Do the salary managers (non-union) make the schedules or is it made by union supervisors? My son works for Kroger's in Indiana and did not join the union but he consistently gets less hours than his friends who are in the union. He also works every weekend night, never getting an early shift. Thanks
Do the salary managers (non-union) make the schedules or is it made by union supervisors? My son works for Kroger's in Indiana and did not join the union but he consistently gets less hours than his friends who are in the union. He also works every weekend night, never getting an early shift. Thanks
What is his age? How does he have his availabilty set up?
There may be laws in your state governing how many hours he is allowed to work while in school.
If he sets his availbility at certain times, his hours will be limited. I would think Eschedule would love someone that was available on weekend nights.
He could speak to the manager and ask for more hours or get put on a call list when they need help when other people are absent. The store manager is able to override what the Eschedule spits out.
Unfortunately, I think Eschedule is programmed to keep part time employees hours under 24 hours a week. I know a cashier that has recieved 13 hours per week for the last two weeks.
Also, hours are budgeted weekly by "ELMS" scores. I don't completely understand it but a corporate computer forcasts sales to be a certain amount and "gives" just enough hours to get the work expected done. Those hours are then divided among the employees. Fulltime employees get 40 hours and part time employees get the left overs...
It depends on the store. By standard, it's the department heads. However, some cases (like my store), the store manager writes schedules for certain departments/sections (Grocery, Dairy, Drug GM).
And like what others said, the hours you can get depends on many things:
-ELMS/sales
-seniority
-availability
Though, since it's now approaching December, people may have the opportunity to get more hours since many employees will be using their vacation days before they lose them, combined with the upcoming holidays.
