If you wonder why I complain so much, try working for $80 a week and see how you feel.
I picked up $130 this past paycheck.
For the work they ask and for what I do, $80 a week won't cut it. I can rake yards and clean gutters and make more than that for the same amount of hours.
Which is ridiculous. They expect me to have a smile on my face and push a ton of carts just for $80 a week? And if it's 13,14 hours as appears, it's actually going to be less than that.
While I admire that you're giving your all just to push carts, I don't get why you're giving them 110% when they're only willing to pay you 45% of it.
As a minimum/standard, I do the same amount of work that I'm paid for. If they're gonna have me work 5 hours straight on the lot, then I'm doing 5-hours' worth of cart hauling, nothing more. Unless it's something I'm passionate about and enjoy (for which I'd gladly do more than what's necessary), I'm not gonna over-exert myself.
With 13 hours on the schedule I will be lucky to get $60 after taxes and union.
Next week I'm just going to say the hell with it and when I work just go at my own pace.
we run out of carts? screw 'em, let them send help.
not enough baggers? not my fault.
This company has made me reach my limitations.
I agree that I should have a better attitude.
I am happy I have a job.
But $60 - $80 for a single week's work?
A goddamned day laborer outside Home Depot can make more than that.
With 13 hours on the schedule I will be lucky to get $60 after taxes and union. Next week I'm just going to say the hell with it and when I work just go at my own pace. we run out of carts? screw 'em, let them send help. not enough baggers? not my fault. This company has made me reach my limitations. I agree that I should have a better attitude. I am happy I have a job. But $60 - $80 for a single week's work? A goddamned day laborer outside Home Depot can make more than that.
Do you drive? I can't remember if you have transportation or not. Have you thought about changing the hours you work? Early mornings are alot easier at our store, they've done the carts the night before. Just pace yourself and don't try to do it all. If you do they come to expect it from you.
Have you heard anything about going to work in the produce department?
With 13 hours on the schedule I will be lucky to get $60 after taxes and union. Next week I'm just going to say the hell with it and when I work just go at my own pace. we run out of carts? screw 'em, let them send help. not enough baggers? not my fault. This company has made me reach my limitations. I agree that I should have a better attitude. I am happy I have a job. But $60 - $80 for a single week's work? A goddamned day laborer outside Home Depot can make more than that.
open your availability up if you can. i get 30 hrs every week cause i have open availability. if you have some closed off times and if your manager who schedules you is lazy then it'll just be the computer who will schedule you and the computer just sees "hey so and so is not available during those times.. i'm not gonna give him any other hours to accommodate him"
also you should always work at your own pace. i tend to give in to my co workers and work harder so they dont have to but i really shouldn't. i should do what they do and be lazy but i feel bad so i always try too hard.
The number of hours budgeted for a store declines somewhat after a holiday. Basically, hours are "reduced" to "give back" the "extra" hours allocated for the holiday. How open or limited your availability is as well as how much seniority you have can complicate things further. In January, e-Sked will give the CSM less hours on a weekly basis to work with because historical data based on last year's business trends will indicate that customers spend less money in January. February, hours will increase because Super Bowl and Valentine's Day are big selling events, but after those two events pass, you'll likely see a cutback in hours again.
If you can't open your availability, there's pretty much nothing you can do outside of volunteering to come in early/stay late when able. Let your CSM and floor supervisors know they can call you in early or count on you to stay late. Let the co-managers know that you're interested in learning and helping out in grocery, produce and drug/GM. Show the right people that you're eager to work and do a good job, and you can pick up hours left and right. I've done it and I know others have done it too.
With 13 hours on the schedule I will be lucky to get $60 after taxes and union. Next week I'm just going to say the hell with it and when I work just go at my own pace. we run out of carts? screw 'em, let them send help. not enough baggers? not my fault. This company has made me reach my limitations. I agree that I should have a better attitude. I am happy I have a job. But $60 - $80 for a single week's work? A goddamned day laborer outside Home Depot can make more than that.
open your availability up if you can. i get 30 hrs every week cause i have open availability. if you have some closed off times and if your manager who schedules you is lazy then it'll just be the computer who will schedule you and the computer just sees "hey so and so is not available during those times.. i'm not gonna give him any other hours to accommodate him"
also you should always work at your own pace. i tend to give in to my co workers and work harder so they dont have to but i really shouldn't. i should do what they do and be lazy but i feel bad so i always try too hard.
actually my availability at the moment is 100% open. I don't know why greatpeople.me is showing only about 13 hours. I'm assuming I will find the same on the paper schedule.
I can only think it is because of the total bit-ch manager of whom I have written about before. She knows I have been asking about the official procedure for a two-week notice. If I give it to her and the store manager or just her. Maybe she did this to send me a message. The message being she is a spiteful bitc-h.
With 13 hours on the schedule I will be lucky to get $60 after taxes and union. Next week I'm just going to say the hell with it and when I work just go at my own pace. we run out of carts? screw 'em, let them send help. not enough baggers? not my fault. This company has made me reach my limitations. I agree that I should have a better attitude. I am happy I have a job. But $60 - $80 for a single week's work? A goddamned day laborer outside Home Depot can make more than that.
open your availability up if you can. i get 30 hrs every week cause i have open availability. if you have some closed off times and if your manager who schedules you is lazy then it'll just be the computer who will schedule you and the computer just sees "hey so and so is not available during those times.. i'm not gonna give him any other hours to accommodate him"
also you should always work at your own pace. i tend to give in to my co workers and work harder so they dont have to but i really shouldn't. i should do what they do and be lazy but i feel bad so i always try too hard.
It's not the fault of "greatpeople.me". It is the fault of whoever is scheduling you. Also if they let Kronos schedule automatically, it's only going to allot hours to each department based on what it "thinks" they need. If it calculated that the front end only needed 8 hours out of 30 employees, yes everyone accept 2 people would be off.
actually my availability at the moment is 100% open. I don't know why greatpeople.me is showing only about 13 hours. I'm assuming I will find the same on the paper schedule.
I can only think it is because of the total bit-ch manager of whom I have written about before. She knows I have been asking about the official procedure for a two-week notice. If I give it to her and the store manager or just her. Maybe she did this to send me a message. The message being she is a spiteful bitc-h.
It's not the fault of "greatpeople.me". It is the fault of whoever is scheduling you. Also if they let Kronos schedule automatically, it's only going to allot hours to each department based on what it "thinks" they need. If it calculated that the front end only needed 8 hours out of 30 employees, yes everyone accept 2 people would be off.
According to the older version of our union contract I found online, 12 hours is the minimum for our part-time employees at Kroger.
Which means I have the minimum for this coming week.
This is true have open availability. On off days were you have down time call work and ask if anyone has called in you can simply take there hours that they lost and Kroger had already alotted those hours. Keep in mind as long as its a job for your skill set. Good luck..
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I just work at Kroger to keep me busy, Im actually rich.
I'm sorry to read about your low hours. This seems to be an issue out of your control. I suggest reading (Rich Dad, Poor Dad) by Robert T. Kiyosaki. Don't quit because of anyone else, quit only if you have better options. Until then learn how to stop being a victim of circumstance through education.
As for working hard, be yourself. We often find others who are beating the system, but they are not. They are fooling themselves and becoming complacent and they feel comforted by others who fall in the same depressed hole.
(Books today come in many forms not just hard copy)
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