* Frozen lead clerk/ Dairy lead clerk(runs the department)
Grocery Umbrella(Dry grocery/Frozen/Dairy) Note: Each department is run separately by the lead clerks, but grocery manager is technically ahead of it all
* Clerks
* Lead night clerk(doubles as grocery backup manager)
* Grocery manager
Produce:
* Clerks
* Backup produce manager
* Produce Manager
Drug/GM
* Clerks
* Backup Drug/GM Manager
* Drug/GM Manager
Floral:
* Cashiers usually fill in and do it, unless it's a huge store
* Lead floral
Deli/Bakery:
* Clerks/Cake decorators
* Backup manager
* Deli Manager
Meat/Seafood:
* Clerks
* Meat Cutters
* Lead seafood
* Backup Meat manager
* Meat Manager
DSD Receiver(usually handled by grocery umbrella)
All of the above are hourly wage workers, obviously below the store management which are the co-managers and ultimately the store manager who are salaried.
It's easy if you're a CC. Just assume everyone is your boss and do everything anyone says, and you'll do splendidly. And/or have a heart attack. Welcome to Kroger!
It's easy if you're a CC. Just assume everyone is your boss and do everything anyone says, and you'll do splendidly. And/or have a heart attack. Welcome to Kroger!
Nah. If you are a CC you will probably get heat exhaustion first from bringing carts in. Although the heart attack is a possibility if you don't pace yourself.
Bakery has a manager, but is still technically under deli. The bakery manager is basically at the same level as the assistant deli manager.
Not necessarily. Our bakery and deli manager are on equal ground. The departments are so big now that one person can't handle both of them. The bakery manager we have said she wouldn't do the job unless she was guaranteed full manager status and pay.
Do cashiers actually have any authority over courtesy clerks/baggers? Or are these hierarchies just written to look that way? We all seem to be grouped together in the handbook's diagram.
Do cashiers actually have any authority over courtesy clerks/baggers? Or are these hierarchies just written to look that way? We all seem to be grouped together in the handbook's diagram.
Yea cashiers are higher. Even though an FES can still tell a cashier to pick up **** in the bathroom, they're somehow higher. Basically it's CC's < cashiers < other dept clerks (esp. meat) < dept managers < store mgmt
Deli/bakery is so complex at my store. The chain of command is basically this from top to bottom...:
Deli/bakery manager
Deli/bakery assistant manager
Bakery manager
lead cheese shop
lead cake decorator
cake decorator
deli/bakery production shift
deli/bakery closing shift
So yea, now you know why this monstrous department is often one of the 'focus departments'. With so much disparity between the deli/bakery manager and the closing clerk, there is often a lack of communication on what needs to be accomplished within the department, which results in confusion and a lack of action on the lower clerks' end.
Do cashiers actually have any authority over courtesy clerks/baggers? Or are these hierarchies just written to look that way? We all seem to be grouped together in the handbook's diagram.
Yea cashiers are higher. Even though an FES can still tell a cashier to pick up **** in the bathroom, they're somehow higher. Basically it's CC's < cashiers < other dept clerks (esp. meat) < dept managers < store mgmt
Yep, checkers are higher. EVEN if said checker that just got promoted from bagger is higher. For example: Bob use to be a courtesy with Sam. Bob just got promoted to checker. Bob is now above Sam.
and if a courtesy has the balls to think otherwise, **** hits the fan. At least at my store it does.
