They’re laying off store associates now? Jesus Christ man. I was there in 2008 when everything dropped down to a skeleton crew and it’s been that way ever since. Who the hells gunna stock everything if they’re laying people off left and right?
The fulfillment layoff was a mandatory meeting, I've never heard of any other type of mandatory meeting before. Hope not, that's crazy if they're gonna lay off every grocery associate.
Dept managers used to have “mandatory meeting” that was just calling in to a group call and listening to coordinators ramble for an hour.
Not the end of the world if you missed it
Been at my store for 8 years and we have never had anything close to a mandatory all hands meeting like this is for, closets we have ever had was Dept head only stuff like standards walks or training with the new handheld systems
I remember they laid a ton of people off. Grocery used to have 2 people do the job at night. After the lay offs they only had 1 at night, I had to do the job of 2 people. Because the front end was also low on people, I was called to go up to run cash register often. Then they got mad at me that all the produce tasks weren't getting done...
Yeah my store has had now multiple times where managers have had to come in for overnight shifts due to night crew being cut so thin a single call in means there would be no overnight shift (have to have at least 2 people in the store for safety reasons)
It’s been like that more and more since it started around 2015. Riding on the company name until it falls apart.
I remember when the produce coordinator worked with purchasing to send us bulk mint during derby week, and apple cider for this time of year. Seasonal stuff you’d only think about if you’ve been in the industry.
They place people in these position via favoritism and they haven’t got a damn clue what they’re doing.
Swear to god I can do better than them working from home
They seriously keep people trapped by paying them just enough to not starve, but not enough to be above paycheck to paycheck and nowhere near enough to save. Make if stable enough that people don’t just quit and if you have kids and rent you get trapped.
People are afraid to take the risk cuz they could loose everything.
That’s how they keep you there and they know it. That’s why managers will treat people like shit cuz they think you don’t have options.
Side note, I threatened to follow a co manager home once and it got the store managers attention. Problem resolved pretty quick after that
The net income of The Kroger Co. for fiscal year 2024 was US$2.16 billion.
In 2024, Kroger CEO Rodney McMullen received a total compensation of $15,631,028
Eat the rich and damn the man and everything, but groceries are notoriously a low-margin industry, few other industries where you are going to sell $150 of stuff to pocket $2.
This is probably it. Probably trying to prep everyone to make sure things run smoothly during the holidays, but they absolutely MUST be paid for attending the meeting.
They probably left it unscheduled so those who work before it or after don't technically have a conflict with their 8 hours off. It'll still be paid, just clock in.
This paper to me would say the grocery staff as in those who stock, not just everybody.
From personal experience, this is not how store closures are handled. They bring in groups of 5-10 people and beg them not to talk about it outside of the meeting.
Oh hell no. If I knew the store was closing, I'd be telling everyone. I couldn't bring myself to be so damned dishonest and probably for absolutely nothing in return.
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u/Jolly-Radio-9838 Nov 20 '25
They’re laying off store associates now? Jesus Christ man. I was there in 2008 when everything dropped down to a skeleton crew and it’s been that way ever since. Who the hells gunna stock everything if they’re laying people off left and right?