Definitely forced resignations and firings. If you are still with the company document everything you do from the time you pull into the parking lot until you leave the Kroger parking lot. It’s definitely hunting season from the pits of Kroger Hell... — read more 

This is complete and utter brutality. Kroger is toying with the livelihoods of many people who were recruited and supported to become middle management. Kroger is giving itself a very bad name and destroying its reputation.

Why is nobody mentioning the CEOs $10 million dollar bonus he took this year but they are always cutting labor at Smiths.

They were fired there were no layoffs. With a lay-off you have a chance at going back to work for them. Most aren’t given the option.

Hi there! My name is Chris Larson. I'm a reporter with Louisville Business First. I'm trying to localize the layoff news to the Louisville area. However, the company has declined to spell out how many stores and people will be impacted. If... — read more 

I'd like to know if they have had a real outside audit of the Kroger Peyton warehouse and how many of the top guys there have lost their jobs. They were always very protective of their turf and very hostile when questioned about obvious... — read more 

With thousands of people laid off - and most of them with at least ten years with Kroger - that comes out to a hefty amount they have to pay out in severances. Where will that money come from? Any chance we might be looking at pay cuts once this... — read more 

One of the finest managers I have ever worked with was just canned. He had be happy to help out at other regional stores whenever needed and was great with all store employees and with all customers. So, why was he eliminated? Seems to boil down to... — read more 

May the Odds be Ever In Your Favor!!

Restructure is necessary at times. Cutting the “fat” as they say. The top 4 head executives of the companies have no problems doing such at any level other then their own. You say you need to cut staff at lowers levels. Really....maybe take a look at... — read more 

As a manager at Fred Meyer I have spent the last month or so comforting majorityof my union employees that would break down crying due to the potential strike. I celebrated with them when we had learned the company had come to an agreement and they... — read more 

You all should really lay off those worthless corporate people who have NEVER worked in a grocery store, however, they come fresh out of college not knowing a damn thing about the business. All they do is harass people and try to institute policies... — read more 

Will part time employees be let go due to the lay offs and how and when will we find out?

High on the hog corporate should have reduced pay or be laid off. They need to recoup all that money spent on endless programs that incite needless paperwork and micro managing. What happened to just stocking the shelves and keeping the customer... — read more 

Division / Headquarters - Number of Stores Harris Teeter / Charlotte, NC - Number of Stores: 234 Kroger Southwest* / Houston, TX Number of Stores: 217 Ralphs / Los Angeles, CA Number of Stores: 204 Kroger / Atlanta, GA... — read more 

So I have heard about all the positions ending is just ASM's , I am an ARM but haven't heard much except who I report too will be gone so are we next?

Kroger Laid off 4,000 People in October 2019 - See the source here thelayoff.com/t/11lNOEcy or @11lNOEcy

They are hiding it. Can we extrapolate the number? Smith's has communicated to their folks that 200 people were let go. How do we use this number to extrapolate the overall Total Number of Employees Laid of By Kroger in October 2019??? For example... — read more 

Some of the people that they are letting go of are great people. They just are to chicken and cheap to pay them what they are worth

My store manager is making us say we are the best store in Nashville lol is anyone else's management making them do this? I compared him wanting to say we are better than other store to the saying Mirror mirror on the wall am I the fairest of them... — read more 

I've been with Kroger for 21 years and I can personally say if offered severance package I will take it I love Kroger but I wish we could return to the 90s when we focused on customers not the almighty dollar...

The anxiety and mental stress that comes with this job is not worth it. The time we spend away from our spouses and children is not worth it. We'll never be enough for them until we're living at the store 24 hours a day and running the stores so they... — read more 

Any word on salaried Employee Commerce?????

Any updates or insights, if we havent been called yet are we safe? Does anyone know?

Kroger doesn't really care about the customers like they used to. Our aprons no longer say " Customer Come First " for a reason and all employees know the reason. Management makes excuses why a product is not on the shelf. An excuse is a lie, a... — read more 

Is this also affecting pharmacy managers? I’m afraid to go on a medical leave for surgery now...like will I lose my job after I return??

i'm scared to even imagine who will replace her. can't figure out why they would rif her for the life of me. i'm truly heartbroken for her and us.

They think about the almighty dollar and the shareholders more than peoples lives that are being affected by this. Were is a white 62 year old man trying to make it to retirement making good money find a job that pays good and benefits too. Five... — read more 

What's that all about? Does that mean if somebody has a meeting scheduled it doesn't have to be layoff-related?

I've been hearing horror stories about what the job market is like for anybody over fifty, but I'm hoping those stories are exaggerated. Or more precisely, I have to hope since I think that by the end of this week, I might be in a position of... — read more 

How is today looking so far?

maybe they should look at what they are paying their executives before laying off people who can't afford the layoff.

The husband of one of my nieces was caught up in a big Kroger layoff. He had been managing the produce department for a very long time. This was many years ago and as I recall he had been there so long and simply made too much money. At any rate when... — read more 

As if yesterday was not stressful enough, we get another day (if we are lucky - maybe this will continue tomorrow as well or even next week) of this whole mess. Can somebody please tell me why this couldn't have been done all at once? I'm sure... — read more 

I used to tell everyone we stopped selling groceries about 5 years ago because we were so worried about these stupid clip boards. We would manage reports instead of our stores. The main problem I see is that they are keeping the ones that had... — read more 

Sorry to all who are losing their jobs and the ones that didn't, I'm sure this is an awful time at Kroger. I worked for eight years in their jewelery division until the sotre I was mamaging was closed at the beginning of the year. I have no idea how... — read more