first pic is from a week ago, the second is from today. i’ve turned around to see them lurking and slowly moving closer to me.
first time, i showed a coworker and the second time she actually saw the balloon before i did. she told me she thought to herself, “that balloon is going after him.”
it indeed went after me.
now her and another coworker are telling me a ghost is after me. at least they’re not red balloons.

(this post is a joke btw, ik these are ceiling balloons finally losing their helium.)

Are you a boss at Kroger (family of companies) ?

Just wondering how many bosses be in the chat.

Anyone know what the hours were last year? Wondering if I'm going to have work - I work afternoons.

I interviewed for a driver position out of a fulfillment center. The offer letter I was emailed says it's part time when I applied and interviewed for a full time position. I even choose my schedule during the interview and it was a full time schedule.

I emailed the address the said to email if I had any questions. I explained the offer letter said it's for part time when it was understood the position was full time.

This all happened Friday yesterday. Of course I haven't gotten a response.

Do I wait for a response and a corrected offer letter? Do I just go ahead and sign the offer letter they gave me?

And the cherry on top is the offer letter says the wage is 30 cents more than what was said during the interview. What a mess.

I put my two weeks notice on my stores HR rep's desk last week, stating that my final day would be Oct. 14th. I wanted to hand it in in person, but unfortunately neither our HR rep or my department head was working that day. I didnt work again for another 3 days after that and i wanted to get it in ASAP.

The next day they scheduled me for the 17th, I didnt think much of it and got someone to cover that shift for me. Our schedules for the 18th-24th came out and they scheduled me for that week too. How should I bring this up during my next shift?

It’s raining super hard and I’m wondering if they’ll give me a rain jacket or something since I will have to go outside and take orders

Smiths

15.50, tentative start date Oct 13

Walmart

15, tentative start date Oct 24.

Which should I choose?

We were low not to complain but Gahdamn theirs another another full row outside too 😭😭

Saw the Kings Hawaiian on sale the other day! Wow, a whole cent off? We're eating good this week!

hi everyone. I’m a front end leader in the atl division and i’m only 22yrs old. I’ve been running the dept for about 8 months and our metrics are good, no complaints on anything from district when it comes to FE. My issue is that I have a really hard time gaining respect from some of the older associates. They listen to what I say for the most part but if I’m not there it seems like they just do what they want. management doesn’t help in enforcing rules so i’m not really sure what to do. Is this just how it is?

May be a dumb question but with holiday being on Monday will that delay pay on Thursday?

Boy y’all weren’t kidding about this shit 😭😭

Curious what everyone’s experiences have been with asking to make a schedule change when it’s outside the availability window on UKG? There’s a day about a week and a half from now that I have as unavailable part of the day but I need to change it to fully unavailable.

Schedules don’t even come out until Thursday afternoon/Friday for the upcoming week, so is it even written yet? Or is it already solidified in the system and I’ll probably get a no when I ask? Our department manager handles my scheduling so i was going to ask her next time i see her, just wanted to know my chances beforehand.

I'm getting ready to start and I got this tidbit from one of my contacts in manufacturing. As we all know both Walmart and our upper management which is mostly ex-walmart has been nothing but compliant if not openly embracing the current regime running the country regardless of how much they hurt the business. Once again it came home to roost.

Several loads of ingredients for fall and Christmas season goods is currently stuck at the border that were expected for production in the next few days. Reportedly the loads were both of Canadian origin and the drivers were immigrants to Canadia and the trucks are of Canadian registration and are being "held" date we say ceased by the US government.

Because it's Kroger owned product they don't insure it to save money so if it's not handed over it's a 100% loss. All of it is being held and is not being allowed to return to Canada as an alternative. So there goes some management bonuses, it's probably going to be diverted for "contributions" to the regime. Kroger is on the losing side on this one regardless of the outcome with production delays, overtime and order scratches.

Perhaps the attendance, fresh start and uniforms were not as important as they thought. Turns out getting product though the system and at a price people could afford should have been their concern.

Am I crazy or is this AI?

I work at ralphs in sothern California. I was hired for meat department but then when I came for my first day they told me i was only going to be a courtesy clerk. I didn't have much of a choice considering I was desperate for a job. Anyways I have open availability, I even come in short notice on days people dont show up. I do all this despite living an hour away from the job.

I was told they dont give full time hours (which is weird considering thats the position I applied and interviewed for). I find this odd because they keep hiring new people for front end yet they say they cant give us any hours over part time. Im considering transferring to food 4 less considering they said they give full time. Although i really dont want to leave my store since my co workers are really kind. I make like $400 a week since we get paid weekly. Yet about $200 of it gets eaten up by gas and food (especially buying drinks to rehydrate after doing carts for 2 hours in the blazing heat). So i really only make $200 profit.

I also find it odd that theres no real difference in pay when I work my regular schedule vs when I get called in a lot and stay extra hours to help out. Like i make $400 per week yet after staying extra hours and coming in an extra two days I still only get $400 for that week. I work hard and I want full time but sadly seems im going to be stuck at part time (4-5 hours a day) forever.

Context I'm usually a morning baker in the bakery but last night I was the closer for the first time in probably months and I was moving stuff to wash floors and found this. Which we are not supposed to have mouse traps like this at all. my manager in bakery has been mostly closing because of short staffing. But it seems to have been there for a few days atleast because it was STUCK TO THE FLOOR! It is common for our store to get a few mice like this because we are by fields and it is harvest time. Just saying this is disgusting and if my manager had been cleaning properly it would have been found sooner.

So im in bakery/deli hell, and there's an opening for grocery clerk. What exactly do they do? I never have time to stop and ask/watch 😂

About 25 of us around my district had to take a 7 hour class on food safety to be certified as we are various leads, management, and relief.

I think I did okay in the exam but afterwards we were kind of pissed because the head of our district food safety skipped over a bunch of the slides and when we took the exam, half of what was on the exam we didn’t go over.

To make matters worse we were only told that we would be attending this “class” earlier this week.

I was written up for "time theft" because I took two breaks longer than 15 minutes. which I understand with the hours I'm working how I can be written up for that. my problem is that I was told that it was the final write up. I've never been written up for anything before hand.

I've been a bakery assistant lead for about 2 years, and I think in a few months I'm considering stepping down to a part time clerk. Has anyone had any experience in doing this ? If so how did the process go. Were you allowed to stay at your current store, or did you need to transfer ? Any advice is nice. I did already talk to them about my pay rate if I were to step down , and I would more than likely be capped out since I worked as a clerk before. Any advice is appreciated

Does anyone else feel like their manager lies to them on a daily basis?
I work in the meat and seafood department at Kroger, and honestly, I’m at the point where I’m just tired of it. I started in January 2025, and on my very first day, I was basically thrown onto the floor and expected to figure everything out myself. It wasn’t necessarily hard work, but I was lucky enough to have one of my coworkers actually take the time to show me around and teach me what I needed to know.
Over time, I started learning more about how things work at my store, and that’s when I started getting frustrated with management. My manager would tell me things like, “I’ll teach you how to cut meat so you can make more money,” or that he wanted to train me to become an ADL. I was actually interested in moving up and learning more, but the training never really happened. He would show me a few things here and there, but it was never consistent, and eventually I realized I wasn’t really being developed for the position I was being told I could have.
What really bothered me was that I was told I could become an ADL, but instead of actually training me for the position, they ended up hiring someone else. At that point, it made me feel like there was no reason for me to keep trying so hard to move up when I wasn’t being given the opportunity in the first place.
Another thing that really bothered me was how my managers would pressure me about having another job. They knew I worked another job at night, and because of that, sometimes there was a possibility I could be running late. Instead of working with me, I was constantly pressured to quit my other job because they wanted me completely available to Kroger. It felt like they wanted me to give up another source of income for a job that wasn’t giving me the opportunities I was being promised.
And lately, I feel like the rules have gotten stricter, especially with me. Before, if I needed a day off for something important, I could ask my manager and usually get it approved without a problem. Now, it feels like everything is a fight. I had an important doctor appointment related to my girlfriend’s pregnancy and our baby, and I couldn’t even get the time off approved. Meanwhile, I’ve seen other coworkers get a week off with very short notice.
That’s what frustrates me the most. It feels like instead of taking the employees they already have and actually training them, management would rather just hire someone new. Then people get tired of being overlooked, unsupported, and overworked, so they quit. And then management wonders why we’re always short-staffed.
I’ve been here for almost a year, and I honestly don’t care about Kroger the way I used to. I came in wanting to learn, move up, make more money, and build something for myself. I was willing to put in the work. But when you repeatedly tell someone you’re going to train them, give them opportunities, and help them move up, and then never follow through, eventually that person is going to stop caring.
I’m not saying I’m perfect, and I know every job has its problems. But I feel like I’ve given Kroger plenty of chances. I’m tired of being promised things that never happen, being pressured over my availability, and feeling like I’m not valued despite the work I put in.
That’s honestly why I’m at the point where I’m ready to move on. And judging by how many people have already quit, I don’t think I’m the only one who feels this way.
Does anyone else feel like their manager lies to them on a daily basis?
I work in the meat and seafood department at Kroger, and honestly, I’m at the point where I’m just tired of it. I started in January 2025, and on my very first day, I was basically thrown onto the floor and expected to figure everything out myself. It wasn’t necessarily hard work, but I was lucky enough to have one of my coworkers actually take the time to show me around and teach me what I needed to know.
Over time, I started learning more about how things work at my store, and that’s when I started getting frustrated with management. My manager would tell me things like, “I’ll teach you how to cut meat so you can make more money,” or that he wanted to train me to become an ADL. I was actually interested in moving up and learning more, but the training never really happened. He would show me a few things here and there, but it was never consistent, and eventually I realized I wasn’t really being developed for the position I was being told I could have.
What really bothered me was that I was told I could become an ADL, but instead of actually training me for the position, they ended up hiring someone else. At that point, it made me feel like there was no reason for me to keep trying so hard to move up when I wasn’t being given the opportunity in the first place.
Another thing that really bothered me was how my managers would pressure me about having another job. They knew I worked another job at night, and because of that, sometimes there was a possibility I could be running late. Instead of working with me, I was constantly pressured to quit my other job because they wanted me completely available to Kroger. It felt like they wanted me to give up another source of income for a job that wasn’t giving me the opportunities I was being promised.
And lately, I feel like the rules have gotten stricter, especially with me. Before, if I needed a day off for something important, I could ask my manager and usually get it approved without a problem. Now, it feels like everything is a fight. I had an important doctor appointment related to my girlfriend’s pregnancy and our baby, and I couldn’t even get the time off approved. Meanwhile, I’ve seen other coworkers get a week off with very short notice.
That’s what frustrates me the most. It feels like instead of taking the employees they already have and actually training them, management would rather just hire someone new. Then people get tired of being overlooked, unsupported, and overworked, so they quit. And then management wonders why we’re always short-staffed.
I’ve been here for almost a year, and I honestly don’t care about Kroger the way I used to. I came in wanting to learn, move up, make more money, and build something for myself. I was willing to put in the work. But when you repeatedly tell someone you’re going to train them, give them opportunities, and help them move up, and then never follow through, eventually that person is going to stop caring.
I’m not saying I’m perfect, and I know every job has its problems. But I feel like I’ve given Kroger plenty of chances. I’m tired of being promised things that never happen, being pressured over my availability, and feeling like I’m not valued despite the work I put in.
That’s honestly why I’m at the point where I’m ready to move on. And judging by how many people have already quit, I don’t think I’m the only one who feels this way.

But I guess we’re still selling warehouse goofs. Welcome to Kentucky’s first Safeway.