I have the right to express my opinions. I work for Kroger. Do you have any idea how huge that corporation is? Why ever would I be delusional enough to think that I could change their policies? I know what I would like to see, but it probably won't happen. This is a problem with the whole retail industry and how society treats the working class in general. For example, my mom worked at Macy's for much of her life. Many of her coworkers had heart attacks and strokes due to the strain of work. My mom's body broke down over time and she had to have multiple surgeries on her hands and legs, as well as a hip replacement, due to the damage that sort of work does to you over the decades. She couldn't even afford health insurance from her full time job. Now she's dead from cancer.
Yes, I think Sundays and holidays off would be a nice crumb to throw to us, but they do not care. If I don't get out of it somehow, I will end up like my mother. I'm already on my way with my body breaking down from injuries. I tore a ligament in my wrist when I first worked for Kroger, at 19, and they screwed me then. It is very hard to pull yourself out of working class poverty in the US, though.
Yes, I am familiar with Kroger.
The one closest to my home closed because they were over priced and lost out to the Walmart and Meijer.
The ones south of me sold out to a local grocery chain.
The Kroger stores in the town I grew up calling home also closed.
As did the ones in the town I called my vacation home.
Based on my experience with Kroger, you should seriously be looking for work elsewhere as they are going down the tubes.
My mother retired from Meijer.
She really liked working there.
She turned down manger positions left and right and they finally stopped asking her.
so yes, I am familiar with retail work.
And yes, I understand it is difficult to move out from under retail.
I did so by getting my CDL and when I got diagnosed with Crohn's disease I had to quit working OTR.
I busted my *** and got a job managing a mobile home park.
though to be fair, I mostly lucked into that job.
I held that job for damn near a decade before the owners moved out of state and hired a property overseer, someone to manage all the their property managers.
The first thing the new over seer did was fire everyone and start over.
I then went to working as a house cleaner for a local nursing home.
I ended up quitting that job to drive my mother-in-law to and from dialysis three days a week.
I did that for two and a half years when she passed back in october 2020.
Now with this COVID mess and my medical issues, I have not been outside the house any more than I have to be.
If I catch it it could be really really bad, with the diabetes, COPD, heart disease, Crohn's Disease, and being half a century old...
