Kroger reviews

3.1

42% would recommend to a friend

(24,197 total reviews)
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Rodney McMullen

32% approve of CEO

36% positive business outlook

Kroger has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 24,197 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Kroger employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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3.0
Mar 30, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

The job is never boring and there is always work to be done, which does make the day go by fairly quickly.

Cons

Due to cost cutting measures, the company now seems to treat their employees as disposable assets. Frankly, many of them are. By that, I mean that many of the employees really don't care in the least and will do the absolute minimum amount of work required of them. This is likely due to the poor wages offered by Kroger. You WILL start at minimum wage if you have no retail grocery experience. Additionally, you will NOT receive any raises under the current bargaining agreement until you have been employed for at least 2 years. This is very frustrating to the 20% of employees that actually put forth quality effort while the other 80% slack off. If upper management gave store level management more power over raises, this would do tons for the company. The good employees will stick around longer because there is incentive to do so and the bad employees will be weeded out.

4.0
Mar 27, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Stability. Insurance. Union protection. Customers. Co-workers. Haven't lost job over bad hair day. Company stays atop/ not sinking.

Cons

I haven't taken opportunities to advance because mgmnt seems to not have opportunity for family life. My opinion only.

3.0
Mar 22, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

They really want to do the right thing. While some associates have skills that are a little out of date, they really care about helping each other and will do nearly anything to help a co-worker.

Cons

They can't seem to get out of their own way. Despite good intentions, the senior leaders can't break down a direction and get their teams focused on progress. They are so afraid of making a mistake that they end up waiting too long to make a difference. The result is redundant and conflicting systems that are a nightmare to support.

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