So, last night I got to train the closer on how to do mark downs. I'm a cake decorator. She's been closing for over a month but no one has bothered to train her. Before the manager left he asked me if I could help her out. "Sure" I said. Then found out the Asst #2 was suppose to train her but didn't want to take the time because she could get out faster if she just did it herself. Then Asst #1 calls and asked me to make sure the order in put on, not because she was so busy working that day that she forgot, she was too busy talking and making personal phone calls and having visitors to put the order on. Not to mention I had to clean up after the opening decorator because she never cleans up after herself.
Anybody else running across this a lot more now-a-days?
Yes. Seeing a lot of new associate managers that have never worked with kroger before. The co s will walk around with them all day and talk and then dump there basic training like markdowns on someone else who is busy in or running a dept.
So you said sure I'll help and everything was fine until you found out the assistant wanted to get out on time. I'm not sure what we can do. You should talk to the assistant. Tell her what you told us. You're sick and tired of lazy people who want to go home on time.
So it's okay that I stay over doing their job as long as they get out on time (mind you they spent that day slacking off)?
Yesterday we may have come to a bit of an understanding. Asst. #1 was doing markdowns when the battery died. She asked me if I could run upstairs and get her a new one. I looked at her like, "Really?" and she says, "I have to out of here at 7." To which I say, "You know I never get out of here on time, right?" She was honestly surprised, then she sent Asst. #2 upstairs to get it instead.
So it's okay that I stay over doing their job as long as they get out on time (mind you they spent that day slacking off)?
Yesterday we may have come to a bit of an understanding. Asst. #1 was doing markdowns when the battery died. She asked me if I could run upstairs and get her a new one. I looked at her like, "Really?" and she says, "I have to out of here at 7." To which I say, "You know I never get out of here on time, right?" She was honestly surprised, then she sent Asst. #2 upstairs to get it instead.
Is she trying to get off the clock so she isn't on overtime? If you stay late will you be on overtime?
Ok, ok, you are making your point and maybe I need to relax a bit. I see the manager working his ass off while the two asst seem to think it's social hour and I get a little annoyed. I also felt like when I came to this store that asst#1 thought they hired me as her personal asst because she even asked me to watch her pet while she went on vacation (I said no because, 1:my dog doesn't play well with others, 2: I have two cats, 3: I never met that dog and had no idea what it was like and 4: seriously!!!)
But, I will try to keep things in perspective and treat each situation as an individual event and not just "Lazy and dumb are pawning their work off on me again."
How many asst.'s do you have? I think they should be scheduled later. Sounds to me like the late person will be made the scapegoat if something is wrong. I've worked with a manager and asst. like this and had a real heart to heart with a co-manager and a few weeks later they were both gone.
We have 2 asst managers. I've only seen one close once and she complained the whole time.
I think the baker was about to kill asst #2 a little while ago. We normally have 3 bakers but one went on vacation and the other quit. So she was doing it all by herself. The manager asked asst#2 to help out the baker by baking some stuff off for her. Asst#2 proceeded to walk the store strolling for free samples instead. When the baker confronted asst#2 she said, "I can help by making you a list of what needs to be baked off." Next day asst#2 was suppose to bake off cookies after baker left. Didn't happen. The manager knows. I have no idea if anything was done about it.