A couple people I've talked to this who are this age have told me that it's hard finding a job at places like these cause they want young people.
I guess it would depend on your store. Cause although I'm sure they would want younger peeps at my store. They have accepted quite a few people in their 50's and so forth to be hired on. And some of them work our department better than even I do.
Not hard, but the workload and hours might not be what they are wanting. I would suggest Clicklist (selecting), Cashier or Deli to be the best options (most of these tasks are repetitive but without heavy lifting).
. . . some of them work our department better than even I do.
That's big of you to say.
Someone 50 to 60 might be better financially set up to live on something other than abysmal Krogrr wages.
A mature worker may be be more . . . mature . . . emotionally. Calm is often needed and welcome in the fiery Krogrr stew.
An associate in that age range may be experienced and relatively bold and thus a good brother or sister to stand up and push back against abusive managers.
Krogrr is or should be desperate due to the extreme numbers of people it runs off by foul treatment, so it shouldn't be very picky, but middle-aged workers can be good gets.
Sometimes i get along with the middle aged people better than i do the younger people closer to my age.
Two of my best friends from my original home store are 50~ years old and i've known both of them for 5+ years now. One of them especially is one of the hardest workers i've ever seen.
Sometimes it doesn't work out but that can be the same with any age range.
As long as you're capable of doing the job duties they should hire you. They're so afraid of a law suite they say "yes" to just about anyone. If they say no ask why if they say age by law if you're over 40 years of age your are of a protected class. Says the disability law. About the only class that's not protected are white males age 0-39.
If you have health restrictions just don't mention them unless it's necessary. Peers found health restrictions i.e. lifting restrictions = no job. Several coworkers work with health restrictions but generally don't say anything. They just make someone else do the job duty for them or team lift. It's a great health insurance job but new hires don't get much out of the job.
Our Kroger will hire anyone. Tweakers, homeless, anyone. It's downright amazing.
However, it's likely that the only open positions will be bagger or cashier. There's lots of standing, and more heavy lifting than you might want. Good luck.
This is becoming a real dillema for an increasingly growing population: old people. Sure, we're living longer---but the economy keeps getting weaker, there's less upper income jobs, and the menial waged available ones lean heavily on physical youth and healthy strength.
It's a real clash that's leaving more and more people in poverty, even as employers are increasingly frustrated by much of today's youthful applicants, many who have absolutely no work ethic or sense of personal responsibility.
Last, even tho employers claim they don't age discriminate, of course they do. No birthdate request on the application? They get that from your soc.number. You're passed over before you even get that phone call. Sad.
No birthdate request on the application? They get that from your soc.number.
I didn't know they could do that. How do they know what year you were born just from your social?
They contact the Federal Government to verify your name with your number. What do you think comes with that information? Your entire bio---including date of birth.
I don't know if the Federal Government is really going to give Kroger all your personal info if they asked them to confirm your name goes with that number, BUT there is one piece of info that most SS numbers reveal.......what state you were living in at the time you were first issued a number. (The first 3 numbers of your SS reveal that).
. . . some of them work our department better than even I do.
That's big of you to say.
Someone 50 to 60 might be better financially set up to live on something other than abysmal Krogrr wages.
A mature worker may be be more . . . mature . . . emotionally. Calm is often needed and welcome in the fiery Krogrr stew.
An associate in that age range may be experienced and relatively bold and thus a good brother or sister to stand up and push back against abusive managers.
Krogrr is or should be desperate due to the extreme numbers of people it runs off by foul treatment, so it shouldn't be very picky, but middle-aged workers can be good gets.
Yea, there is one lady that I work with that isn't afraid to speak her mind to management like all the time. I definitely give her props for speaking up. Sometimes need to shake things up before change can occur. Hopefully it can keep on going that direction.
