I think it's so stupid that we can't even take 10 seconds to drink, damn water on the front end. I'm a coutesy clerk and I got bitched out by my front end manager for taking a sip of water while I was doing a floor sweep yesterday.
Like wtf. I see management eating all the time on the clock but we can't.
If you take a sip, donut in the sky. That's what I did when I was a courtesy. Especially on hot days outside when I had lot duty. I was bitched at by a customer once for NOT staying hydrated and carrying a water bottle when I was outside working.
Officially drinks are not allowed except during the hot summer months and water is provided for courtesy clerks. What actually happens varies by store. Some managers will throw out drinks found at registers. If it's water I don't mind. Baggers drinking mtn dew while bagging an order or cashiers randomly wandering off to buy drinks, snacks, lotto is not company policy and pretty childish.
Absolutely. We have a picnic container with Kroger water behind customer service. One of our co-managers comes out to the lot unannounced to make sure we have drank some water on hot days. Our store mgt views it as a safety issue that we are well hydrated.
Absolutely. We have a picnic container with Kroger water behind customer service. One of our co-managers comes out to the lot unannounced to make sure we have drank some water on hot days. Our store mgt views it as a safety issue that we are well hydrated.
That's nice that they care. Our store management forbids courtesy clerks from going to our Starbucks kiosk to get ice cold water and won't allow an ice chest or cooler with cold water anywhere along the front end or anywhere for that matter. The logic is "we have a water fountain. That's good enough" and our safety lead is useless, claiming that the guys on the lot are teenagers and can handle it. The CSM generally doesn't seem to care if the cashiers have water, soda, energy drinks or whatnot at the registers. The courtesy clerks (as always) get royally screwed, though.
When I was a cc, I drank water irregardless. If it was boiling outside, I didn't give a tin **** what the policy was. My safety and comfort is more important than looking damn professional. We work in retail. Not some damn swanky hotel
Wait till you see what happens next month.Water at the register will be the least of your worries. Any co/mgr making less than the new threshold for salary overtime exemption, will be dropped to hourly wages. This means if they go down to dept heads and you are one. Then your checking and you hours go down. That's right you may be bagging and getting carts again. Because if they go down so do you. Seniority comes first. That's right BUMP,BUMP, BUMP and the union can't do anything about it.
Wait till you see what happens next month.Water at the register will be the least of your worries. Any co/mgr making less than the new threshold for salary overtime exemption, will be dropped to hourly wages. This means if they go down to dept heads and you are one. Then your checking and you hours go down. That's right you may be bagging and getting carts again. Because if they go down so do you. Seniority comes first. That's right BUMP,BUMP, BUMP and the union can't do anything about it.
This doesn't make any sense, just because they're changing laws regarding overtime for salary employees, they're still going to need comanagers in the store. i haven't heard anything about comanager's being forced back into being department heads.
From what I've heard, Kroger has already decided to give co-managers enough of a raise so that the new law doesn't impact the company. This will still likely save the company money in both the short and long run because now Kroger can continue to work co-managers fifty, sixty or even more, hours a week without having to worry about paying out any overtime.
