Thread regarding Kroger Co. layoffs

11jewlHl-3dhc, its us low paying folks that get us through the day. The way this company uses its managers now it pathetic...carry a clipboard and look at numbers and scores. We dont care about that, we just want to get product up

i spoke out at the recent shareholders meeting in cincy... for the last 3 years, mcmullen has averaged more than 12 million per year... to put it in perspective, the "average" kr employee would have to work 300 years to earn that much, assuming, of course, he (or, she) lived that long... check out mcmullens' insider trading profile....

Under Dave Dillon moral was better, sales were up every quarter, and our stock split because of his leadership. Under Rodney we have been in a free fall for the past 3 years. Feeding the human spirit as a business strategy... What a joke. I peddled that c-ap for the past 3 years. The idea is to sell stuff. Kroger/Rodney has complicated a very simple process, being friendly while putting stuff on shelves. Kroger will not survive this. Their reputation is perminatley tainted. 18 percent raise this year? Rodney shouldn't show his face in public until he anounces he is stepping down. I am now off to a company that will be around in the next 10 years.

Total Number Laid Off: This is not hard to estimate – let’s say we have 2761 stores (per corp website), each store loses one person – so, your total is close to 2500. I am yet to hear from a store that did not lose anyone. So, 1 per store is a good assumption. My bet here is 2500 layoffs.

Denver division is letting people go left and right. some of the district's all received an invite for all ASMs. One district in the Springs, only sent out a handful of invites for meetings, someone dropped the ball. Heard this is the 1st round that another one will happen after the holidays. Right now everyone is walking on pins and needles wondering whether they have a job or not and if they do are they wanting to stay for a company that has so little value in them. we preach feed the human Spirit, uplift in every way, all this stuff is just words has no meaning no value. Praying for everyone.

McMullen’s 19 percent increase in total compensation was comparable to the increase in median pay for the company. This is the second year that Kroger has been required by the SEC to reveal pay details on the employee who stands at the midpoint of all paychecks. This year’s median employee made $24,912 at Kroger, an 18 percent increase over last year. McMullen’s pay was 483 times that median employee’s, according to Kroger’s filing.
The store managers bonus are continually restructured, most are bonus based on retention,
How do you keep good people, when you over work them and underpay.... easy for Kroger not to pay bonus’s? Kroger also recently took the employee bonus away that they received from our survey’s.
I feel like Kroger has become Walmart.
So sad! Used to be a great company to work for.
The Greed at the top is real’

McMullen’s 19 percent increase in total compensation was comparable to the increase in median pay for the company. This is the second year that Kroger has been required by the SEC to reveal pay details on the employee who stands at the midpoint of all paychecks. This year’s median employee made $24,912 at Kroger, an 18 percent increase over last year. McMullen’s pay was 483 times that median employee’s, according to Kroger’s filing.
The store managers bonus are continually restructured, most are bonus based on retention,
How do you keep good people, when you over work them and underpay.... easy for Kroger not to pay bonus’s? Kroger also recently took the employee bonus away that they received from our survey’s.
I feel like Kroger has become Walmart.
So sad! Used to be a great company to work for.
The Greed at the top is real’

Kroger Co. CEO Rodney McMullen received a 19 percent raise to $11.7 million, including a $2.7 million bonus that was 7.5 times bigger than last year’s cash award.
Chief Financial Officer Mike Schlotman got a 26 percent raise to $5.5 million, including his $1.4 million bonus that was 563 percent bigger than last year.
Chief Operating Officer Michael Donnelly’s total pay increased 29 percent to $5.5 million, including a $1.3 million bonus that was 631 percent bigger this year.
Chief Information Officer Chris Hjelm got a 34 percent raise to $4.5 million, powered by a $1.1 million bonus that was 560 percent bigger than last year.
Senior Vice President Robert Clark received a $905,900 bonus as one element of his $4.5 million in total compensation. Clark's pay for prior years was not disclosed by the company. He was promoted last May to lead Kroger's supply chain, manufacturing and sourcing operations.

Rodney!! How do you sleep at night?
Greed is an ugly character trait, you have disappointed many in your leadership and greed.
How much money does one person need? Your bonus/ raise that you just gave yourself could of saved one division if not more of layoffs.
I’m so incredibly disappointed in your leadership.

Rodney and other execs are out visiting stores in Savannah/Hilton Head area. while people are being laid off. They don’t care. At all.

OMG it's about time they do this because it's been needed for a while. Good bye bad managers . And I don't think they should be able to transfer they should be let go.

I've been with Kroger for 8 years, over the last 3 days I watched some of the best store managers get fired with almost no notice. 8 store managers in the Cincinnati area were either demoted to smaller stores or fired.These people that were fired have spent over half their lives with a company that threw them away. They are clearing out the highest selling stores for these corporate goons so they can still get big end of the year bonuses.

Meanwhile the people that are actually working have sacrificed everything to keep their job! I've postponed having kids, cancer treatment, and precious time with my family just out of fear of losing my job or getting demoted.

Paying your department heads $16-$22 to work 50-70 hour weeks is pathetic. And you're lying to yourself if you don't see the downward spiral of moral over the last 3 to 5 years. This place has become a depression pit full of zombies just trying to make it to the next paycheck.

It's time for people to start jumping ship before it's too late.

Just a heads up my understanding is that this is only the first cut. They are going to go with two assistants through the holidays and then in March have another layoff taking it down to just one assistant like we use to have 10 or 15 years ago.

There are definitely those who need to go because of the way they treat others.But there are some very very good people that this is happening to and that is so sad to take the good ones out that help everyone associates and customers alike.My heartaches.My name I was given because some certain person never helped me when I was being abused and because I reported it she now is making my work experience terrible.

My heart breaks for all! I say start sending e-mails to the White House about all this and Rodneys big raise and bonus he just got and the people under him. Let see Trump call him out on it. Dont look good you give yourself that kind of raise then say company not doing good and layoff these people off.

I agree to a point, I work for a knoxville area store, And this manger dam sure needs some classes in how to treat people, He is rude, disrespectfull just to name a few things, He is not that well liked let alone respected in the store, If krogers is going to get rid of mangers, I can dam sure tell them where to start, Why would krogers want a manger that treats people like dirt, And then he wonders why he can't get and keep help, And some of his team, HAHA, they as big a joke as he is, They know how to blow smoke thou, They gave me a position, once and then attempted to give it to me again, Come to find out, the dam position doesn't even exist.And they love to sweep things under the rug, This manger and some of his side kicks need to go,,,And kroger big shots they they know so much,,,,about the going ons,,,They don't know a dam thing,,,FACT

Kroger’s need to keep a close eye on their NEW BABY, located Court/Walnut downtown Cincinnati. Management does not know how to talk or treat their Associates, some are leaving in tears. Some Associates were not trained before transferring. The Managers only care about their image for COOPERATE, making for a miserable and hostile working environment. “What you do in the dark, will come to the light”

Been with the Kroger company for 13 years and for the most part of my career Kroger has treated me well .. but this is the last straw seeing my fellow managers that I have worked for and helped to work just get let go and demoted in the last couple of days that is all I can handle ... Kroger I am a very high performing Assistant Store Manager in your Louisville Division but I won’t be around for much longer ... multiple interviews already scheduled for myself and a lot of my fellow assistants and store managers have interviews scheduled .. you guys have and are causing a mass exodus of talent good luck in Thanksgiving and Christmas with all your talented managers heading out the door

I've been with kroger for 11 years, 7 of those as a department head, in the past year alone i have lost 100 hrs off my budget for the dept, sales have not dropped only increased consistently (every week has been + over the previous year). We've had more time consuming procedures added to the department, its beyond a joke... i used to have 6 ft ppl and 6 pt ppl... i now have 6 ft and 2 pt.. 1 of which only works weekends and the other is only available 3 days a week... you used to have to know someone who already worked there to even get a foot in the door.. now we're practically begging ppl to work for us!

I've only been with Kroger on the west for coast for 7 years, let me just say the first two where the best. Every day I struggle to find a reason to stay with this company, I have never found the answer and my consideration of staying is not favorable. I want to work for a company that truly cares for the customers and the employees. How do you have happy customers....by having happy employees. Trying your damndest to meet every metric unrealistic metrics it will never happen. Rodney you need to revisit reality all of you need to come back to the stores for more then just a quick walk through and point out all the wrongs, or wait you may point out the good but it's NOT reality how many hours where added for a walk how many salaried employees had to miss their home life to make a fake looking store for the POSSIBLE STORE WALK that usually never happens. Bring yourself to reality, your title is just that a Title you are no better then any one because of your Title.

I am a vendor for the Cincinnati region (corporate home turf) serving about 30 stores. I can honestly say that while there are two firings that did deserve it, the vast majority left me shocked and without words.

The service departments and front end have repeatedly had their labor slashed, all while receiving more and more tasks to be completed by the ever-shrinking store staff. Labor is abundant when there is a grand opening/reopening, or if there is one of the "walks" scheduled. HINT If you want to see what actually goes on in your stores, you go in unannounced in plainclothes.

I deal with stressed and burnt out department managers every day, all of which tell me that it has never been this bad. Good, loyal talent is leaving, even without these lay offs.

Your company made it's name and reputation on service and freshness, and it seems that it has lost it's way. I would recommend a return to these core values if you with to regain customer and associate loyalty before mass firings and replacement of the hardworking, loyal talent the company already has.

To those associates and department level managers reading this: we see you struggle to get the job of three people done, all while getting blamed for the problems from lack of labor. It isn't anything you are doing wrong. I know that is little to no comfort to you, but I offer it as all that I can. Good luck to you all.

Need to unionize and gain some power back.

If they want to compete then the executive s need to take a pay cut to stay competitive not laying off the employees n middle management

If they want to compete then the executive s need to take a pay cut to stay competitive not laying off the employees n middle management

Rodney is the worst mistake Kroger ever made. At store level, we have loads of pointless checklists, rediculous metrics that have to be met, and continuing cuts in hours. Using 6 billion for stock buybacks instead of investing it in the people who are the foundations of these stores was asinine. I have been with the company for 20 years. It used to be a great place to work. Sukanya Madlinger had this division set up to succeed for all the years to come. She should have been CEO. If Kroger really wanted to feed the human spirit and uplift in every way, they would follow her example and LEAD by example.

About time!!!

Look at the raises the big shots paid them selves.

Kroger is possibly the worst run company. They lie and say they care. I implore the public to wake up and truly see that there is a majority of people that are unhappy here. I have worked for Kroger for going on 12 years. My managers are awesome. But this company s—s the life and little bit of enjoyment out of everything. Everything is now about numbers. There’s no depth of personality. It’s all a sham. Seriously... when my managers live in fear of corporate calls and they know that their jobs are on the line because of it that tears me up. There are so many good managers that live in this terror of that one phone call. Instead of a place of freedom and plenty this place delivers a harsh workload on it’s employees with ridiculous pay. I work like 4 people sometimes and still get only one wage. What’s up with that? What’s up with the penny pinching and the bullying. Kroger, you are terrible and not family friendly. My advice to anyone seeking employment: Do not come here. They are terrible to work for and live in a world of lies that they have created. They have no integrity and they sure do not have an ounce of empathy for the workers. We are all numbers to them. Don’t help them get millions just to sit and make detrimental decisions. This will only hurt you and anyone else working under these people in the end.

As someone with 25 years in I can remember when Kroger had a reputation of being a good job. They used to compete with companies like General Electric for employees since the benefits were good. Now you can go to White Castle, McDonald's or any gas station and make more money. It's an embarrassment to work there now. Adjusted for inflation I'm making the same I did 10 years ago. The people running Kroger are brain-dead stupid. They think it takes 15 clipboards of paperwork and scans to stock the shelves. Every month there's some new task concocted by some corporate goon who's never spent 5 minutes working in a store. They blab about customer service while simultaneously bombarding us with pointless tasks to take us away from the customers, all the while slashing hours and foisting Uscan and Scan and Go on customers so they will do the work themselves. The morale is horrible at my store. The level of disgust and anger is visible and my store was consistently one of the top stores in our division 4 years ago. They've systematically worked to ruin the store and crush morale. Every decision is counter-intuitive. Eschedule will not let you schedule people when you need them. Gotta get that 15 minute rating up. The warehouse adds out garbage constantly and then they complain about being over-ordered when we didn't order the cr@p. On top of being short-handed and under-scheduled and no overtime, when the corporate overlords deign to visit us it's a free for all. Spend all the hours you need to create a facade that things are running smooth. Then, after the white glove test is over and they've left things go back to the way they were. As long as Rodney and the greedy b@stards running this place continue this charade this company will continue to decline.

Such cruelty was unnecessary, SM’s and ASM’s all walking on eggshells. Waiting around to be called to some random hotel. All planned out a while back I’m sure of that ! Not knowing if the effort put forth was sufficient to keep your position or if you kissed enough a– to be in a good place with your DM. Night visits determined your work status at My KMA, what a joke !!! How the hell do you expect 85% before going home? Work life balance is nonexistent for those who tried to be at 85% and for those who chose to be with their families- don’t have a job

To Mr. McMullen ... I still have pride in my job, I still value my position, I still want to be at 85% or better, I still enjoy my associates, I still love working in my community, I am still going to work endlessness hours, I’m still going to work on my own time .... but not because of you or the company - but because I was raised by parents who thought me the worth of PEOPLE and doing a great job no matter what.

Every person that was let go, was the lowest rated people in their divisions. These folks continue to underperform and just collect a paycheck. Kroger needs leaders in these positions that will make this company thrive and be around in 50-100 years. More than 500,000 Associates are counting on this company to survive!

I know Store Managers in my division who were laid off ... and they were on performance plans. I know Assistant Store Managers who were demoted ... who were on performance plans. They all had warning they were not where they needed to be. It was time for Kroger to take a stand and reward the high performing and create positions for them to move into.

Kroger Laid off 4,000 People in October 2019 - See the source here thelayoff.com/t/11lNOEcy or @11lNOEcy

We all need to boycott this c-ap company who just dumped good people out like trash. I’ll never go back into a Kroger can’t support such low morales for people. Shame on you Kroger

It's a sh– show here in Cincinnati! If jobs are being cut start trimming the fat at the downtown G.O. office. It takes 5 people to come up with a planogram. Please!!!

Bring Dave Dillon back and fire Rodney’s butt!!

When are the shareholders going to wake up? This is the Rodney crew screwing everything up. Hey let’s give them another f’ing bonus. That have no core values. I hope some day Karma comes a calling!

I'm one in the chopping block. And stressed out about it. No notice.....is there severance package offered?or are we just sent to pasture?

I've been working for Kroger for over 10 years in the Roanoke/Lynchburg areas in the kma division. This company is dead due to 1 individual... Rodney McMullen. He has given himself constant raises, bonuses to himself and the one's he's closest with at the top. Yet Kroger stock has constantly dropped, gross profits plummeting, stores in constant embarrassing conditions, useless paperwork and new initiatives and most of all the wrong people being put in positions of power that don't belong. KMA president and VPs are cowards and yes men that have no clue about the things that they themselves are in charge of and when they speak every word that comes out of their mouth is laughable. Alot of people that have been let go do have useless roles but only did what they were instructed to do. I do feel sympathy for them. But why does Wall Street and our shareholders put up with the direction our CEO is leading us? Why not start with him? Getting rid of him and his horrible way of leading MY company would alone make up for everyone else that has been let go! He alone is the demise to the company I have been proud to work for. Next year will be worse since the people that are in charge of this hole that we are in are still in their role. Store closings and valued employees will be next since no real change has happened. Good luck to all, because this is the end of this campany. And when it all does transpire Rodney McMullen will have all the money in his pockets and make out better going out than he did coming in. You are responsible for all of this Rodney! When will we hold him accountable?

I am 18 years post-termination, post-severance package from Kroger Nashville. Hang in there! It was the best thing that ever happened to me. Keep your eyes open for a new direction to go in. There is most definitely life after Kroger.