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CinemaAudioNovice t1_j933gth wrote

Reply to comment by Hamsternoir in Judge rules family of Kroger employee who took his own life can proceed with lawsuit by lovingverbosity

My mom worked for a grocery store for over 40 years, it wasn’t until major damage and doctors orders was she allowed to have a chair (which she had to provide) for the last 5 years. Not only that, but she was harassed for those 5 years by management, her chair was often lost, stolen, or mysteriously broken.

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Trance354 t1_j94c5o3 wrote

A woman in her late 60s was trying for the golden ratio of years worked in the union(Kroger subsidiary). There's a point where we were finding her things to do, other than check people out. She was so ... damn ... slow. She required a walker to get to her spot, and was the single slowest checker we had. I mean, I get trying to get to retirement with the most work credit so your union stipend is liveable, but killing yourself to get there defeats the purpose.

We had another, a cart wrangler, who also was hitting retirement age. She was running her body ragged to complete her 20 years. Yes, you get less if you are not in that "golden ratio," but you also are less likely to be found half-eaten by your cats when the firefighters do a wellness check, after you miss 2 days' work. Her attendance record was spotless before that, so something was wrong.

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evanwilliams44 t1_j95bp2h wrote

We had an employee like that. When I started she was 72 and a machine, but 10 years later was really struggling and would not quit. It got dangerous because we work with hot food and her knee would give out randomly. I was afraid she would fall or spill something on herself. She did eventually quit but is now struggling financially. She really needed the money I guess.

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