This coming February 2019, will mark the 10 year anniversary that I was employed by Kroger. I worked for Kroger for 1 year and left on good terms per management. The only problem is, I was never supposed to be hired. Here is my story.
In January or February of 2009, I applied online for Kroger listing several positions I was interested in. At the time, I could do mostly anything asked of me around a grocery store as I already had 5 years of experience in grocery doing many jobs around a store. A few weeks after applying I received a letter in the mail advising that my application was denied due to a background check they had ran on me. I really didn't like the fact that I was denied based on this reason because I knew other people employed at Kroger had to have and probably did have a far worse background than me. So Instead, I went to the location I had applied for and went inside and I asked the gentleman at the customer service counter if I could speak to a manager about a job. I was immediately told that the manager was busy and that I would have to come back later. I told the guy working "That's not going to work for me, I need to speak to a manager". This guy did a huff and puff like I had inconvenienced him and he proceeded to page the manager. This female manager came down from the upstairs office out to the floor to meet me and I introduced myself and right there on the spot, I sold myself explaining my history and experience around a grocery store. I was asked if I had applied online and I said yes. I was asked to go upstairs and a more in-depth interview was conducted. I got a job on the spot and was even told when to come in to work. If I had listened to the guy at customer service, I wouldn't have gotten the job. I knew right then and there, there is a disconnect between the stores and the corporate side of the business. The left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing and vice versa. I started out in day grocery working on the floor, helping bag when needed, stocking, displays etc... I even would change the gas prices on the sign by the street and even fixed the sprinkler system and pressure washed the walkway in front of the store from time to time. Then someone decided to put me on night shift and I did this for several months. I ended up having a manager that didn't like me and I ended up going to the dog food isle and then frozen. At our store, frozen was the last stop before being fired basically. I don't think I was being considered for termination but I was just being shuffled around because a manager didn't like me. Anyways, I ended up quitting almost a year to the day and actually quit for the place I am still employed at now. When I quit, I approached a manager that did like me and advised that I needed to put in a two weeks notice and that I had a better offer somewhere else. We shook hands and the manager said a two weeks wasn't necessary and that I am leaving on good terms. This allowed me to start my new job sooner. This is an interesting story and even 10 years later, no one has every said anything about this, I have never been contacted and nothing every came about from it. An interesting story to tell your co-workers this happened to a guy.
-- Edited by lokee901 on Friday 28th of December 2018 02:55:33 AM
-- Edited by lokee901 on Friday 28th of December 2018 02:56:14 AM
There might be one or two people who actually waded through this Tolstoy fking super novel. Not me. If you can't say what you need in one compact paragraph, you're a boring **** to be ignored.
I read your post but you never said WHY you failed the background check.
I mean ok cool that it worked out but being upfront on your application probably would have worked too. I knew a convicted felon who was a dept head. She was very honest and upfront about her past.
This coming February 2019, will mark the 10 year anniversary that I was employed by Kroger. I worked for Kroger for 1 year and left on good terms per management. The only problem is, I was never supposed to be hired. Here is my story.
In January or February of 2009, I applied online for Kroger listing several positions I was interested in. At the time, I could do mostly anything asked of me around a grocery store as I already had 5 years of experience in grocery doing many jobs around a store. A few weeks after applying I received a letter in the mail advising that my application was denied due to a background check they had ran on me. I really didn't like the fact that I was denied based on this reason because I knew other people employed at Kroger had to have and probably did have a far worse background than me. So Instead, I went to the location I had applied for and went inside and I asked the gentleman at the customer service counter if I could speak to a manager about a job. I was immediately told that the manager was busy and that I would have to come back later. I told the guy working "That's not going to work for me, I need to speak to a manager". This guy did a huff and puff like I had inconvenienced him and he proceeded to page the manager. This female manager came down from the upstairs office out to the floor to meet me and I introduced myself and right there on the spot, I sold myself explaining my history and experience around a grocery store. I was asked if I had applied online and I said yes. I was asked to go upstairs and a more in-depth interview was conducted. I got a job on the spot and was even told when to come in to work. If I had listened to the guy at customer service, I wouldn't have gotten the job. I knew right then and there, there is a disconnect between the stores and the corporate side of the business. The left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing and vice versa. I started out in day grocery working on the floor, helping bag when needed, stocking, displays etc... I even would change the gas prices on the sign by the street and even fixed the sprinkler system and pressure washed the walkway in front of the store from time to time. Then someone decided to put me on night shift and I did this for several months. I ended up having a manager that didn't like me and I ended up going to the dog food isle and then frozen. At our store, frozen was the last stop before being fired basically. I don't think I was being considered for termination but I was just being shuffled around because a manager didn't like me. Anyways, I ended up quitting almost a year to the day and actually quit for the place I am still employed at now. When I quit, I approached a manager that did like me and advised that I needed to put in a two weeks notice and that I had a better offer somewhere else. We shook hands and the manager said a two weeks wasn't necessary and that I am leaving on good terms. This allowed me to start my new job sooner. This is an interesting story and even 10 years later, no one has every said anything about this, I have never been contacted and nothing every came about from it. An interesting story to tell your co-workers this happened to a guy.
-- Edited by lokee901 on Friday 28th of December 2018 02:55:33 AM
-- Edited by lokee901 on Friday 28th of December 2018 02:56:14 AM
This coming February 2019, will mark the 10 year anniversary that I was employed by Kroger. I worked for Kroger for 1 year and left on good terms per management. The only problem is, I was never supposed to be hired. Here is my story.
In January or February of 2009, I applied online for Kroger listing several positions I was interested in. At the time, I could do mostly anything asked of me around a grocery store as I already had 5 years of experience in grocery doing many jobs around a store. A few weeks after applying I received a letter in the mail advising that my application was denied due to a background check they had ran on me. I really didn't like the fact that I was denied based on this reason because I knew other people employed at Kroger had to have and probably did have a far worse background than me. So Instead, I went to the location I had applied for and went inside and I asked the gentleman at the customer service counter if I could speak to a manager about a job. I was immediately told that the manager was busy and that I would have to come back later. I told the guy working "That's not going to work for me, I need to speak to a manager". This guy did a huff and puff like I had inconvenienced him and he proceeded to page the manager. This female manager came down from the upstairs office out to the floor to meet me and I introduced myself and right there on the spot, I sold myself explaining my history and experience around a grocery store. I was asked if I had applied online and I said yes. I was asked to go upstairs and a more in-depth interview was conducted. I got a job on the spot and was even told when to come in to work. If I had listened to the guy at customer service, I wouldn't have gotten the job. I knew right then and there, there is a disconnect between the stores and the corporate side of the business. The left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing and vice versa. I started out in day grocery working on the floor, helping bag when needed, stocking, displays etc... I even would change the gas prices on the sign by the street and even fixed the sprinkler system and pressure washed the walkway in front of the store from time to time. Then someone decided to put me on night shift and I did this for several months. I ended up having a manager that didn't like me and I ended up going to the dog food isle and then frozen. At our store, frozen was the last stop before being fired basically. I don't think I was being considered for termination but I was just being shuffled around because a manager didn't like me. Anyways, I ended up quitting almost a year to the day and actually quit for the place I am still employed at now. When I quit, I approached a manager that did like me and advised that I needed to put in a two weeks notice and that I had a better offer somewhere else. We shook hands and the manager said a two weeks wasn't necessary and that I am leaving on good terms. This allowed me to start my new job sooner. This is an interesting story and even 10 years later, no one has every said anything about this, I have never been contacted and nothing every came about from it. An interesting story to tell your co-workers this happened to a guy.
-- Edited by lokee901 on Friday 28th of December 2018 02:55:33 AM
-- Edited by lokee901 on Friday 28th of December 2018 02:56:14 AM
Theres lots of reasons someone fails their background check. For me, they had me confused with another person with almost the same name as me. The difference was the middle name. I had to fight to get the background check overturned because someone didn't do their homework. We weren't even the same race. So do not be so quick to judge about why someone fails a background check. I eventually got the Kroger job. But keep in mind not everyone fails it because they did someone wrong. Kroger was ready to let me go. And the background check company automatically assumes you are guilty. I had to fax documents proving that I was not this person. At the end of the day, these companies are protected by the law. You are unable to sue them for defamation of character. I am now reaching my 12th year of employment with Kroger.
