Ok, I am 20 years old and have had 4 years of waitressing experince. I got offered the job at kroger in the Starbucks kiosk for a barista. She said I will get $7.40 (min wage in Ohio) and in 60 days I can apply for a union credit cause I have had restaraunt experience (4 years waitressing experience). Is she ripping me off? Or do all baristas start off at minimum wage? And how much do you think the raise will be?
It's just a shocker: I just haven't been paid minimum wage since I was 16. It sucks & is weird. :(
I would look for a Texas Road House, Applebees, Cheddars (or virtually any corp. chain family restaurant) instead: in my area, Il., they start their wait staff at $10./hr.
Ok, I am 20 years old and have had 4 years of waitressing experince. I got offered the job at kroger in the Starbucks kiosk for a barista. She said I will get $7.40 (min wage in Ohio) and in 60 days I can apply for a union credit cause I have had restaraunt experience (4 years waitressing experience). Is she ripping me off? Or do all baristas start off at minimum wage? And how much do you think the raise will be?
It's just a shocker: I just haven't been paid minimum wage since I was 16. It sucks & is weird. :(
Thanks for any responds !
Ask for a $2/hr experience pay right from the get-go. This will have to be approved by the store manager & district manager. If it is, you will start at the $7.40/hr but is a few weeks you will recieve a retro check for the $2/hr times all the hours you have worked up to that point. Go back to this lady and ask her is this is what she is referring to b/c I have never heard of a "union credit". Ask her to reexplain what that is and it might be the same thing but that shouldnt be something you have to 'apply for in 60 days' - you should walk in hired already knowing that you have it and just got to wait a few weeks till it get stamped "OK" somewhere in KrogerLand.
otherwise - I would just walk away laughing or work there for a few weeks and learn the barista stuff then flip yourself to Starbucks with the experience you just got. If you start at $9.40/hr then after working 500 hours you get a small raise and then again after 1000 hours and 2000 hours I think . best of luck.....
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For every year you work in a job related to the position for which you are applying, that is part of a union, you receive credit for that full year of work, and your pay scale is adjusted up as if you had spent that time working for the new job. If a Kroger employee starts at $7.40, and after a year they would be making $8.40, then you would get hired in at the $8.40 rate if you had a year's qualified experience.
When you have time put in at a job that is NOT part of a union, you get credit for 1/2 the time worked. General restaurant experience tends not to be union, so it is very likely that you would only receive credit for 2 years out of your 4.
What I would do if I were you, is talk to the manager about this. Tell them you have the experience, and want the higher pay scale for it. If you are worried that you are not getting paid correctly, contact your local union and ask them to look into your pay on your behalf. Don't get impatient if it takes them a couple weeks. They are very busy people, because Kroger is a very unfair workplace. They will make sure you get back pay if it turns out you were not paid correctly.
For every year you work in a job related to the position for which you are applying, that is part of a union, you receive credit for that full year of work, and your pay scale is adjusted up as if you had spent that time working for the new job. If a Kroger employee starts at $7.40, and after a year they would be making $8.40, then you would get hired in at the $8.40 rate if you had a year's qualified experience.
When you have time put in at a job that is NOT part of a union, you get credit for 1/2 the time worked. General restaurant experience tends not to be union, so it is very likely that you would only receive credit for 2 years out of your 4.
What I would do if I were you, is talk to the manager about this. Tell them you have the experience, and want the higher pay scale for it. If you are worried that you are not getting paid correctly, contact your local union and ask them to look into your pay on your behalf. Don't get impatient if it takes them a couple weeks. They are very busy people, because Kroger is a very unfair workplace. They will make sure you get back pay if it turns out you were not paid correctly.
Yea, you could go that way; spend you dollars on a union for a place that, I assure you, gives FK NONE about you.
Or:
You could consider what I said about seeking out better wait staffing ventures in the first place. By the time you get done dicking around with the red tape between Kroger co. and Kroger union, you'll go blind on paper work and shuffle board 'go ask your mom/go ask your dad' bull****. You have four years as a waitress/ profession?
Check your pay scale (It's listed in the union handbook). You get hired in at a beginning rate, and after probation, you get a raise. Then a raise again every 6 months till you are at top pay.
That is if your union follows the same rules as mine.
What I was trying to say was that if you have experience, your starting pay will be higher then if you do not. But you shouldn't have to wait to get that raise for your experience. They should give it to you the day you are hired. Unless your union works differently.
Ask questions of the manager, and ask to read a sopy of your union handbook.
@Nocturnia I'm sorry you have had sour dealings with the union in the past. I am a union steward at my store, and I know that the union cares about people. I have seen the union save the jobs of co-workers, and get people the money they deserve. I have had my union rep fight for a whole year against Kroger to get me the pay I earned for a weeks worth of work as temp department head.
The union works, but what people fail to remember is that they are not the only ones in the company with a problem. Every day, your union rep is handling hundreds of calls and visiting hundreds of people trying to listen to everyone and get everything taken care of. They are visiting Kroger upper management to negotiate on your behalf.
Kroger employs a lot of people, and they screw over a lot of people. Not just you. So when you have a problem and it takes forever to get a result, it's because they are trying to help you as well as hundreds other at the same time.
Give it some patience. I you are in the right, they will pull through for you.
ask for immediate EXPERIENCE PAY. Tell them that you are 20 years old and have ample experience to give to Kroger so in return you wish to have that. It is common to ask and to give. Then if they agree, you get your foot in the door and can see what might lie down the road.
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