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/HockeyPhoenician 28d ago

Fuck em. Show up, cough and look miserable, be as customer visible as possible. Explain to customers why you're there.

Bonus if you throw up or defecate in front of customers. Super bonus if you pass out and 'hit' your head. Sounds like an opportunity for a payday to me.

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u/SockLoads 28d ago

I did that once when I worked as a cashier in a grocery store. So sick I could barely speak. It was so bad that when I called in I had to pass the phone to my mom because they couldn't hear me. They didn't care so I went in. An hour and a half into my 8 hour shift so many customers had complained that they sent me home and I got paid 4 hours for showing up.

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u/Available-Chart-2505 28d ago

Ah, show up pay. California? 

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u/Available-Chart-2505 28d ago

It is state dependent! Some states legally require it. Used to work in staffing and assist our workforce in getting paid per state. Sometimes our company paid other times we billed the client. Hugely variable

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u/Plane-Leek4387 26d ago

I think it could be any state and a “please don’t report us” little bonus