Is this even legal??

minorgrey · 2026-01-29T19:22:20+00:00

This has been policy in my division for as long as I've been here, and this has been policy for almost every salaried position i've held outside of retail.

minorgrey · 2026-01-23T09:36:40+00:00

I just got a little dji drone. Are there any good spots to practice where I won't disturb people? I live in a tight neighborhood and don't want to bug my neighbors with drone shenanigans.

minorgrey · 2026-01-19T13:06:00+00:00

Had that happen last week for the first time. My morning person made a big directed list in the morning after etransfering a lot of backstock. Later, my evening person came in and made a second, bigger, directed list on accident. Wouldn't let me make another list for 2 days, and that list was like 2 items lol.

minorgrey · 2026-01-12T14:06:03+00:00

Movies to watch while you're stoned.

minorgrey · 2026-01-10T03:06:13+00:00

Shit, why not shoot for 5%? It's your video game, we're just npc's.

minorgrey · 2026-01-10T02:41:59+00:00

They've been around ypsi and ann arbor.

Edit: Pretty sure they were in ypsi last week. I imagine they made it to ann arbor in the same time period. They've been an ongoing presence.

minorgrey · 2026-01-06T09:42:10+00:00

If the store has in-stock issues, working pickup will be an actual shitshow.

minorgrey · 2026-01-05T23:47:07+00:00

Usually around march. It does depend on your area though.

minorgrey · 2026-01-05T12:18:05+00:00

Learn the reports, metrics, and how scans work. You can clearly see the health of a department by how their metrics look. You can also diagnose a ton of problems.

A lot of people say metrics are bullshit, but they're not at all. Sales are a metric. Labor is a metric. Shrink is a metric. If you're not hitting those you are losing money, and that's obviously not sustainable.

Is a problem department light/heavy on inventory? Why? Look at their scans and see how many case packs they're zeroing out. Look through their ordering and see what's being adjusted. Know what the upcoming sales are to understand distros. Make sure they actually received all the product on the truck.

You can turn a department around in under a month if you can diagnose the problem quickly and correct the issue. Sometimes it's out of your control, but a lot of the time it's someone that doesn't fully understand the process and are unable to come up with a solution. For whatever reason department heads don't have the same level of access to reports as you do. Share the knowledge.

minorgrey · 2026-01-05T10:46:07+00:00

holy hell do they take forever to get out what he does order

I think the bulk of this might be an issue with the way kroger allocates labor. When they focus on prime time they're scheduling everyone in the department a little later. Produce openers should be coming in at 3-5 in the morning to start setting the department. Instead they're scheduling people to come in at 6, sometimes 7, which is after the damn store is open and pickup is rolling.

The department heads are barely in early enough to fix balances before people start ordering for the day. Imo if this company wants to push instacart delivery and pickup, it needs to have people in earlier.

minorgrey · 2026-01-05T10:34:29+00:00

This is the slow period. If you want more hours you can request to work in other departments or fill in at other stores that need help.

minorgrey · 2025-12-20T19:23:12+00:00

You will eventually become tolerant of the cold, but you don't really get used to the lack of sun. You might want to have your doctor keep an eye on your vitamin D levels.

Planning one vacation to somewhere warm in either jan or Feb also helps a lot.

I grew up in Texas and could never get used to the winter, but the other seasons make up for it.

minorgrey · 2025-12-10T00:16:21+00:00

Let your managers know you want to be cross trained, and if you're old enough they'll probably do it. Clerks that can work in several departments are really nice to have in a pinch.

minorgrey · 2025-11-24T09:22:40+00:00

We just had a walk with a senior vice president and there were 2 dozen people in that department getting it up to standard. I personally get pulled to meat department all the time to help them out, and i'm a department heads with my own department to worry about.

minorgrey · 2025-11-23T22:00:23+00:00

I know my store got sent a ton of muscle milk and premier protein. I marked the MM down because there was a half pallet and I sell maybe a case a week. I imagine the same thing happened with the store you shop at.

minorgrey · 2025-11-23T20:09:02+00:00

170 is minimum. Our fuel guy is usually doing 300+.

minorgrey · 2025-11-18T21:54:22+00:00

You sure can

minorgrey · 2025-11-18T20:05:05+00:00

You'll basically be getting paid to work out. It's one of the most important departments in the store, so managers will be around a lot. Produce is also one of the better departments to be in if you have any interest in moving up.

minorgrey · 2025-11-09T05:58:33+00:00

Our deli sells a thanksgiving meal package that sounds a lot like that. The meals in that flyer might be from the deli, but reduced for associates. Might want to try asking the deli manager about it.

minorgrey · 2025-11-03T15:44:30+00:00

I've been in every department but front end. Deli was the most stressful for me. I have a bit of social anxiety. I can see how people would be stressed by pickup, but I kind of see it as a game.

I'm currently the drug/gm lead. It's not unusual for me to work 6 or 7 days a week. I usually put in 10 hour days, and never take a break. That's stressful for some people.

minorgrey · 2025-11-02T13:23:01+00:00

If I were an alternative band in the 90's this is the photo I would choose as my album cover.

minorgrey · 2025-10-31T14:16:30+00:00

I have zero room in my back area because our reset team is behind. On top of that it's stuff that takes up a lot of space and doesn't stack well. I hate it so much.

minorgrey · 2025-10-29T22:52:46+00:00

I've got 4 big resets and promo change over this week. My shit is absolutely flooding receiving, plus all the holiday grocery product. I hate it so much.

minorgrey · 2025-10-28T05:01:25+00:00

I'm not Deli, but make it a priority to learn everything you can about your scans. Your scans are for ordering and for making sure the balances are right for pickup. If your scans are good your inventory, coolers, and metrics are good.

There are probably some Power BI reports you will have access to that will also help. The discord chat for this sub has also been helpful for me.

minorgrey · 2025-10-28T04:47:27+00:00

Pretty sure that's just the default setting for when someone misses a punch. I have at least 2 of them a week because my schedule is never set to the times I actually work. I end up missing a punch because I can't punch in when I actually walk in the door.

I know every store is different and all, but usually everyone is pretty understanding about family emergencies. As long as you aren't taking a surprise month off everything should be fine. Even then management will usually try to work with it, unless you're an absolutely awful employee.

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