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Founded in 1922 by Fred Meyer Headquarters are located here in Portland,

Oregon Core Values:

◦ Honesty, ◦ Integrity, ◦ Respect, ◦ Diversity, ◦ Safety and ◦ Inclusion

Bought by Kroger Co. in 1999 for 13.5 billion

Overview of Fred Meyer

Source: stoel.com

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Locations of Fred Meyer stores in US

Person Job Fit

Diversity

Absenteeism

Topics Researched

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Advantages of Diversity

Assessment of Fred Meyer

• Lower level employees don’t have diversity training

• Limited minority representation

• Provide diversity training to lower employees.

• Organize employees with different culture to mentor other employees one on one.

• Promote diversity from high level employees to lower level employees.

Recommendation

Weakness

Source: Customer Service Manager of Fred Meyer Store

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Demographics of Fred Meyer at 14700 SE Division

Source is from Fred Meyer website

Fred Meyer Division Store

Part- TimeEmployees

Full- TimeEmployees

Employee Pool Division Store

Fred Meyer Tigard Store

Part- TimeEmployees

Full- TimeEmployees

Medical/Dental/Vision Plan

401 (K) Retirement Savings Account Plan

Long and Short Term Insurance

Incentives Programs

Credit Union Membership

Employee Assistance Plan

Company-Paid Continuing Education Program

Paid Vacation Programs

Work/Balance

Years Worked for Fred Meyer

10

2

0.510

3

4

Absenteeism Pull from Part-Time Employees

Never allow overtime hours

Priority given to those who have worked at Fred Meyers the longest

Employees feel it is well managed

Recommendations Track Absenteeism better

Offer incentives to employees for showing up on-time for all of their shifts

Survey employees on ways they can help prevent Absenteeism

Person-Job Fit

~Fred Meyers actively seeks new hires with similar values

~Offers training and classes for employees to learn new skills

~Actively looks to promote from within the company

Strength of Person-Job Fit

~All long time employees have intimate knowledge of Fred Meyers.

~Low turnover rate.

~Better managers

Weakness of Person-Job Fit~Employees are not reminded of their opportunities

Recommendations

~Actively promote employee training.

~Remind employees that Fred Meyers can be an excellent career choice.