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So 3 minutes before my shift ended i was caught standing by the time clock at 10:50pm.

 

The FE manager bitched at me to go bag and wrote me up.

 

**** that ****, i work in grocery bitch no one ever bags for my ass when they call me up there to run register.

 

What do?



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1. I could see you getting a warning for this as long as it was the first time you did this. However, to the best of my knowledge, A member of management has to write you up. The FE supervisor can only recommend.
2. When you were written up, did you request union representation?
3. I am sure you are not the only employee who has waited out the last minutes by the time clock. If you are being punished for it, they should be as well. single employees cant be singled out.
4 Am I forgetting anything else?

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At our store we can leave 7 minutes before, but one time my manager bitch at me for doing it so I will do it when she is not around. Try leaving early without your manager looking. I didn't know that this was something that can get you written up.



-- Edited by nicegirl23 on Sunday 17th of July 2011 04:28:21 AM

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Try this - working until the time you are scheduled.  if you do that you won't be written up.



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nicegirl23 wrote:

At our store we can leave 7 minutes before, but one time my manager bitch at me for doing it so I will do it when she is not around. Try leaving early without your manager looking. I didn't know that this was something that can get you written up.



-- Edited by nicegirl23 on Sunday 17th of July 2011 04:28:21 AM


 I always take my last break during the last 15 minutes of my shift.  That way I can leave 7 minutes early on my time, not Kroger's.  Of course one of the bad things about working on the front end is you can't do that because your breaks and lunches are scheduled.



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Indy1979 wrote:

1. I could see you getting a warning for this as long as it was the first time you did this. However, to the best of my knowledge, A member of management has to write you up. The FE supervisor can only recommend.
2. When you were written up, did you request union representation?
3. I am sure you are not the only employee who has waited out the last minutes by the time clock. If you are being punished for it, they should be as well. single employees cant be singled out.
4 Am I forgetting anything else?


 This.

I would talk to a shop steward and see if they will let you file a grievance on the basis of being singled out.  If your manager has to write senior employees up for doing the same thing (it happens at every Kroger store), it will probably be dropped.

I remember one time I was clocking out and a new guy (who I later found out was the managers nephew) was waiting to clock out and it was like 3 minutes til 7.  The manager comes up and starts egging on him for waiting by the time clock.  As I clock out, I say "You do realize you can clock out 7 minutes early?"  The manager looks at me and says "Actually.....per union contract......you're right.....you can.....but I don't like it when you guys do that"



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I kept getting yelled at for clocking in 7 minutes late, never written up, but close. I guess it depends on how many times you do it.

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In general, it's just not a good idea.

I've known people who would clock in 10 minutes early, shave 15 mins off their lunch, take their last 15 minute break 40 minutes before they were due off for the day.....Then clock out and leave. And now we have time/attendance enforcement policies that are freakin' Bavarian. Gee, I wonder why??



-- Edited by nocturnia on Monday 18th of July 2011 12:30:34 AM

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Sounds like you were riding the clock.. Which amounts to Stealing Time. You were on the clock, yet just standing there.. Doing what? Waiting for it to be time to clock out? You can be fired on the spot for stealing time. They do not have to warn you. You're playing with fire and you better be careful.

It's people like you who clock out as early as possible, clock in as late as possible, stretch their lunches and breaks.. That really piss me off. It just makes more work for everyone else when people abuse the clock like that. Work your shift and it makes it easier on everyone.

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when they ask me to clock out and its like 2 or 3 minutes or less away from a quarter hour. will wait i just pretend to clock out. but i slowly walk upstairs and use the clock up there. its how i roll. joking but i did do it a couple a times after the manager pissed me off i managed to claim a whole hour of overtime that week. to none the wiser.



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I predict a point in the future when MadMan is on here whining about being fired for stealing time.

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I like how he sez 'just joking', then goes on to describe WHY he did it......

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Cathy wrote:

I kept getting yelled at for clocking in 7 minutes late, never written up, but close. I guess it depends on how many times you do it.


 i would schedule you to come in at 7 past the hour.



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Sounds like you were riding the clock.. Which amounts to Stealing Time. You were on the clock, yet just standing there.. Doing what? Waiting for it to be time to clock out? You can be fired on the spot for stealing time. They do not have to warn you. You're playing with fire and you better be careful.

It's people like you who clock out as early as possible, clock in as late as possible, stretch their lunches and breaks.. That really piss me off. It just makes more work for everyone else when people abuse the clock like that. Work your shift and it makes it easier on everyone.


 Lol u mad fagget.



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FedUp wrote:

Sounds like you were riding the clock.. Which amounts to Stealing Time. You were on the clock, yet just standing there.. Doing what? Waiting for it to be time to clock out? You can be fired on the spot for stealing time. They do not have to warn you. You're playing with fire and you better be careful.

It's people like you who clock out as early as possible, clock in as late as possible, stretch their lunches and breaks.. That really piss me off. It just makes more work for everyone else when people abuse the clock like that. Work your shift and it makes it easier on everyone.


 Lol u mad fagget.


 ahh to be called a name b/c you stand up and speak the truth.  i'm with you fedup.  WORK YOUR F*UCKIN SHIFT ALL YOU LAZY ASS PEOPLE!

if i was the boss i'd fire your ass quicker than you can see it flying out the damn door.



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Give me some advice here.

Night stock crew is scheduled 11pm to 7:30am daily. The new trend is that the guys take their lunches at 6am and their 2nd break at 7am.

This is a problem because nothing happens from 6am on. Its easy because they take their time getting to the clocks and getting back from break and lunch. That 45 of minutes of work amounts to taking a pallet on the floor, maybe running a couple of cases and pulling it back to the back. This might not be such a big issue if it wasn't 3 guys doing the same thing. That's 2 hrs and 15 min on a TSG where nothing gets done. For those who don't know grocery, that's about 120 cases of stock that should be put up.

Going to management doesn't work. What happens on thirds stays on thirds 95% of the time.

It can be very frustrating.

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I find it odd that your Overnight shifts get scheduled lunches. Here we are not scheduled lunches. We are not required to take them if they do get scheduled. The reason for this is because of the safety issues associated with going out and about at 3am. Nothing is open anyway. If someone WANTED their lunch, they would be allowed it, but nobody takes them. Instead, Most people who work 8 hours just take their two breaks together.

James, have you tried going above managements head if nothing happens? Department Managers
I'm fond of that Ask --- option on the web page when I actually have something worth asking him about. We had a bit of equipment meant to be installed in our store, and it sat in the back room for over six months. It would get moved around and bumped by pallets. I wondered why no one would ever install it where it was supposed to go. Calls to maintenance did nothing, talking to the manager did nothing.. I submitted the question through the website's Ask ----- link, and got an emailed reply the next day. The following day, I got an email from Maintenance as well. The letter had been forwarded to the head of maintenance. Within a few weeks of that, people started coming in to take measurements and start the installation process. I was pleased. I keep the details of this all vague because I would hate for someone to go "Oh, I remember that."

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It's people like you who clock out as early as possible, clock in as late as possible, stretch their lunches and breaks.. That really piss me off. It just makes more work for everyone else when people abuse the clock like that. Work your shift and it makes it easier on everyone.


 

You people crack me up. You guys hold up your rights like its the Bible, but you bitch about somebody coming in at 9:07am or leaving at 4:53pm. It's SEVEN minutes, you dick. You arent causing ANY more work by coming clocking in 7 minutes after the scheduled time, nor are you causing work by leaving 7 minutes early. It's our contracted right to do so and nobody will be bitching to me about that, because I CAN. I dont get paid enough to give three rat's asses about clocking in/out EXACTLY on the hour. I clock in. Do my work the best I can. And clock out. 

Being able to clock in -7 minutes after scheduled time is actually GOOD, anyway. Gives you wiggle room in case traffic gets bad or something unexpected.



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Let's say there are a total number of 30 employees clocking in and out 7 minutes early. Let's say this multiplies to a mean average of thirty employees doing this per week. That's 4.2 hours of non productivity. Multiplied out over another mean ave of 50 weeks per year, that's TWO HUNDRED AND TEN hours of lost productivity.

I am not a salaried manager for any body, and I certainly don't have a dog in THIS fight. But the numbers don't lie...and, if I were an accountable Kroger manager, I would run them down best and as fast as I could, if for no other reason than to cover MY ass.

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I see so many comments here that I like, but don't have any real reply for. I sometimes find myself looking for a "Like" button or a "+1" button. :) Kudos folks.

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I have been watching myself more on clocking in late. Its usually because of traffic or bad time management on my part. I haven't gotten reprimanded for it in a while. I've noticed that it makes a better impression of me on my supervisors when I show up on time, and shows them that I am at least trying.

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your a trip..if you'r 1-9 work 1............to 9 and you will not get written up. you chilled at the time clock and wonder why you got a SI  thank god you a bagger....really.......really 



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How can the front end manager right you up?

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your a trip..if you'r 1-9 work 1............to 9 and you will not get written up. you chilled at the time clock and wonder why you got a SI  thank god you a bagger....really.......really 


 thank you! couldn't agree more. if someone's gonna try to get out of working what they're assigned, i applaud them getting busted for it.



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this thread.

i do my job af, i come in early, stay late come in on days off, work between departments. i get highly satisfied surveys more than perhaps any other employee at my store (if someone is beating me, i'm still near the top) and i still get bitched at for trying to leave within 7 minutes of scheduled time. and i only try to leave early when its slow. i dont see what the problem is, and i dont get why these people are so pissed about it

like, if i am in the wrong, and i dont think i am, i am still being talked down to and the point over exaggerated. i dont leave anyone short handed if i can help it, could use a bit of respect



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