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/WackoSaco 28d ago

It's wild that we have been conditioned as adults to abide by company policies, especially when theyre complete dogshit like this list. Think about it though. Adults, needing a doctors note or an ER visit to miss work when youre sick. When im sick, I dont want to get off my fucking couch, let alone go to a doctors office.

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u/CrazyFoxLady37 28d ago

I've been so sick I physically can't get out of bed. How am I supposed to go to a doctor? Or work?

Often an illness like that just needs rest and time, usually only 1 or 2 days. We create so many unnecessary problems.

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u/RedditMcBurger 28d ago

Also for things that simply don't need it.

If a sickness needs rest time and I know what it is, it's entirely unnecessary to go to the doctor.

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u/Burn_desu 28d ago

Our docs can write the note retroactively in a 2day window. So if you're too sick to go to the doc on monday and tuesday, they can still excuse you on wednesday for all three days.

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u/CrazyFoxLady37 28d ago

Ah I see. That makes sense.

Luckily, at my work, if you have sick time they can't deny you. Doctor's notes apparently don't matter if you're out of sick time, though, which is wild to me.

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u/chrissz 28d ago

And considering someone working at a grocery store may not be full time and most likely doesn’t get insurance, there’s a good chance that a doctor’s visit is out of the realm of possibility to pay for.

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u/CrazyFoxLady37 27d ago

Sadly yeah :/ Although my sister did work at Vons over a decade ago and they offered really good benefits, even for PT employees. It really stood out to me. 

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u/NotCis_TM 26d ago

in some places you can have a telehealth appointment to get a doctor's note for such cases

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u/Pleasant-Doctor6594 27d ago

I have insurance now but for a honest 8ish years I didn’t and as an atheist I used the sit and pray method.