Barring my own bad experiences with them, they are the largest employer in the world. They are bound to have a lot of good AND bad people.

And unfortunately, you cannot blame the whole company or even one particular store for a bad manager. When I worked night shift at Kroger, the night manager was awful. He also had his little clique of underlings that he hung out with. They would take extra long breaks, plus extra smoke breaks, and only help each other out in finishing their work, and leave early, even if other people were still working.

One member of our department was his right-hand lackey though and got away with everything from sexual harassment (all the females quit or transferred to day shift) from throwing a utility knife at another employee. (All caught on camera of course) There was so much crap that took place it would take forever to retell it all.

But the night manager did everything to protect the guy. "I was there right beside him and he was just playing. She is exaggerating" or "The knife just slipped. He never meant to throw it. I saw everything with my own eyes." It was a nightmare. But that store had one of the best store managers and grocery managers there ever was. Truly cared about the employees and worked with them in everything from sickness to college to family problems.

Long story short, all it takes is a few bad apples to give the store a bad reputation, but don't judge a whole book by its cover.