Is it true that you're not allowed to take your break in your final hour? I'm stuck behind a bunch of people who apparently hate taking their breaks, but whine if you ask to go on break ahead of them "I was here first and I haven't had mine yet!" (they usually end up not taking them at all.) I go on break after I leave but recently our assistant bakery manager has started nagging that you're not allowed to go on break in your final hour. I've never heard of this before. She's the only one who has ever mentioned it, and she's the sort of person who likes to come up with something new to gripe about every day. I told her that I'm not going to be forced out of my last break just because some people ahead of me didn't want to take their's and I go on break anyway, but she's been giving me dirty looks about it.
I've heard that on here but i don't know how true it is because there's been a few times when I'm really busy, I don't take my break until 8:30 when I leave at 9. And if no one likes it oh well.
People at our store do it all the time. Of course if you're a checker or a bagger you have to take your breaks and lunches when they tell you to. Most people in other departments are so busy that they can't stop to take their last break. I look at it this way. If I take my break in the middle of my shift, the store loses 15 minutes worth of work from me plus the time it takes to walk to and from the timeclock. If I take it the last 15 minutes of my shift, the store only loses that 15 minutes worth of work. Keep in mind if you do take your break the last 15 minutes you can't punch out and just leave. Otherwise you'll lose the 15 minutes of pay.
Check the exact wording of your contract. Ours says, "Rest periods shall be granted as near the middle of the work period as possible. That being said, it does not say you have to take your break in the middle of the work period, nor does it say anything about prohibiting anyone from taking their break at the end of their shift.
Check the exact wording of your contract. Ours says, "Rest periods shall be granted as near the middle of the work period as possible. That being said, it does not say you have to take your break in the middle of the work period, nor does it say anything about prohibiting anyone from taking their break at the end of their shift.
That's what mine says as well.
I look at it this way - take your breaks. You're entitled to them. If someone else doesn't want to take theirs it's their own loss.
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Check the exact wording of your contract. Ours says, "Rest periods shall be granted as near the middle of the work period as possible. That being said, it does not say you have to take your break in the middle of the work period, nor does it say anything about prohibiting anyone from taking their break at the end of their shift.
Thanks. I checked and that was the wording of mine too. I knew she was just finding something to complain about for the sake of it. Every day it's something new. She's really obnoxious.
People at our store do it all the time. Of course if you're a checker or a bagger you have to take your breaks and lunches when they tell you to. Most people in other departments are so busy that they can't stop to take their last break. I look at it this way. If I take my break in the middle of my shift, the store loses 15 minutes worth of work from me plus the time it takes to walk to and from the timeclock. If I take it the last 15 minutes of my shift, the store only loses that 15 minutes worth of work. Keep in mind if you do take your break the last 15 minutes you can't punch out and just leave. Otherwise you'll lose the 15 minutes of pay.
I'm a bagger and I was told to ask for a break about every 2.5 hours. Some CSM's get really bitchy about breaks while some don't care at all. Though if they aren't strict, I'll still tell them as a courtesy. About taking breaks at the end of my shift, I recently took one with a half hour left and for the last 15 minutes I just helped with carts. No one really cared because I was behind on my breaks anyway.
On our front end, breaks and lunches are all scheduled the day in advance. We fill out a paper I designed in Excel with lane assignments for the cashiers and everyone's shifts listed. If someone needs to take a break at a different time for whatever reason, we can usually accommodate that request, but other than that it's pre-scheduled.
On our front end, breaks and lunches are all scheduled the day in advance. We fill out a paper I designed in Excel with lane assignments for the cashiers and everyone's shifts listed. If someone needs to take a break at a different time for whatever reason, we can usually accommodate that request, but other than that it's pre-scheduled.
I really wish we had assigned breaks. I hate being at the whims of when other people feel like taking their break.
I have employees who will skip their breaks, and they do something cute like take a 45 minute break two days later: "Oh, well, I missed three breaks over the last coupla days." Or we'll have others who will wait til the end of their shift and sit around for a half hour, then clock out and leave.
UH-UH. I do NOT play that.....I tell them to get their breaks in at reasonable time intervals. Works out better for everyone.
Is it true that you're not allowed to take your break in your final hour? I'm stuck behind a bunch of people who apparently hate taking their breaks, but whine if you ask to go on break ahead of them "I was here first and I haven't had mine yet!" (they usually end up not taking them at all.) I go on break after I leave but recently our assistant bakery manager has started nagging that you're not allowed to go on break in your final hour. I've never heard of this before. She's the only one who has ever mentioned it, and she's the sort of person who likes to come up with something new to gripe about every day. I told her that I'm not going to be forced out of my last break just because some people ahead of me didn't want to take their's and I go on break anyway, but she's been giving me dirty looks about it.
Don't ask if you can take your break. Tell them you're taking your break. If they complain just tell them they need to take their break right then or they can wait until you get back. If they still complain just tell them it's inconsiderate of them to make everyone else wait just because they don't like taking their break at a reasonable time. Is there any reason more than one person can't go on break at the same time?
I have employees who will skip their breaks, and they do something cute like take a 45 minute break two days later: "Oh, well, I missed three breaks over the last coupla days." Or we'll have others who will wait til the end of their shift and sit around for a half hour, then clock out and leave.
UH-UH. I do NOT play that.....I tell them to get their breaks in at reasonable time intervals. Works out better for everyone.
However, keep in mind that if they clock out for 45 min or so without clocking back in, even if they chose to clock out for break, they lose that pay, where they would have been paid for their normal breaks. So, their loss.
I have employees who will skip their breaks, and they do something cute like take a 45 minute break two days later: "Oh, well, I missed three breaks over the last coupla days." Or we'll have others who will wait til the end of their shift and sit around for a half hour, then clock out and leave.
UH-UH. I do NOT play that.....I tell them to get their breaks in at reasonable time intervals. Works out better for everyone.
However, keep in mind that if they clock out for 45 min or so without clocking back in, even if they chose to clock out for break, they lose that pay, where they would have been paid for their normal breaks. So, their loss.
IF they clock out for that long. We have some people who are major a-holes about their breaks, and just go sit in the breakroom for 15-20 minutes or so. Usually it's courtesy clerks who are "cleaning the bathrooms" in the breakroom and one of the 2nd shift grocery guys.
And that's where its their supervisor's responsibility to cut that crap out.
I agree. But 2nd shift grocery does pretty much whatever. Help out dairy, run some Peyton totes, accept a grocery or Peyton delivery, make a bale...it's easy sailing doing seconds in grocery in my store. We have some ACSM's call out the courtest clerks, but no one messes with grocery clerks. I don't know why. When I worked grocery I'd get a "To-do" list from my dept head and once that was done (usually 5-6 things) you just look busy and no one says a damn thing.
She's really obnoxious.
