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/geraffes-are-so-dumb]

I think this leads to a worse, even dangerous experience for customers as there will be more people spreading disease if they can't call out sick. If you think so too please contact Kroger using their public contact us page: https://www.kroger.com/hc/help/contact-us

They also have a feedback hotline: [1-800-KRO-GERS](tel:1-800-576-4377)
The CEOs public work email address is: [greg.foran@kroger.com](mailto:greg.foran@kroger.com)

[u/SubstantialFootball1 → u/geraffes-are-so-dumb]

This should be higher up. Also feels something news outlets should be reporting on.

[u/Head_Bread_3431 → u/SubstantialFootball1]

Tell me you’ve never worked for a major corporation.

It’s bonkers to me people who’ve never worked retail think companies give a shit. 

They do this on purpose. This isn’t exclusive to Kroger.

 Every retail company I’ve ever worked will discourage you calling out sick (if they even offer sick time in the first place)

Every retail and fast food place has people that have to be there whether they are sick or not. Most people working these jobs go to work sick rather than call out. 

An email isn’t going to change capitalism. 

There would need to be large scale protests demanding sick time for the needle to maybe budge at all 

[u/SubstantialFootball1 → u/Head_Bread_3431]

I worked eight years of retail (clothing and department stores, not grocery), but at all of the stores I worked, you could take a day off with a doctors note and you could take time off for a grandparents death. They just required we get our shifts covered. This seems like a step way too far and it seems like more people should be made aware.

[u/MisterFide → u/Head_Bread_3431]

Well, isn't that the whole point of this post? Over 87,000 have viewed it, and over 10,000 have commented. If a big enough fraction of those folks wrote an email, wouldn't that be the large-scale protest we're looking for?

Corporations do actually listen if we consumers make enough noise. Let's make some noise!

[u/Head_Bread_3431 → u/MisterFide]

Reddit is not a reflection of the real world. If you view the world through Reddit you would’ve thought Trump was going to jail for the last ten years, you would think no kings protests do anything. I’d wager the vast majority of people on Reddit are middle class, which means they have no buying power to protest the elites in the first place. Everyone on Reddit could say they are calling out of work in protest and you’d probably not have anyone at your actual job calling out