I've been with Kroger for 3 years and I don't work weekends, I work Monday-Friday. However, they've been scheduling me on Sundays. I had to change my availability for school on Wednesdays, but I'm still able to work on the days that I have class (Tuesdays and Wednesdays). We have a new schedule writer that knows my schedule so there shouldn't be any issues with my schedule, but there is. I have seniority, yet, there's baggers below me who always get weekends off without requesting them or making themselves unavailable. I don't think this is fair. I change my schedule for ONE day a week and this is what happens. I don't know if I can do this anymore. I'm tired of being relied on so much. Why can't they pick on somebody else?
Either talk to your schedule writer and manager, or keep resetting your availability back to the way you had it. Try and stop being reliable so much and let them figure things out on their own sokmetimes
Talk to your store schedule first.Lay down your law of availability.Then the hr rep.Present your availability of writing.This way they have honor it: hopefully.Work this out at the store level before you get the union involve.If you have sonority: pull the seniority and bump them.
I noticed at my prior store they played favorites.I had seniority over several of them but because they kept doing "no shows" on the days they didn't want to work; they always got it off after a while.No punishment just the reward of not working on the day they didn't want to.I had to completely work my life around their reward for betting management.It got to the point of not being able to have a life.I got the short end of the stick and eventually said: No!You're rewarding them when you should be punishing them.
I forgot to add that the schedule writer is new to writing schedules. They're taking the place of the old CSM and is new to the whole position. I truly don't want to get management involved unless absolutely necessary. She's trying and I respect that. I'm gonna talk to her and see what she says. If all else fails, I'll get management and the union involved.
If they hired you understanding that you can't work weekends, than they should be more than willing to accommodate you now.
If you for any reason have "any availability" on your profile, then the store and union couldn't care less about you wanting weekends off. At least that is how it is at my store.
I've been employed for 3 years with this company as well and they really don't pay attention to worker availability at all not unless it is maybe a one time request.
