This is my second attempt at corresponding with you in regards to the draconian conditions at the Texas City Kroger store. To refresh your memory – I was a part-time employee in the bakery department. I started working for Kroger in December 2023 and voluntarily terminated my employment on June 10, 2024. I never had any issues with being written up (it is odd that Kroger resorts to this practice before any verbal counseling or redirection but that is just one of many poor management practices at Kroger) until I gave notice that I was leaving. I gave a month’s notice in order to be available to cover for other bakery employee vacations, and since giving notice I have been written up twice in one week. One write up was for not following “tortilla standards” (which no one is aware of) which I was totally unaware and the other one was for not filling tables correctly – something else I was never trained on. It is absolutely unbelievable that Kroger employees – your most valuable asset, by the way – are treated with blatant disrespect and at times downright meanness by so called managers. It is safe to assume that this occurs because they (store management) suffer no consequences for treating people so poorly as upper management/corporate types apparently condone these practices. It is not unusual to see employees in tears at work due to excessive browbeating by managers (who are for the most part uneducated – high school graduates at best – and have had no training in good management practices) who refuse to address them with even a modicum of respect as well as refusing to adequately staff the store in order to preserve profits and management bonuses. Their behavior is reminiscent of the tyrants who ran the sweatshops in the early part of the last century. It is very odd that in 2024 any corporation, especially one like Kroger, would choose to model themselves after such a not only much maligned but also failed system of management.I am hopeful but not too optimistic that raising awareness of these deplorable management practices will effect positive change for those still unfortunate enough to be employed at Kroger. I am fortunate in that I did not have to work but I will never forget the horrible plight of those left behind to suffer at the hands of the most incompetent, mean spirited people I have run into in many, many years.You all may want to heed some of Sir Richard Branson statements –“Train People well enough so they can leave, treat them well enough so they don’t want to”.“Take care of your employees and they will take care of your business. It’s that simple”.“Loyal employees are assets – NOT LIABILITIES.Of course, Kroger’s mentality and priority - corporate greed.Dictators, no leaders.Pretty sad the rating and review Kroger has and no one pays attention.Hope for the best, to my ex-fellow employees.
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