These guys portray the card about employees and customers when in fact they could care less. I would go to the store with my family to do grocery shopping. And the shelves are empty and bare. I would ask employees and management what the issue was. I'd get told they are having trouble finding workers and the grocery manager responsible for the orders wasn't doing a good job. So I applied for the position at one if their stores. Passed the initial interview with HR with great remarks that I was asked to do another interview with a corporate panel. I completed that the following day with high remarks and was basically told off record "you've got the job, consider yourself hired." I completed all that was asked of me, did not lie or falsify anything. Was now waiting on background check. Im aware that I did have a history which was a mistake in my younger years that I've paid my dues and grew from. My history was a bug must understanding and does make my character a risk. I wasn't even able to explain the situation to them of it wasn't what it looked like. Eventhough I was the best candidate for the job, had 10+ years of experience, great input from previous employers, and would have been a complete asset for them; I was stricken from consideration due to my past. I'm not going to push the issue that their background checks are to be looked into from the past 7 years. In which mine we're double that time. They were 14 years old. But I wasn't hiding the findings. They are there for people to see. But my dispute is, tell me straight up and honestly. Your findings and reasonings go against your company's guidelines for employment. I was offered four other positions in the time I was going through all the steps for Kroger. Turned them down because I told all looked great. Your company should not state that you do hire felons and help them in all aspects in compiling a new life. When you do the opposite, you bring them up and give them hope only to break them down and make them feel defeated. Some will return to their previous life because you choose to turn your back on them and what could have been a prosperous relationship. But I will find my work home somewhere and I'll di good. I just want you and the Kroger company know that you made a mistake by stringing me along and not hiring me. I would have been a complete team playing asset for Kroger and its customers. So to the customers out there, when he go shopping these holidays or from now on, and you can't find the items you need for your dinners, just know that this wouldn't have happened if Kroger actually did care one bit about you. Rather than do the community a whole lot if good, they'd rather turn their backs on you as they walk to the bank with their pockets lined with your money.
