Topics regarding layoffs at Kroger Co.

Topics regarding layoffs at Kroger Co.

Maybe this caused layoffs?

Fresh off the press: Kroger rival Amazon plans to open new chain of grocery stores around the country https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2019/10/07/kroger-rival-amazon-plans-to-open-new-chain-of.html Amazon plans to open dozens of... — read more 

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| 1710 views | | 4 replies (last October 25, 2019)
Post ID: @OP+11rYQN9B

Is this true?

Corporate cuts are coming in 2020. 15% reduction in head count. Where did this info come from? Is this just somebody guessing or is it based on something concrete? Any more info would be appreciated.

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| 2560 views | | 8 replies (last November 23, 2019)
Post ID: @OP+11rl2fRc

https://ess.kroger.com/oneforce

Down again! Cannot check schedule. What's Kroger I doing? Any layoffs there? SecureWEB Login You are entering the ExpressHR Application. If you click the I AGREE button, changes you make in this application will be changed in all applicable... — read more 

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Post ID: @OP+11rP1trR

Are you Safe from The Kroger Debacle

Someone needs to start a site.. Where people can mark themselves as SAFE.. You know the kind that they do during Natural Disasters.. This is a Selfish Company disaster for our own..

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| 1430 views | | 4 replies (last October 10, 2019)
Post ID: @OP+11r5KvzD

The layoffs have begun in southern AZ

1st hand knowledge of multiple separations today, most with severance packages that are somewhat reasonable. In my area, they are the same ones used in 2017. Looks like for salaried associate they offer 1 month if pay for every year up to 5 years of... — read more 

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| 2870 views | | 5 replies (last October 10, 2019)
Post ID: @OP+11qKfUdk

Who is on the chopping block after the managers?

I really can’t see any way that they will stop at this, so I guess the natural question that comes to mind is who is going to be next on the chopping block, and how big of a reduction of workforce are we looking at when this is all over? Also, can we... — read more 

Fry's cuts

Have they started? Anything else being affected?

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| 1170 views | | 1 reply (October 8, 2019)
Post ID: @OP+11qzAdMy

Who else feels this way?

I found this somewhat useful. I'm still getting used to still being here while some of my good friends (and our best employees - I always have to emphasize that) are gone. I guess survivor guilt is... — read more 

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Post ID: @OP+11qxBCgo

CLASSIC BUSINESS CASE STUDY

I come at this wth a perspective of multiple years of experience in GO and in the Divisions and yes the Stores as well. The day that Dave Dillon left as the leader of the company started us on the path we are on today. The decisions since his... — read more 

Anyone know a good lawyer?

With what Kroger is doing to us. I believe there would be enough victims for a class action suit.

Share the facts

It's one thing to share details of this situation on this forum. Remember to additionally continue to share this situation with friends and family members. This will allow them to make an educated decision about continuing the support a company... — read more 

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| 1420 views | | 1 reply (October 16, 2019)
Post ID: @OP+11q3TXZD

Unfortunately Not Surprised

I worked as an AM for a little over 8 years and quit about 15 months ago. This company stopped caring about there troops (people in the store’s) they begun to completely take away any freedom the store managers had. This created a rift between the... — read more 

Something happened on January 1, 2014

If you look at the stock on Jan 17th 2014 it was at $18.40 the company rose to an all time high of $40.55 in Dec of 2015 then it the stock started to tank. When all the new sham programs started popping up 5 years ago things fell through the... — read more 

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| 1520 views | | 1 reply (October 10, 2019)
Post ID: @OP+11pMJ5fA

Some good points

I retired last year after 43 years of service with Kroger. Over that time period I watched as managers who in the past actually were allowed to make decisions that positively effected store sales are now reduced to clipboard toting zombies. As hours... — read more 

Customer service Representative

I don't know why this is going on maybe God knows but I hope that the ones that have been layed off get back to work soon

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Post ID: @OP+11psf9kY

You have no idea

So many of the posts left on this site are almost entirely uneducated and unfounded. So many people commenting on things they only heard about. This of course through hearsay or maybe from an employee that was personally touched by restructuring... — read more 

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| 2330 views | | 9 replies (last October 14, 2019)
Post ID: @OP+11pMzvNM

Customer service is non-existant

I am a Kroger retiree and no longer shop Kroger stores. All the employees act like they are angry and very unhappy. You can’t give good customer service if you hate your job. I would rather shop at Walmart even though I said I never would. Their ... — read more 

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| 1760 views | | 3 replies (last November 5, 2019)
Post ID: @OP+11pvHOoy

Falling company!

I’ve been with Kroger for 10 years and the last 3 have been awful! If they keep running the way they are with no baggers and short in every department they will be out of business in the next 10 years. When all the customers have to bag their own... — read more 

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| 1263 views | | 1 reply (October 9, 2019)
Post ID: @OP+11plJeoC

Management

The management at my Kroger store is sh–ty, we are constantly getting new mangers. Right now we are set on three but two of the three are terrible. One is a arrogant narcissist who only cares about himself, and the other one is stuck so far up his... — read more 

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Post ID: @OP+11plvVyy

No surprise

I am a long-term employee and I’m not surprised at all by what the company is doing. Feeding the human spirit is not about the employees as much as it is pushed and they want to turn it around and look like it is. Feeding the human spirit is about... — read more 

Layoffs

Quit replacing humans with these self check out stands. We need human contact , it’s bad enough with all this technology people are t sociable anymore.. it’s a total shame, people need to work to provide for their families and elderly parents!!!... — read more 

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| 1360 views | | 4 replies (last October 11, 2019)
Post ID: @OP+11ondcHt

Perspective Matters....Convos Enlighten

As someone who sits in middle mgt, I can tell you first hand those who were dismissed lacked what was needed for next level success. Perspective matters, so where we each sit, we perceive augmented realities. In addition, the convos and rhetoric... — read more 

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| 2740 views | | 15 replies (last October 21, 2019)
Post ID: @OP+11ohPDwj

The Rewards Credit card and Kroger

The teams that Kroger gathered to lie and manipulate customers into getting their ridiculously high apr credit card is horrible. If customers knew that Kroger makes that particular team of sellers to do anything and everything possible lying... — read more 

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Post ID: @OP+11oa71Sb

Feed the Human Spirit garbage

The program they got from D___ny was more than an uplift program. No one gets away with mistreating their employees more than they do. It's all about how to cut loose the most expensive employees and trying to coerce everyone else from quitting until... — read more 

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| 1960 views | | 2 replies (last October 6, 2019)
Post ID: @OP+11oEccq8

Sad Horizons

Holding out hope that the board of directors will hold Rodney accountable for his mismanagement of Kroger is not likely. Change will only occur when customers and Wall street have had enough with a shopping experience that continues to become more... — read more 

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| 1320 views | | 1 reply (October 6, 2019)
Post ID: @OP+11ok0D3l

Positions

Is general group going to have the same faith as home electronics in fred meyer? Managers dropping to leads? Are only salaried managment only going to be laid off?

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Post ID: @OP+11o40xDz

they let the wrong people go

letting store managers and assistants go isnt going to fix the problem. #1coordinators are completely unecessary; let the general managers handle that spot. #2 sell products by demographics- you sell products in areas where nobody buys and dont sell... — read more 

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| 1740 views | | 7 replies (last October 10, 2019)
Post ID: @OP+11orGMPY

Greed

Dear Mr. Mc Mullen and Kroger Board Members, I thought it was Krogers mission to "Feed the Human Spirit" and to "Up Lift...every day..every way!" How is it up lifting to see you cut soo many jobs....people that has given you blood, sweet and... — read more 

Crooked Company

The CEO received a $11.7 million bonus and his henchmen all received $2-6.5 million in bonuses just a few months ago. Then they go and do this. People have lost their livelihoods. I’m so glad I left when I did. This company has been going downhill... — read more 

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| 1490 views | | 2 replies (last November 8, 2019)
Post ID: @OP+11oPiQL3

What did you expect from a board of clowns?

The board of directors is made up of people who are nothing but clowns. Come on what would you expect from Ron Sargent - the CEO who broke Staples and Ashok Vemuri who sank Conduent.

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Post ID: @OP+11o1bXsc

It Starts At The Top

As a long time Kroger employee I find this current move by Kroger heartbreaking. So many people are losing their livelihood. This started at the top and has rolled downhill. I think it's time for the Board of Directors to make Rodney Mcmullen step... — read more 

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| 1700 views | | 3 replies (last December 15, 2019)
Post ID: @OP+11olWINo

Frys Food and D--g layoffs

The meetings between the Fry's corporate representatives; not sure if these people are third party to do the dirty work; are being held in a local hotel this Monday-Thursday, October 7-11. Each store manager and all assistant store managers have... — read more 

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| 2650 views | | 3 replies (last October 7, 2019)
Post ID: @OP+11ofJXfU

Is this the WalMart board?

I thought I was reading the WalMart board with all the poor treatment of good employees being discussed here. I guess we all need to apply at Costco.

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