I just finished going through the program to become a bakery manager. I'm waiting to hear which store I am going to be sent to. However, I do have a question pertaining to my pay rate. The one thing I guess I never thought to ask was: how many hours need to be logged before a pay increase happens, or is the hourly rate I am making now it forever? I'm in Cincinnati, zone d if anyone can help me. Thanks.
It should be listed in the payscale section of your contract book. Not all divisions have separate bakery and deli department heads though. So I would make sure that it is an actual department head position with extra pay and not just a way for them to put all the responsibility on one person.
in my division - the bakery lead (head bakery manager) is right under the deli manager. this position is equal to the deli back up (which is what I am for the moment). the pay rate is $14.80/hr or $15.10/hr for larger volumn stores.
all this is outlined in your union contract book. you are in the union right?
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In my division, your job title is imaginary and you get no special pay from it. The Deli Manager runs both deli and bakery.
If you are a manager, then there is no climbing the pay ladder. You go in at manager pay and get 40 hours a week.
For some stores here that have a huge customer base, they allow two deli managers, with one assigned to bakery.. I tried that.. No bueno. The deli side manager was the senior manager and she had all sorts of issues and didn't even let me TRY to do my job. I was sabotaged and everyone knew she was doing it and that she didn't want me there. I was miserable. I left that store and the next time I was offered a management position, I turned it down. It is way too much politics and stress for not enough money.
