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On average, employees at The Kroger Co. give their company a 3.5 rating out of 5.0 - which is 11% lower than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. The happiest The Kroger Co. employees are Assistant Store Managers submitting an average rating of 3.9 and Pharmacy Technicians with a rating of 3.8.

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3.5
Average Rating
(based on 121 The Kroger Co. Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
3.3
Growth Opportunities
3.2
People You Work With
4.2
Person You Work For
3.8
Rewards You Receive
3.3
Support You Get
3.4
Way You Work
3.9
Work Setting
3.3
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"Kroger is a wonderful place to work! Employees are treated more like extended family, especially in the eCommerce department where I work. Respect & diversity are of key importance."
Posted 8 years ago in Bowling Green, KY
Clerk

"Having worked at Fred Meyer for 12 years, my experience has been a good one and I would recommend it to others."

What do you like about working at The Kroger Co.?

"The people and working as a team."

What don't you like about working at The Kroger Co.?

"The work schedule of retail."

Grocery Clerk

"THIS WAS A GREAT PLACE TO LEARN RESPONSIBLITY"

What do you like about working at The Kroger Co.?

"THE HARD WORK"

What don't you like about working at The Kroger Co.?

"THE PEOPLE"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"LIGHTEN UP"

Company-Industry Rating Comparison

3.5
The Kroger Co. (142)

4.4 Highest Rated in this Industry is Ingles Markets (9)
2.3 Lowest Rated in this Industry is Crown Awards (6)
3.6 Average of All Companies in this Industry (2,625)
Pharmacy Technician

What do you like about working at The Kroger Co.?

"Helping the patients by providing the medications needed in order to enjoy life."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Always work hard"

What don't you like about working at The Kroger Co.?

"nothing"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Stay strong and don't let the small things interfere with your company goals"

Cashier

"Accurate"

What do you like about working at The Kroger Co.?

"Customer interaction, food industry"

What don't you like about working at The Kroger Co.?

"Nothing"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"More training"

Pharmacy Technician

What do you like about working at The Kroger Co.?

"Pharmarcy support"

What don't you like about working at The Kroger Co.?

"no good salary"

Store Manager

What do you like about working at The Kroger Co.?

"The challenge was different everyday. The different people I got to meet."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Know the background of the company well"

What don't you like about working at The Kroger Co.?

"Kroger is a great company I have no dislikes."

Customer Service Representative

"abusive management practices"

What do you like about working at The Kroger Co.?

"The customers and fellow employees."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Make this company your last resort for employment."

What don't you like about working at The Kroger Co.?

"All levels of management are untrained in labor andemployment laws. They blatantly discriminate, harass, bully, intimidate, and use cronyism to promote employees. Personal bias are used to hire,fire, promote, and transfer employees."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Complete house cleaning needs to occur in the Southwest Division. From the CEO to the individual store managers. Need to assign HR specialist to each district. District managers, store managers, assistant store managers and all other supervisors must be required to attend 40 hrs of EEO training every six months. The union contract needs to be renegotiated to provide employees with more safe guards."

Administrative Support Specialist

"Kroger was a good place to work but I found a better opportunity at the time."

Benefits Analyst

"A great place to work with declining opportunities."

What do you like about working at The Kroger Co.?

"The quality of the people."

What don't you like about working at The Kroger Co.?

"The corporate changes coming from outside the area."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Maintain the Inclusion policies of the Fred Meyer Office. Don't succomb to being like the East."

Co-Manager

What do you like about working at The Kroger Co.?

"Management experience gained. Very upredictable work days. Keeps you on your toes!"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Will be difficult to have a life outside of work. If you have a family, nearly impossible."

What don't you like about working at The Kroger Co.?

"No work-life balance, Very few upper managers really concerned about your development."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Mentor more, Listen to concerns and actually address them."

Meat Specialist

"Think about it before, think during and thank God you did not."

What do you like about working at The Kroger Co.?

"Some of the people, both customers and fellow employees."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Think about how you want to live your life, if you plan on weekends off and a family consider, trash collection before this."

What don't you like about working at The Kroger Co.?

"It is not a 8-5 M-F job. You will always be working when family is off, your kids have activities, or holidays (except Thanksgiving & Christmas). You work for a union that does not work for or with you except control industry wages, almost as bad as working for Walmart."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Take care of your people, pay them a living wage or give benefits that encourages employees to be with their families when activities and togetherness is expected."

Department Manager

"Wouldn't even recommend to my worst enemy."

What do you like about working at The Kroger Co.?

"The people and the customers"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Don't waste your time. Go out and look for a real job where you can be respected as a person."

What don't you like about working at The Kroger Co.?

"The management is undertrained on how to talk to employees. I work there for 16 years and watch it get worse every year until I finaaly had to leave."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Learn how to talk to and treat people. Your employees are what makes a store and a compant, not hte people to sit in the offices and act like they have a clue as to what is best for a store. Work in a store and see how it really is."

Floral Manager

"Fair and complete"

What do you like about working at The Kroger Co.?

"Able to create wonderful things and running the floral dept."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Firm hand shake , smile and let them know you a prepared to work"

What don't you like about working at The Kroger Co.?

"nothing"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"get to know employees better"

Store Manager

What do you like about working at The Kroger Co.?

"The money was good and that was about it."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"The company is a good soild company. Be open minded and be willing to work hard and long hours. Don't expect them to understand why you need off for any reason."

What don't you like about working at The Kroger Co.?

"Hours, weekends, no hoildays off"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Get to know your store managment team, like to old days. They are the ones who keep the stores going. Even if you don't know there names look at their name tags and pretend you do."

Production Supervisor

"Beware big trun over rate no body stays"

What do you like about working at The Kroger Co.?

"The Hourly employees are great"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Try Dean Foods a Great Company"

What don't you like about working at The Kroger Co.?

"Riverside CreameryLots of long hours, No personal life Senior management can't be trusted Lot of conflict with employee and management The Plant Manger has been involved in sexual misconduct with the New and the past HR assisted.Plant Superintend reschedule jury duty for plant employee with out their knowledge causing a hostile work environment for floor supervisor and foremen.To many Job Bids to often"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Get a management team that the people trust and respect"

The Kroger Co. Reviews FAQs

Is The Kroger Co. a good company to work for?

The Kroger Co. has an overall rating of 3.5 Average Rating out of 5, based on over 121 The Kroger Co. Review Ratings left anonymously by The Kroger Co. employees, which is 10% lower than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. 83% of employees would recommend working at The Kroger Co..

Does The Kroger Co. pay their employees well?

The Kroger Co. employees earn $29,000 annually on average, or $14 per hour, which is 56% lower than the national salary average of $66,000 per year. 96 The Kroger Co. employees have shared their salaries on CareerBliss. Find The Kroger Co. Salaries by Job Title.

How satisfied are employees working at The Kroger Co.?

83% of employees would recommend working at The Kroger Co. with the overall rating of 3.5 out of 5. Employees also rated The Kroger Co. 3.3 out of 5 for Company Culture, 3.3 for Rewards You Receive, 3.2 for Growth Opportunities and 3.4 for support you get.

What is the highest paying job at The Kroger Co.?

According to our data, the highest paying job at The Kroger Co. is a Director of IT at $121,000 annually. Browse The Kroger Co. Salaries by Job Profile.

What is the lowest paying job at The Kroger Co.?

According to our data, the lowest paying job at The Kroger Co. is a Floral Designer at $12,000 annually. Browse The Kroger Co. Salaries by Job Profile.

What are the pros and cons of working at The Kroger Co.?

According to reviews on CareerBliss, employees commonly rated the pros of working at The Kroger Co. to be Company Culture, Growth Opportunities, People You Work With and Person You Work For, and no cons.

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