I was just wondering how everyone's stores determine seniority. Before e-schedule started at my store, it was determined solely based on the amount of time worked for Kroger. Now availability is also factored into where you fall in the seniority list. This got me curious as to what kind of calculation is done to determine one's seniority. Are the people with limited availability all put below the people with no unavailability? Or, is there some kind of formula to determine seniority based on a certain amount of time worked plus time made available. I've asked around, but the people at my store seem pretty clueless.
Eschedule did nothing to seniority. It is still based solely upon time of service. If a schedule writer has told you otherwise, it is a lie to deflect criticism over reduced hours.
What has changed is that # of hours is now more directly scheduled based upon openness of availability. It was like this in sked, but we were allowed to do more to allot hours to workers who didn't get their usual. This is no more.
I am not sure but kind of understand your question. I am in Mi.
Full timers have a different senority than part timers.
Full timers can choose one day a week to be off regularly I think. Their availability has to be open other than that. The order that the names are on the schedule is the order of senority per hire date(except for the department lead or manager).
I think part timers fit your description. "Are the people with limited availability all put below the people with no unavailability?"
This fits 2 Utility clerks at my store. One has school so he limits his availability but was hired before the second one. The second utility clerk is scheduled more hours because he has open availability.
People still appear on the list based on seniority. If you have 2 years of experience and refuse to work weekends, you won't be guaranteed more hours than someone with 1 year of experience who will work weekends. Availability is everything with eSked.
Thanks for the responses. I recall some cashiers saying availability would affect seniority as well, but, judging from the responses here, I guess that's not the case. It doesn't help when none of the schedule writers know the answer either.
I've got 9+ years experience but there are people with less experience who claim to have seniority on me because at one time they were department heads so they think that gives them seniority. True that they will get 40 hours when I might not, but I do usually work 32-40. These guys get 40 every week, I have no complaints about that though. But to me "seniority" is the date you were hired. So someone below me with 40 hours can't really do anything to me as far as I'm concerned. If I'm mistaken, I'd really like to see it in the contract. Just because I don't work 40 hours shouldn't necessarily classify me as "part time", but again I could be wrong
