This has happened to me twice now. An employee from another department gets demoted and they send them back to the front end to work as a cashier. They have more seniority than me so they still get their 40 hours but my hours get cut back. I was working 32 to 36 hours but now I work around 25 each week. I understand they have seniority and all but I'm tired of having to help pay for their mistakes.
I'm seeing a larger problem. They're demoted, so their pay is reduced.....While your pay stays intact, but your hours are reduced? Sounds like management is finding $hitty ways to cut pay roll.
I'm seeing a larger problem. They're demoted, so their pay is reduced.....While your pay stays intact, but your hours are reduced? Sounds like management is finding $hitty ways to cut pay roll.
Exactly Nocturnia! I'm making around $280 less a month now. I was finally getting enough hours to go full time but that's not going to happen. Our new manager is demoting, transferring or firing everyone he doesn't like.
I'm seeing a larger problem. They're demoted, so their pay is reduced.....While your pay stays intact, but your hours are reduced? Sounds like management is finding $hitty ways to cut pay roll.
Exactly Nocturnia! I'm making around $280 less a month now. I was finally getting enough hours to go full time but that's not going to happen. Our new manager is demoting, transferring or firing everyone he doesn't like.
It's probably not even anything personal. I've been in salaried retail management for several years, and I've seen first hand behind-closed-doors tactics like this pushed.
When I've seen this sort of 'demotion' going on, the person who was demoted had their hours cut back too, regardless of how long they worked for Kroger.
This has happened to me twice now. An employee from another department gets demoted and they send them back to the front end to work as a cashier. They have more seniority than me so they still get their 40 hours but my hours get cut back. I was working 32 to 36 hours but now I work around 25 each week. I understand they have seniority and all but I'm tired of having to help pay for their mistakes.
Nocturnia is correct I believe. I am taking a wild guess. But, anyone hired after 2010 in my state will be taken down to 23.75 hours. Due to Obama care and our union contract, if you average less than 24 hours, kroger does not have to offer you insurance. I already see it on our schedules. People are actually being scheduled 23.75 to 24 hours a week.
I was hired before 2010, I would have to average under 20 hours a week to make me lose my insurance.. If I average more than 36 hours, I get insurance for my dependents which I have none.
We have 2 fulltimers and 6 part timers currently on our crew. Part timers are getting from 24 to 35 hours this week. They want to hire one more part timer but not allowing anymore hours. That means all 6 part timers will lose hours to that new person if they come along.
Don't take it personal. The store managers have their upper managers breathing down their necks demanding that hours be cut to the minimums they expect. If they can't do it, then they will be fired. We are pawns in this game. The store managers are just bigger pawns in the same game.
Someone mentioned 90 % effective per Eschedule ultimatum something a few days ago...It explains why my store manager is acting the way they are recently. I see someones' job on the line and a person in desperation.
^ Which state is this? I would hate to be living there and working at Kroger. All of our part-timers work up to 40 hours in most departments outside out the front-end, but often don't because they have their schedule restricted due to a second job, etc..
-- Edited by Pizza1029 on Friday 21st of February 2014 12:24:26 PM
^ Which state is this? I would hate to be living there and working at Kroger. All of our part-timers work up to 40 hours in most departments outside out the front-end, but often don't because they have their schedule restricted due to a second job, etc..
-- Edited by Pizza1029 on Friday 21st of February 2014 12:24:26 PM
Michigan, local 876. That is just a wild assumption that I made regarding insurance costs. It makes sense when looking at the schedule for the entire store.
What state are you in?
Yes, I have been working 40+ hours for the last year and a half as a part timer. I do not see how they will meet the budget requirements unless they get rid of half our crew and hire people that can hussle.
The 2 full timers like to doodle like most full timers and do as little real work as possible but take all the credit when everything gets done.
I usually have good days and usually hussle 100+% when I can. Some days nothing goes right.
We have one person that can only work at 25%. That is his limit. He is there for 8 hours but does 2 hours worth of work.
Four other people work at about 50%. Two don't care about the job and 50% is their limit. I have explained computer expectations and they shrug and say, "so what." When one is separate from them and works alone, I have seen them hussle at 100%. The other is actually breaking a sweat at 50% so they are actually trying. This one apologized to me for going so slow so I know this one has a clue that more is expected.
I'm in Texas. I have 31 hours this week, I had 25 last week. I've decided to just look on the bright side......the less hours they schedule me the less time I have to be there!!!!
