and his salary versus the average Fortune 500 CEO I'd think you'd find he lives a pretty modest/humble life when compared to the other top CEOs. The man worked his way up in the business and has helped to position Kroger as the top supermarket chain in the nation. If you're going to berate anyone or anything then it should be Sam Walton(R.I.P.) or mostly his greedy children/ grandchildren. Walmart was the beginning of low wages, part time help, low to no benefits so they could offer the lowest prices to drive their sales. Any competitor that still has a dog in this fight has no choice but to follow suit to stay healthy as a corporation. It might be a hard pill for you to swallow but unless you plan on going into mgmt. and move up the ladder then the days of full time grocery clerks making a comfortable living for theirselves and their family are numbered. Do you really think Kroger can remain competitive if their hourly employee wage and benefits cost is double what the industry is? If Mr. Dillon began today redirecting the monies that the stockholders or the executive branch make just how long before the corporation begins to hit bottom- not very long. You and your coworkers might ride the gravy train for 5 years tops before they can't afford to amply staff the stores and offer competitive prices anymore and they begin losing huge market share and then Guess What? Then comes store closings, massive layoffs, and more Walmarts begin to show up with their very low wages and no benefits. And That's The Rest of the Story!
Several reasons- Wally World will pay just a few cents more per hour to keep away the union. The new hires have no benefits/insurance provided- and what you finally can get after being there a long time is extremely costly and very poor coverage/high deductibles. Plus working conditions are mediocre to very bad--- some instances where your boss will either subtly threaten/con you into working off the clock---at times being expected to put lipstick on a turd(aka fluff up empty sections or spot mot where there's been a mud wrestling contest) to cover poor mgmt. scheduling/ short staffing/ slacker coworkers/etc. So if you like being in dysfunctional disaster areas then hop the metro bus to Wally World and try to mix in with the bottom feeders.
If Walmart has such low wages why do the starting employees there make more money than at Kroger?
There are benefits and wages to contend with as well. When I was making $8.00 / hr a few years ago just about $6 / hr of it was in my benefits. In reality my total compensation was $14.00 / hr. I would much rather have a pension, health insurance, etc.
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