[andrew_]

Possibly relevant, but they seem to have a hard time hiring and retaining talent. There's been a consistent player in my LinkedIn inbox from 2018 to present (even post-ZIRP) and that's Kroger engineering recruiters.

[silisili]

Just looked at their tech careers page.

Seems they want to pay folks < 100K onsite in LA? And only marginally more in Seattle?

Combine that with the fact the vast majority of jobs are hybrid in what appears to be middle of nowhere Ohio(Blue Ash, correct me if I'm wrong I'm looking at a map), I can take a few guesses as to why.

[Uvix]

Blue Ash is a suburb of Cincinnati (where Kroger is headquartered), so not quite the middle of nowhere but also not exactly a tech hotspot.

[datavirtue]

You should go through their recruitment process,for fun.

They seem to be optimized for discarding the best candidates. It's comical.

[htrp]

Do you really think that SWE grads are lining up to work at Kroger?

[gamblor956]

It's amusing that SWE grads are turning down a real company that provides actual value to millions of customers to work at startups that "dream of changing the world" with yet another social media app. Or AI app. Or whatever the latest silly tech fad happens to be.

No, groceries aren't sexy. But everyone needs to eat, and Kroger will be around long after all of the stupid startups these SWE grads choose to work for have died.

[simoncion]

If the money's right, they'll get enough folks to work for them.

Whoooooooooooooooooole bunch of people work at a whooooooooooooole bunch of places you've never heard of, man. There are so very many companies out there that employ programmers... it's nice if you can get a big Silicon Valley Darling on your resume, but not many folks can, so prestige isn't all that important.

[sgerenser]

Definitely not. They’re all waiting for a call back from the tech giant known as Albertsons.