Not sure if they will stagger things? Who will be affected first?
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Kroger pays outside companies like Vestcom to process pricing and promotional data, format shelf labels, add red and yellow sale tags, and handle store-specific printing and distribution. Kroger already provides much of this data, so it doesn’t make sense to keep paying another company to process and format information Kroger already owns. To me, that’s a waste of money when much of this work could potentially be automated or handled internally. Vestcom traditionally focused on printing labels, but now its services also involve managing and processing data, which makes it even more important for Kroger to keep control of its own data and processes.
There is also a lot of repetitive work across divisions, with different teams doing similar tasks. I think duplicate roles and support functions could be among the first affected.
The current CEO and several other leaders came from Walmart, which has already gone through similar restructuring and support-role reductions.
Kroger is also late in establishing a Global Capability Center in India compared to other major retailers. This isn’t surprising, especially with Wall Street expecting better efficiency and lower operating costs. I think we’re just seeing the beginning of these changes.
Do you think you’ll have a better chance of getting a new job now, or when there are 3,000 more people applying. Make the move… you won’t regret it.
KASH and most of GO. Engineering will be last
Just shift your focus onto getting a new job.
It's something positive to look forward to, and you can probably land one that offers more money/better benefits than what you're getting now.
Consider this job as now just being a placeholder, tying you over with paychecks until you get something better. You can do it!
@a9 I do but it's a total buzz ki-l. I have been at kroger for 6 years or so and have given it my all. I'm demoralized already and this will be over my head for however long I stick around for. I don't even want to go to work tomorrow and it's a "development" day for me.
Wonder if it will be 3 cuts of 1000 each.
Would also think they do a large portion before bonus payout
Am I the only one that appreciates that they actually came out and told us instead of setting up a last minute meeting telling me I no longer have a role?
The first group that can be redeployed the quickest in India.