Kroger: Right Employees, Wrong Treatment

Kroger, like any other grocery chain or business, wants the best for its customers and employees. Well, I beg to differ about Kroger's treatment of employees due to my personal experiences. I have been working for Kroger in Jonesboro, Ga. for almost three years.

 In the beginning, as a 17-year-old girl, I was oblivious to what the Kroger that I worked at was really about "behind-the-scenes."

After working with the company for some time, I began to notice the unfair nature in which I worked in. This was due to the fact that all of the careless employees began to be favored by management for some reason.

Many times, there have been instances where few employees seem to do the "right" thing by coming to work on time, listening to the supervisors and being efficient during their shifts. Although employees, as previously described, do not cause any trouble, there never seems to be any positive feedback or rewards from supervisors and management.

On the other hand, employees that tend to be late almost every day for work, get sidetracked at work, and always take too long of a break, just never seem to get caught or given a warning by management and supervisors. 

For example, I have been four minutes late to work, in which I never am late, and upon arrival to my shift, I was being scolded by my supervisor. At the end of my shift, my relief was over 20 minutes late and did not once get spoken or scolded from the floor supervisor at the time. 

From what I observed, it seemed as if the managers and supervisors placed all of the workload on employees that they knew worked well. This was while they (the managers) allowed other employees that did the minimum amount of work to remain the same work level because of the low expectations they already had for these workers. 

Does that give these poor workers an excuse to remain unproductive at work or to even have a chance to keep their jobs? This situation that I experience at work on a daily basis brings up issues of inequality.

I have always told myself that I would say something to the managers or supervisors, but then I think to myself that if someone is fired, then they should inflict that proposition on themselves. 

Only time will tell if the Kroger that I work at will have a more fair work environment, but hopefully I will be off doing better things with my life after I graduate college.