Typical retail - Assistant Manager Kroger Employee Review

2.0
Mar 1, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- Decent PTO and personal/sick day program - Lot of opportunities outside of being in stores; admin, specialists, operations, HR, warehouses, etc. Have to serve your time in stores first though. - You’ll meet a lot of good people

Cons

- No work life balance. 10-12 hour days, weekends, holidays, closing. Getting texts on your day off. - Long days of dealing with complaining people and chasing silly metrics. - Executive division management seems to be getting further and further away from reality. - The ASM salary probably isn’t enough to justify the pressure and stress. Walmart and Meijer both pay more to ASMs. If you’re going the retail route, you should lean more in their direction.

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5.0
Jun 23, 2026
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Pros

Quick interview process Supportive team

Cons

Confusing senior management/people Reduced hours

3.0
Jun 25, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

• Generally work with fantastic people. • Work is not difficult, and time flies when busy. • My bosses collaborated with me to create a schedule that worked, as I often had other commitments. • Overall, a pleasant work experience most days. Get good at what you do and you'll do fine.

Cons

• Some of the senior management was less friendly than others - as to be expected. • Days were very volatile; some could be extremely easy, and others could be a nightmare. • Scheduling was kept rather limited; although I was able to get the hours I wanted, often times management would look to cut hours from departments whenever possible, leaving less support.

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