Work experience and environment - Multi-functional Clerk/Merch/Price-changer/Stock Fred Meyer Employee Review

4.0
5 Oct 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

One stop shopping convenience. Employee discounts. Many lo actions i.e.one in each community. Union benefits. Many internal job listings -- growth opportunities. Part of 3000 plus stores Kroger co. so relocation opportunities. Corporate center jobs. Weekly pay. Vacation and medical dental vision benefits.

Cons

Environment can get obsessive compulsive. Layout of stores can get messy and change too often. People in different departments can lack team spirit towards others. Managers and coworkers can exhibit attention deficit. Coworkers can lack speed of response and of transaction processing and can tend to lack physical fitness. Cash registers can be cluttered and overmerchandised. Physical fixtures can be unnecessarily big and heavy. Store public announcement system can lack clarity of sound. Offerings in deli and bakery can lack imagination. Pastries offered in Pete's or Starbucks can be plain and unappealing. Coffee sold can be too dark a blend. Restrooms not numerous enough . Music playing can be really old or lack quality. Lunchroom can seem too functional and unclean. Hours worked can be repetitive. Parking lots can be unprepossessing . New Kroger setup can create too many store assistant managers who walk around not having much to do.

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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
22 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Job can be fun and interesting Always something new to learn Lots of personal fulfillment as a manager when things go right

Cons

Unsupportive upper management Toxic work culture, unpaid overtime is rewarded and even expected or forced, even to the tune of multiple weeks in a row with no days off when you are salaried. They claim to support work life balance but even the smallest effort to set boundaries is heavily punished. Not paid as much as we should be for everything we have to do and deal with

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