I heard from a very trusted source that Kroger will start offering employees at least $10.10 an hour as a sign of good faith for the proposed federal minimum wage increase currently being debated. The company wants to pave the way for the future.
I haven't heard anything about this. I'll bug one of my co-managers and see what he says. I'd hate to see what it would do to my PT tech's hours, I don't have enough to give them as it is.
I heard from a very trusted source that Kroger will start offering employees at least $10.10 an hour as a sign of good faith for the proposed federal minimum wage increase currently being debated. The company wants to pave the way for the future.
God bless Kroger!
Good sir, you were lied to. This company will never do something like that "as a sign of good faith." Ever. Your "trusted source" is either lying to you or was lied to themselves.
Dude I'm a new hire. I start on my own on Saturday. I'll be lucky to pull 20 hours a week at the most.
I can't see Kroger being nice (cool?) enough to offer that much. If they did, I agree with someone else -- they'd just cut back the hours of those already on payroll and working hourly such as myself and so many others. It's going to be a tough enough job figuring out where my paycheck will go with the hours that I will have now. 10-15 or less just because of a pay raise, I don't think it would balance out.
Not only would this be bad for business, it would also be unfair to those who've worked up to that wage through hour earned credit raises. 7.90 minimum NEEDS to be bumped up though but everyone (except old contract maxed) needs the same amount of bump up or there would be contract breach. I could see a 8.75 minimum being applied with a 45 cent bump up for everyone else coming this year, but that's about it.
My sister works for Banana Republic, and they (BR, Gap, Old Navy) already START their cashiers and everyone else at $9.00/hour. Mind you that this is from a state that follows the Federal minimum wage ($7.25). They (Gap and co.) increase their wages in other states depending on the minimum there.
I've got friends in other stores who are doing just about that, some higher.
Whole Foods, Publix, and other smaller but newer grocers already start off much higher.
If anything, Kroger's trying to find other ways to cut corners and reduce manpower expenses to increase profit.
As of right now, the only ones who received a wage increases are NEW FEDERAL CONTRACTORS, and are not the employees. Therefore, there's no incentive or reason for Kroger to raise their wages.
Operations133, no offense, but you sound like one of those old hardline union members. Of course a minimum wage hike will close the gap between the old skeletons and the fresh meat. Bad for business? I don't see the stock market crashing or the US Dollar suffer a hyperinflation when wages were increased. The only reason companies claim that it'll be "bad" for them is because they'll have to, "God forbid", pay their people more, and receive less money to pad their coffers.
Are you happy that a gallon of milk costs at least half of a person's hourly wage? Or that a pack of smokes will cost more than a person's hourly wage?
