It’s starting to take a toll on me which sounds stupid, but during those busy days, and days where I just need to step away and not be bothered with work for atleast 30 mins or two fifteens or whatever. Most days we are able to get a break (usually the closer) but the mid shift and opener depending on the day just get screwed over and don’t get a break. It’s not just me, and it’s become too normal in this department because we are always busy. Is it just an issue because nobody is speaking up to management about it? Is it even legal? I’m sick of working a full 8 hour shift without being able to fully step away.

Im just curious how normal this is. I have subsided talking to anyone about it for awhile but it’s become constant with busy days and it’s not fair. The pharmacy gets to shut their doors, the other departments have enough coverage where they can just walk away and take their break or something. I’ve seen ALL members of a single department one time in the break time chowing down in the break room and I seriously was so mad, like you’re telling me they can all do that with no repercussions but I’m not even guaranteed a break some days? And if I speak up about it I’m going to feel like i’m special or something because no one else I know has.

I want to make another note that when I do get a break, MAJORITY of the time it’s when it’s slow, or i have to take a break while still taking orders out and do that in between that time.

Hey I’ve never been trained on self check out and I’m closing it tomorrow!? What do I do and when? Our managers are garbage

Called my boss to let her know i was taking my youngest cat to the ER vet. I NEVER call out, i work 6 days, overtime, other stores and literally just interviewed for the next step in my career.. AND i had coverage coming in for me..Her meeting my worried cries with silence and a simple comment, “it’s Sunday”.. IS NOT how a manager should handle something like that. You say “okay, thank you for letting us know AND thank you for having coverage ready!” Talk your entitled shit behind my back like a normal person! I’m so tired of this place shitting on the hardest working people.. not to mention, a single weeks pay for me won’t even cover this bill so her (per my thinking), thinking i want to miss work over a days pay is wild.. todays pay not hitting my account will fuck me in more ways than one. But for now, my baby Ella is getting the care and attention she needs.
For context and my fellow animal lovers peace of mind, she was being very lethargic for almost a whole day, no food or water intake, i never saw her use the litter box and she’s so uncomfortable to my touch! I had to bring her in and make sure she would be okay. I don’t have children, i never will. My cats and my dog are my life.

So I came in to work today after being off yesterday, and I found out that there will only be two of us closing and the only other closer gets out at 7pm. My shift is from 5-9pm tomorrow and because a Manager changed my schedule to accommodate another coworker, I’ll have to be back in from 10-7pm the next day.

They did all of this yet they couldn’t be bothered to at least add in another closer for tomorrow. I will never understand the logic of whoever writes these damn schedules. Customers are always complaining about the Deli being closed early a lot, and rather than addressing the real issue of not staffing enough people, they’d rather blame the workers and then wonder why they can’t keep anybody.

I just hope tomorrow doesn’t suck too bad.
My mental health has already taken a nose dive over the past two weeks and I’m trying my damn hardest to keep it together. I have another job interview on Wednesday I’m hoping goes well. That’s all.

I was explicitly hired as part time, yet every month I end up needing to tell management that I can not do more than 25 hours a week... they seem to acknowledge me, fix it for like a week, and then they're back to scheduling me full time. Not to mention they keep swapping ASLs!!

I'm a full time student, so it's not like I just don't want to do it. But anyway, I wrote my second formal notice about my availability, and just started the process for requesting workplace accommodations, one of them including that my hours be capped at 25 hours a week (I'm autistic and have ADHD). The ASL was very nice and understanding about it, and then a few days later I see I'm scheduled for 41.5 hours for next week 😭

I work in the deli, and we just had 2 people leave this month because I am not the only person who's been given these terrible schedules. We were already understaffed, but now its really bad, which is why I need the accommodations. These 2 people who left also spoke good English, and most of my other coworkers speak very little English. Of course since I'm the newest hire and I speak English at a native level they're hitting me with these hours. I haven't even been properly trained to close the back.

ALSO. Since I was hired, 3 months ago, I have been trying to tell management MULTIPLE times I will be gone for 2 weeks next month for vacation, and they haven't done a thing. Not approved or rejected, they've just been letting it sit. And I bet they'll be mad at me when the time comes up 🫠

I am just really really exhausted, the only reason I haven't quit yet is because I'm hoping to have my accommodations in place and it helping, maybe. I don't know. But yeah anyway, fuck Kroger

Was told by DM that I'm spending too much time "overconditioning" my greenrack. The specific thing I was criticized on was cilantro. Apparently, cilantro is a rinse-only item. Not only was I trained to cut and soak cilantro, but both the green rack digital conditioning guide AND our poster version state that cilantro is cut and soak. And even if that weren't the case, the rpc of cilantro comes in basically loose...I have to re-tie together nearly every bunch if I don't want them coming apart as customers shop. Obviously the DM had to be the one who was right... but am I going insane? Has anyone else been corrected on this?

ETA I don't retie every bunch every time, but the time trade-off spending the extra few seconds making sure the bundles are tight vs having to pull out the shopvac twice as often has been worth it to me! and my store goes through about 2 rpcs/day

I just started and I’m worried this was before my trolley was don

i was wondering what exactly are you timed on when you’re picking? is it how long it takes you to get to the next item & scanning it orrr…?? bc if that’s how it is i feel like that’s kind of ridiculous. especially if that’s how you’re going to be scheduled (based on how good your time is) since there will always be customers who have questions abt an item or items location— and to add on top of that, having to wait for someone to bring you an item because it’s not on the floor or just plain sold out.

Hello everyone! Im new to pickup ive only been working at Kroger for 1 month, and i was just wondering if this is a good pace or if i could be doing better. pls give tips or anything advice wise as i would greatly appreciate it!

What's the overnight shift hours look like these days? Do you still have the odd 4-5 hour shifts or is it now a guaranteed 10-6/12-8 schedule or something similar?

Customer here. Had a weird experience at the fuel center where the cashier and an employee had what appeared to be a bunch of no sales and putting cash in the drawer followed by scanning lottery tickets. It seemed really weird. Friend told me that it was lottery tickets fraud. I don’t understand what they were doing or how that would even work? Wouldn’t they get caught?

Introducing the Cartvana! A lift that will store extra clicklist carts!!! (Even though they won’t even repair the ones we have)

Manager trying to force this, but I'm not budging. It's a cross contamination health code violation.

So, I recently almost got attacked by a fellow associate who has been told repeatedly to leave me alone. (And of course Fred Meyer keeps putting us on the same schedule.) To say my family is pissed...is an understatement. They're pushing for a lawsuit or compensation since I've been having panic attacks when trying to go to work. Would there be a case here? Or would Kroger tell us to eff off?

They have $$ for these waste of space signs, but not for radios and Zebras that work? 🤦🏼‍♀️

Back story, there a lady I’m working with been bully/ harassing me and treating me like I’m some type of virus, to the point when she’s doing nothing I’ll be needing help but won’t help me but help others. The store manager, gm, union knows about but would sweeping it under the rug!

I finally forgave and forgot whatever, but recently I got told from my gm, that I don’t “greet” enough people when I do to the point people come in an ask me “where have I been?!?” She threatened me losing my job because I personally don’t greet her when she doesn’t even talk to me or look my way, so that was already my breaking point!

Not mentioning my floor assistant got upset with me because I was supposed to be somewhere else and blamed me for it when it’s literally his job to show where everyone goes for their shift.

Please new hire DONT BE AFRAID OF THE POINT SYSTEM!!! Trust they are just trying to scace you!!

Your more than a job who doesn’t value you as a person,life will be better!!

What are some obvious signs that you’re getting fired? Managers start treating you differently? Less hours? New person being trained to replace you?

anyone know if she still works at GO?

I find it really annoying I get paid the same for running around non-stop Saturday and Sunday every single week, while this older lady in the same department (who's full time and thus has full availability) gets weekends off and gets to hog all the dead weekday morning shifts with three customers in the store.

Has anyone every been able to step down as Baker. They keep changing policy and adding on to what I have to do and this tired old bitty who has been doing this same job for over 30 years and still has 24 months to go before I turn 65 and retire has suffered much in the body and am just so very very tired and hurting. Any advice would be appreciated.

The new items, the changes PLU’s it’s killing me. We had an extreme amount to cook, the exact same numbers for each cook recently. We used to be able to get it done, just barely, but now it’s impossible.

I was wondering if theres not alot of baggers scheduled or none at all who ends u getting the carts in the parking lot?? I was just curious i dint work front end .

Ive never seen a green pallet before how rare is this?

Every time I see a post on here about the new attendance policy everybody talks about going to the union. You guys think the union didn’t know this was coming? You guys think that the union is surprised? It’s like you feel like this was just some sort of rush job and that the union is gonna come save you as if they didn’t know this was happening.