So I called in on Tuesday morning and the person who answered the phone seemed pissed off. And a friend of mine at work called in and was asked "are you sure you can't come in?" We only had two feet of snow in our town and the main roads here weren't cleared until the afternoon, and the side roads in some places have yet to be cleared. Anyone else here have any problems like this with the storm?
P.S. I forgot to mention that were technically under a state of emergency in WV right now so technically we shouldn't have been open.
Employee: Hey, I know an asteroid is expected to impact the state, but i'm going to have to call in.... Kroger Customer Service Desk: You need to speak to a manager. Store Manager: You have a responsibly to your department. We need you here when you can get here to run the store. We're losing money when customers can't buy their stuff. REMEMBER A SATISFIED CUSTOMER MADE THIS CHECK POSSIBLE. Employee: Ok.... i'll try. *hangs up*
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Last year in Ohio we had a mild winter and I never had to call in. This year, if it gets bad, I'm going to call and if they don't like it that's their problem. I live out in the country, and my road is not exactly a top priority in getting it cleared. I'm not going to get into an accident because someone wanted a pack of cookies baked.
One year we had a really bad snowstorm. I couldn't drive in it so I had to call off. The manager kept trying to insist that I come in saying "it's not that bad!" (It was.) Then when I said "I'm sorry, but I can't." He said "whatever." and hung up on me. Whatever? Seriously? This is a guy in his 50s. I love the professionalism. Sorry I'm not going to go out and die in a snow emergency to get to work.
One year we had a really bad snowstorm. I couldn't drive in it so I had to call off. The manager kept trying to insist that I come in saying "it's not that bad!" (It was.) Then when I said "I'm sorry, but I can't." He said "whatever." and hung up on me. Whatever? Seriously? This is a guy in his 50s. I love the professionalism. Sorry I'm not going to go out and die in a snow emergency to get to work.
We have a manager like that. He always fusses whenever someone says the snow is too deep or the roads are too slick. Not everyone drives a 4 wheel drive truck like he does.
One year we had a really bad snowstorm. I couldn't drive in it so I had to call off. The manager kept trying to insist that I come in saying "it's not that bad!" (It was.) Then when I said "I'm sorry, but I can't." He said "whatever." and hung up on me. Whatever? Seriously? This is a guy in his 50s. I love the professionalism. Sorry I'm not going to go out and die in a snow emergency to get to work.
We have a manager like that. He always fusses whenever someone says the snow is too deep or the roads are too slick. Not everyone drives a 4 wheel drive truck like he does.
I haven't called in since September of 2009 and I was sick with some type of mysterious illness they could never find out the cause of it. I've always told managers that i'll come in if they can drove me home after conditions worsen. I've had a department head take me home and thank me for coming in where as some people wouldnt.
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Do they realize that some of their people live way out in the country?...Gasp! There may be some people who live in a place called "the boondocks"!!! And clearing those dirt country roads is not often a priority...And if they've got a "four-wheel drive" vehicle, more power to them...Let them come out to get the workers, if they need them so badly...Of course, what good would it do 'em during a flood?
Regarding Sandy and the pictures from New York, don't you think it strange that "the city that never sleeps" (which is now a ghost town) can shut down it's subway system, it's stock exchange (which is highly unusual), and it's financial institutions for a few days, but for everyone else (i.e. the rest of us average joes), it's just "business as usual"? Makes you wonder, don't it?
Do they realize that some of their people live way out in the country?...Gasp! There may be some people who live in a place called "the boondocks"!!! And clearing those dirt country roads is not often a priority...And if they've got a "four-wheel drive" vehicle, more power to them...Let them come out to get the workers, if they need them so badly...Of course, what good would it do 'em during a flood?
Regarding Sandy and the pictures from New York, don't you think it strange that "the city that never sleeps" (which is now a ghost town) can shut down it's subway system, it's stock exchange (which is highly unusual), and it's financial institutions for a few days, but for everyone else (i.e. the rest of us average joes), it's just "business as usual"? Makes you wonder, don't it?
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Yes, many of us live out away from city plowed roads. I don't. There was an ice storm here a few years ago that crippled my city, left 90% of it without power for 5---9 days. I couldn't make it to work for three of those days unless, literally, someone helicoptered me in.----By the way, I have a four wheel drive s.u.v. What astounded me was that my store was not only open-----but shopped. I had my bosses on my ASS about not being in; in intelligent, tactful terms I told them to slurp my anal cavity.
And I never held accountable all my employees who similarly called in. It was a natural DISASTER, for Chissakes.
Re that second part, average joes needing to keep working......I remember when 9/11 happened. A friend of mine who is a H.O. white collar guy told me that Archer Daniels Midland, his company, cleared out all the higher-ups------but kept the laborers on duty.
Nice unwritten statement about how Corporate America feels about their working people.
i cant remember the situation full b/c its been some time ago but once I called in and got the pissy manager on the other end who quite didn't get that i was not coming in and wasn't going to change my tune based on his plea. he sorta hung up on me too. well i called him back up immediately and gave him the riot act saying how dare you hang up on me! i'm fricken' sick don't you have any sort of empathy left in your soulless body. well the next day he did apologize. my point - don't back down on these management drones! go up to them and tell them in ernest that you do not appreciate the way they acted. let them know it isn't right. you cant get in trouble for speaking you mind to them and besides YOU ARE CORRECT.
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Just a little addition to this story: A couple of the guys at work that came in after being asked, "are you sure you can't come in?", wrecked their trucks. Wouldn't doubt a lawsuit or two flying about. If not from the employees, their insurance companies.
