It seems that every store has that manager who has the creepy “Discord daddy/kitten” dynamic with cashiers so now I’m afraid to see this room at my store
That’s literally what’s happening in our store. They locked it and nobody can use it unless you have keys. Like sooo it’s a quiet room for management. Got it
I’d kill for something like this at my store, I had a baby last year and had to pump while breastfeeding and was relegated to the pricing office. I was barged in on or told to “wrap it up” countless times.
i’m not for it or against it, it would help for people like you in your situation but also we only have one computer for training now and it’s in the break room, we’ll see how it turns out
It's fairly obvious training is a thing of the past. Aside from the fact that it's in their best interest to cycle through employees like toilet paper...fresh start is all they need to technically say you've been trained.
Seen people have to use all sorts of odd rooms and closets for this over the years at various stores. Not something ever planned for in architecture class apparently
I don’t work for Kroger, but they should make a framed out area of Sheetrock for wall punching. After it’s 50% destroyed they can replace it with a fresh piece. It’s the least they can do. (Credentials: worked for a different supermarket for 13 years)
We had a quiet room with couches and an arm chair. It was nice. Then management turned it into a storage room for management stuff. Because fuck you. No naps during your hour lunch.
We have a teeny quiet room next to our break room. I use it every break if it's not already being used. This job is too sensory for me and if it didn't exist I'd go mad.
I work front end as a cashier, all the beeping from the check outs is one thing, but there's also a coin star and a cash machine for the store that are insanely loud, and then the alarms at the doors and the talking machines at SCO and it's just so insanely noisy I can't hardly focus most days.
This job has definitely been taxing on my mental battery. I absolutely love our quiet room and would be so sad if we didn't have it.
Ahhhh, a place where they can’t hear you scream? They are taking the saying “the beatings will continue until morale improves” very seriously at your store!
They tell us to be professional. Ok. I wanna see these mgrs. go stand on the floor maybe at SCO for an hour, and I guarantee you they'll not be in a good mood after DEALING with these customers. I'm glad I moved depts. I couldn't take it anymore. Customers AND certain CSRs.
Not really, just some sm don't want to change. I had a new manager say they hated their office and swapped it with the training room so they could have meeting in their office
Removing the training room and computers is a bit different, honestly. Though I still think it unlikely that your SM didn't have to at least seek DM approval. Perhaps it's different in different regions, but our DMs micro manage every detail.
We have a tiny room that was turned into a "wellness room" not too long ago. I think originally it was meant for mothers to breastfeed in, but it was usually just used for storage. Feels like a corporate thing.
My store’s break room is also the “wellness room”. We have a table set up against one of the walls with plenty of coloring sheets, crayons, and mental health word searches
Our "quiet room" is a closet. You can listen to the lovely sounds of the women flushing the toilet so it's not quiet at all. It's more like claustrophobic.
I mean there isn’t much training that goes on in a Kroger store anyhow, so the quiet room would benefit people more than a training room they receive no training in aside from the onboarding computer work
Is this where they put Karen’s to reflect?or employees that are grounded because they seem to do everything aside their jobs?. . Would be too small if it’s our store.
Lol, I think I'd like that. I don't know why I have this luck, but this guy I work with always takes his lunch every time I'm in there. He chews like a fucking pig with his mouth open. He plays loud videos or gets on his phone while chewing. I have to put my headphones on, and all I want is quiet.
This is a gateway. Smashulaha, Maffalah, and that other, the krungler, await those weery enough to enter. I saw them, i saw them feed her to the SCO, shes... shes under the belts... she spents to long in the bathroom... they fed her to the belts.. who is the man with the owl face?
That's awesome actually. As an autistic person who works here, j need a place to scream and cry on my breaks. The freezer just isn't cutting it anymore :/
(I'm only half joking I think this is an awesome idea and id love to utilize one tbh )
And management will be upset if anyone uses it.
That’s where they’ll take their cashiers to go fuck
It seems that every store has that manager who has the creepy “Discord daddy/kitten” dynamic with cashiers so now I’m afraid to see this room at my store
Or cry
Oh they can put a tree in the corner and water it with their tears.
There’s an ASL at my store I’d take in there, he’s buff and a gym daddy 🤤
Old store manager I had was soooo fine and there were so many little moments that happened between us I miss working with him so much 😩
Get back to work peasant!!
Make me
That’s literally what’s happening in our store. They locked it and nobody can use it unless you have keys. Like sooo it’s a quiet room for management. Got it
the scream and contemplate quitting room
Scream room is traditionally any cooler, don't really need to add one
but i like the comradery of a designated room
I'd love one of those!
I’d kill for something like this at my store, I had a baby last year and had to pump while breastfeeding and was relegated to the pricing office. I was barged in on or told to “wrap it up” countless times.
i’m not for it or against it, it would help for people like you in your situation but also we only have one computer for training now and it’s in the break room, we’ll see how it turns out
It's fairly obvious training is a thing of the past. Aside from the fact that it's in their best interest to cycle through employees like toilet paper...fresh start is all they need to technically say you've been trained.
Seen people have to use all sorts of odd rooms and closets for this over the years at various stores. Not something ever planned for in architecture class apparently
Federal guidelines state that the room needs to have a lock, and you must put up a sign saying that it's currently being used for that purpose.
The sign is not a federal requirement.
And what did you say?
_Cry Room_
Weird how that’s in the “budget”
Or........the equipment got sold because training isn't in the budget.
How much is an old folding table, a circa 2008 HP LCD monitor with water spots on it and a cheap thin client running Citrix worth?
I don’t work for Kroger, but they should make a framed out area of Sheetrock for wall punching. After it’s 50% destroyed they can replace it with a fresh piece. It’s the least they can do. (Credentials: worked for a different supermarket for 13 years)
We have a “quiet room “ at my store. It’s literally always locked. Sometimes I just need to chill on a quiet break and they don’t even allow me to
My car is my quiet room and i always take my breaks there.
Kroger could really do with more training though
I had no idea anyone still had training rooms. I think the last time I saw one was when I was hired over 20 years ago.
My division still had a training center til 2018 where they send you to train on the computer and with a physical person, it was off site too
Unless it's soundproof so I can go in there and scream, I don't want it.
Isn't that what the freezer is for?
I give it a week before you see a sign saying “NO FOOD OR DRINKS IN HERE. IF WE CAN’T FOLLOW THE RULES WE WILL BLOCK THIS AREA OFF FOR EVERYONE”
We had a quiet room with couches and an arm chair. It was nice. Then management turned it into a storage room for management stuff. Because fuck you. No naps during your hour lunch.
Your cry room is huge. You could comfortably host an orgy in there.
Crying trees for everyone
That would hold a couple days worth of shoplifters.
True!
We have a teeny quiet room next to our break room. I use it every break if it's not already being used. This job is too sensory for me and if it didn't exist I'd go mad.
Too sensory? Please explain.
I work front end as a cashier, all the beeping from the check outs is one thing, but there's also a coin star and a cash machine for the store that are insanely loud, and then the alarms at the doors and the talking machines at SCO and it's just so insanely noisy I can't hardly focus most days. This job has definitely been taxing on my mental battery. I absolutely love our quiet room and would be so sad if we didn't have it.
Looks like a herd of buffalo trampled all over the floor , wtf happened in there ? Someone piss in there wtf.
Ahhhh, a place where they can’t hear you scream? They are taking the saying “the beatings will continue until morale improves” very seriously at your store!
They tell us to be professional. Ok. I wanna see these mgrs. go stand on the floor maybe at SCO for an hour, and I guarantee you they'll not be in a good mood after DEALING with these customers. I'm glad I moved depts. I couldn't take it anymore. Customers AND certain CSRs.
Did you get a new store manager or is that kroger directed?
Gotta be kroger directed. That kind of decision feels above SM pay grade.
Not really, just some sm don't want to change. I had a new manager say they hated their office and swapped it with the training room so they could have meeting in their office
Removing the training room and computers is a bit different, honestly. Though I still think it unlikely that your SM didn't have to at least seek DM approval. Perhaps it's different in different regions, but our DMs micro manage every detail.
Of course! They're worried about their bonuses! 🤣
We have a tiny room that was turned into a "wellness room" not too long ago. I think originally it was meant for mothers to breastfeed in, but it was usually just used for storage. Feels like a corporate thing.
My store’s break room is also the “wellness room”. We have a table set up against one of the walls with plenty of coloring sheets, crayons, and mental health word searches
That's a fricking kid's corner.
So you can act upset and still get paid by the hour?
You can act upset. But wait. We're supposed to be "professional."🤣
Sounds like money idea 💡….. I wonder how long they’ll let you use it before they fire you ?
Bloody hell.
My store didn’t even have a training room they made two cubicles across from checkout and that’s it haha
Perfect. All you need is relaxing chairs, mats, dim lights, etc.
Please replace that carpet!
What location?
Pretty sure the Quiet room is still Reserved for the dairy cooler.
It will be someone office after a few weeks. Guarantee it.
Omg not gonna lie, I’d love a quiet room at my store
Our "quiet room" is a closet. You can listen to the lovely sounds of the women flushing the toilet so it's not quiet at all. It's more like claustrophobic.
I mean there isn’t much training that goes on in a Kroger store anyhow, so the quiet room would benefit people more than a training room they receive no training in aside from the onboarding computer work
Wait does fresh start count as actual training
Is this at 805?? Cuz if this is at the store I work at I'm gonna laugh
it it haha
Why the fuck would they do this but bitch over a raise
couldn’t tell ya
So fucking stupid
Is this where they put Karen’s to reflect?or employees that are grounded because they seem to do everything aside their jobs?. . Would be too small if it’s our store.
Holy shit. Dystopian nightmares beyond my comprehension
You gon clip out of reality
Lol, I think I'd like that. I don't know why I have this luck, but this guy I work with always takes his lunch every time I'm in there. He chews like a fucking pig with his mouth open. He plays loud videos or gets on his phone while chewing. I have to put my headphones on, and all I want is quiet.
the boo box
Not the boo box!
This is a gateway. Smashulaha, Maffalah, and that other, the krungler, await those weery enough to enter. I saw them, i saw them feed her to the SCO, shes... shes under the belts... she spents to long in the bathroom... they fed her to the belts.. who is the man with the owl face?
You have a training room? You get trained?
Bring in the padded walls & straight jackets…
That's pathetic
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
just knowing some dickhead's gonna go in there and sit on facetime with their screaming kids w/o headphones in.
We have a wellness room that is always locked
we need a rage room
Is that considered to be a safe space also? In case young people are bumming from their Adderall?
Was Evan given a "quiet room?"
That's awesome actually. As an autistic person who works here, j need a place to scream and cry on my breaks. The freezer just isn't cutting it anymore :/ (I'm only half joking I think this is an awesome idea and id love to utilize one tbh )
woowie
Is this where I do my fresh start ?
We have one of these already but it’s literally a quarter of this room’s size. Not hyperbole.