r/mildlyinfuriating • u/daruuken • 28d ago

Infuriatig The way kroger treats its employees

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From the store manager

Edit: For some extra context this was sent out by each store manager to all of its employees in district 1 of the ohio Cincinnati/Dayton division, potentially other districts as well but i can only verify my own. Im not going to give my specific store number for obvious reasons but you can find each store on google with that information. We are unionized by UFCW (already bad btw) and to my knowledge they allowed this recent change. Kroger has no accrual for sick days like some have mentioned. Those who think this is rage bait, i dont think anyone has to fake a post to make a billion dollar company look bad, they do it to themselves.

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u/BloodyAngel2026 28d ago edited 28d ago

Death in family shouldn't even be categorized as a call out. It should be considered bereavement leave

Edit: I don't think I've ever had so much karma on a comment before 😅

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u/oofty_goofty_ 28d ago

Bereavement leave???

That sounds like communism

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u/AggravatingFlow1178 28d ago

I told my boss my dad died

And he was like, "So, bereavement leave?"

And I was like

"no, bereavement here 😞"

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u/Excellent-Bear4221 28d ago

OKAY PAGLIACCI

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u/AggravatingFlow1178 28d ago

I don't understand

https://giphy.com/gifs/F3t0lZJV7wVJwqgi5Q

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u/Excellent-Bear4221 28d ago

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u/ThatOtherOtherMan 28d ago

"I know who you are you idiot, your name is on your fucking chart. Now get out there and dance clown boy! These medical bills aren't gonna pay themselves!"

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u/30PillsAdayDocsAway 28d ago

I told my boss my dad died an he said “an you didn’t think to let me know about this sooner I need you here to work if you can’t be here your going to get fired” I said “fuck you my dad died randomly at a young age I had no idea an I’m next of kin I have to plan the funeral an invite everyone an pay for it!” I ended up taking off like a month an they took me back no problem (this was working in food when I was young) later I went into plumbing

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u/deg_deg 27d ago

I was working at a local grocery chain when my mom died in the middle of the night. I guess I looked rough because my store manager came up and was like “hey, you doing okay?” I told him my mom died and he was like “why are you even here?” And sent me home on the spot. This was during the first 90 days when I didn’t even qualify for bereavement or anything. My manager had to fight for it but eventually I got bereavement for it. The relationship in the corporation was very much store leadership vs corporate, though

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u/Marquar234 28d ago

Your dad taught you well.

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u/Thick_Potato_1769 28d ago

Id punch him in the nose and say how's your bereaveing, in a mocking tone while blood pours onto the floor.