This has been the most unprofessional, greedy, two-faced, cheap, lying, dirty, disgraceful company I have ever had the displeasure of working for over the past year and a half. I have filed numerous OSHA complaints, gone to many lengths for getting my REQUIRED sick time by (my state) STATE LAW, made numerous grievances against my store and have yet to be satisfied. I am going to give this one last shot in hopes this horrible corporation will cease to exist.

I have fought with this company during my tenure for my required sick time I never received. I was told a) I must wait 1 full year for any benefit, and b) I was protected under the CBA regardless of my enrollment with a union or healthcare. Make up your mind dimwits. By (my state) law, I should have accumulated well over 40+ hours of sick time, yet I get told to "go home", and I never get sick time when I have a doctor's note stating I can't work.

I also sent in numerous OSHA complaints about the detrimental working conditions of this horrid organization. If our customers knew Half of what happens behind the scenes with their food, they would flock to Wal Mart in a heartbeat. My store manager straight up LIED to corporate to cover their sorry a$$es.

This doesn't even come close to the lottery-styled scheduling with my tenure. With this being retail, odd hours are a given, but I have never seen such crap hours handed out. Having to close one day then open the next with 4-6 hours of OFF time, going Days without working, working Every weekend, working 6 days a week and still be below 30 hours, etc.. I have had to file multiple grievances and lost several shifts due to my schedule writer. And I always get told "This is a commitment you made--get someone to cover or it will be a write-up." I didn't make the "commitment", You did. And I get this "deer in headlights" look when I say "You can't have me xyz because of abc?" Hell, I have been asking to move to another department for well over 6 months, to be told "I'm working on it", then have HR turn around and hire NEW people for those departments.

I am so fed up with this godforsaken corporation, their two-faceness with the customer and associates, and how the outside looks so good to many but few and far between last their probationary period. After such a horrid experience, I will probably Never shop at Kroger again and will happily take my business to (the local competitors) for my grocery needs. Oh, and don't get me started on how far Kroger will go to retain a customer and screw over their associates, and they won't do neither case in regards to myself.

To corporate: I can't even get a straight answer, so riddle me this: what will it take for you to invest in your hourly employees moreso than the 6-figuring higher ups, who only got their way up through nepotism and favoritism? You have the highest turnover rate of all companies. The Union doesn't even protect those who pay into it!

Signed,

A pissed Kroger employee, and a FORMER Kroger customer

My "feedback" I gave during and after my recent resignation with the company. This was also posted to my chain's corporate and Facebook pages. :)

TL:DR: Kroger sucks, and if you're reading this, you (most likely) already knew that.