Overall an easygoing job, but manager favoritism and severe understaffing make most days feel anything but. - Starbucks-Barista Kroger Employee Review

2.0
Dec 13, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

-Depending on where you work you get union benefits/protections and they’re pretty solid. -Scheduling is pretty flexible -For what it’s worth, the Starbucks department is pretty easygoing -Most managers (on the surface anyways) are pretty accepting of all cultures, beliefs and backgrounds.

Cons

-very inconsistent hours— one week it’s 18 hours as per required by union or 37 -managers tend to pick and maintain favorites. Makes it incredibly harder to want to speak up and advocate for yourself if you want a change in departments, scheduling, wanting more hours, disputes with other employees, or anything else similar to that. -Turnover issues that in turn cause severe gaps in the schedules depending on the day, causing you to sometimes work more than four hours by yourself until someone else comes in.

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5.0
Jul 5, 2026
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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
May 25, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

10% discount on all kroger branded items $17.25 per hour is one of the better wages in the area when compared to competitor stores

Cons

October-January the workload and store environment is overwhelming due to holidays Slowest time of year in the store is during the summer when its hot and days drag ob forever Lack of communication between dept as well as between store management MOD adds insurmountable tasks onto your already lengthy expected daily task assignments

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