1. Jake Meuy Jingyan Wang Winnie Yam Whitney

2.  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 Source: stoel.com

3. 50 10 11 58 Locations of Fred Meyer stores in US

4.  Person Job Fit  Diversity  Absenteeism

5. Importance of Diversity Understand and service of customers Meet the requirement of customers and suppliers competitive advantage Improve business performance Advantages of Diversity

6. 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

7. Source: Customer Service Manager of Fred Meyer Store

8. Source is from Fred Meyer website

10.  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

12.  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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. Recommendations ~Actively promote employee training. ~Remind employees that Fred Meyers can be an excellent career choice.