Month: October 2022

Last Friday I put in a 3 week notice fire my job, saying that I will finish my contract with them at the end of October. I just signed a lease that would’ve had a long commute, and they were unwilling to do hybrid work. (Although when I was hired, I was told the position was going to be hybrid). On Monday, they called me in to let me go as they wanted someone more dedicated to the company since they knew I didn’t want to stay and commute. What is the point in giving a notice then???? If I never said anything and dipped right after my contract ended, I would still have those 3 weeks pay. Lesson learned, I will not give a company that courtesy ever again.

An email that was just sent out by the Kroger Company. The largest Grocer in America now “can't afford” to give a few dollars off our to our own workers. ​ Subject: Promise Card ($3.00) Being Discontinued Good Afternoon Everyone, We will be revising the Our Promise program and the use of the $3.00 promise cards.  If an Associate presents a $3.00 promise card at checkout, we must take the coupon from the Associate and place it in the drawer with all other coupons.  We should not be giving the coupon back to the Associate once it is used. The Our Promise $3.00 Uplift cards were to be used to reward an Associate that demonstrated exceptional behaviors relating to Our Promise.  We should also have used these to reward Associates that are mentioned in Our Promise shops and they received a VG behavior score. Effective Sunday October 30th, the coupon…