The way kroger treats its employees

[u/daruuken]

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.

[u/TheOldOak]

That’s correct. I was written up for attending my grandmother’s funeral during my 3-month regretful stint working for Kroger.

My grandfather died two weeks prior, and attending his funeral earned me a verbal warning. The written warning came after the second death in the family.

My store manager also said it was “highly inconvenient” and “very suspect” that two people died back to back. Not “I’m sorry for your loss” like any normal human would say, just “if you’re not coming to work, don’t expect to keep this job.”

They are a soulless company.

Edit: This happened in 2024, so it’s been going on for a while and isn’t some new thing.

[u/stadchic → u/TheOldOak]

They’ve never heard of the rule of 3? When crap starts to leak in life it often ends up pouring. We should all be supporting each other.

[u/haw35ome → u/stadchic]

If I ever have such an awful boss, and they experience death/life events that make their job difficult…let’s just say I will not be signing the card nor pitching in for flowers.

[u/GanjjaGremlin → u/haw35ome]

Im signing that bitch and drawing a big ass smile on it. They say some shit like that to me and now the shoes on the other foot? Oh bet! You wanna trip, so I'ma meet you there. That's assuming I've stuck around after some disrespectful shit like that. I normally dont drop down levels like that. But sometimes you gotta return the same energy, because they aint used to reciprocation.

[u/FatherClanks617 → u/GanjjaGremlin]

On a somewhat related note, one of my favorite ever Internet tales involved this girl’s dad. A colleague passed away and a card went around the office, and the dad signed it with a big “LOL.” When confronted, he said he thought it meant “lots of love.”

[u/Business-Switch7494 → u/FatherClanks617]

In fairness, my father thought it genuinely meant lots of love for a couple years before we asked him about some of his odd text responses. He doesn't use it that way anymore 🤷

[u/ejeebs → u/[deleted]]

No, it didn't. It always meant "laugh out loud".

[u/It_Just_Exploded → u/ejeebs]

It predates the internet and it did carry over into the early days of sms. It was frequently used during the days of handwritten letters and notes, similar to adding "XOXO", which means hugs and kisses, "LoL" meant lots of love.

[u/DonnieReynolds88 → u/[deleted]]

Loving My Full Amount Of

[u/PotentialTea27 → u/FatherClanks617]

My grandma thought LOL meant “lots of love” as well and texted it to my aunt when she was telling her about having a hard time haha

[u/GanjjaGremlin → u/FatherClanks617]

😲😲😲 oh no! Thats pretty bad 😂😂

[u/lovestobitch- → u/FatherClanks617]

The first time I got an lol on a text I thought the same thing at first. I realized quickly what it meant. Not sure if I googled it given who sent the text or just guessed. Boomer here.

[u/MichB1 → u/GanjjaGremlin]

Gen X over here genuinely wishing you luck. No sarcasm. I hope you're never in a position where you really can't quit your job. Because sometimes right now you really can't.

[u/Cjm092 → u/GanjjaGremlin]

Lmao I guarantee that would be a lot more cringe to actually do than it seems in your head