From what I know they have laid off/fired mostly older employees it is sickening! I wish this country protected employees and some stores are even union....what good have they done for all the money they have collected?? I am in NM and these past 2 days they have fired management and demoted a bunch of them too, not sure when they are getting to the rest yet. Like i said most employees that were fired / laid off were older some even more than 20 years of service. Maybe it is time for someone to look into this ageism within this company, they rarely even promote anyone older than 40. I feel so sad for everyone ....where do you start again in your 50's and 60's? How many people are suffering right now because of this? Kroger makes a fortune and could have easily kept these employee;s or even offered alternative jobs, if they have worked over 20 years they cannot be that bad at their job right?
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Kroger is union but not there management team.
Layoffs aren’t union employees ! They are salary
It has nothing to do with peoples’ ages but more to do with the time they’ve been employed by them, thus making them high paid employees. They’re getting rid of the people that have the highest wages to save money. So those people are going to be older since they’ve been there longest.
Store Management positions are not union positions. Your work at the pleasure of the company.
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