Good first job - Courtesy Clerk/Cashier Kroger Employee Review

3.0
Aug 20, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

They pay you once a week, which can be helpful in dark times. Occasionally you might find a supervisor who makes the job worth-while and fun, but don't bet on it. It can be a relatively clean environment, however if it happens to be an older store- you may find yourself disgusted by how unkempt the place can really be. You get 10%-30% off of groceries with your discount It isn't that hard to get someone to cover your shift if you need it Picking up hours is really easy if you need the time.

Cons

Not recognized as a good employee, unless you are relatively attractive- if you are two attractive then they'll be after your throat. The customer is ALWAYS right. Regardless of the circumstances The pay raise is a five cent increase every six months If you are a bagger- you'll be stuck with b!tch-work. Always. If you upset one of the hire ups, you might as well quit because they will rain down the pain. As a cashier, after 8:00pm, you are the only cashier on duty- sometimes its really busy There are a lot of rules. Only the weirdest ones are truly enforced No lateral moves- this will take you nowhere unless you work for at least four years

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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
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Pros

Great benefits at a reasonable cost. First year you get 2 weeks vacation, 5 PTO days, and 5 Health and Wellness days. Loved the hourly (union) people I worked with at various locations. They become your second family

Cons

- Crazy schedule. You will be either scheduled to work a 7-5, 12-10, or a 9-7 depending on the location. And even when the schedule is posted for the period it typically changes week to week, so do not bother making plans. And get ready for 5-10 closes in a row then opening the next day. -9 times out of 10 you never get to use your earned time off due to circumstances at the store you are assigned to. And yes, you will lose them they do not accrue. -If you are lucky enough to be assigned at a store with a strong store manager then things are different, but if not, get ready to blamed for every failure of the store, even when the labor model continues to be cut to the point that you are lucky if you have 2 people in a department and someone from corporate walks in and wants to know why the departments are not set. -Endless micro-managing. Your day is mapped out what you should be doing verses what you know you should be doing. It is check the box that that the "task" is completed when in fact there is no one to complete it, except you. Ergo that is why many just "fudge" it.

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