Both of our main manager and customer care head took a leave of absence. And because of that we have a weasel of a co-manger who is friendly to your face but stabs you in the back when you turn around. He busted my hours down to less than 35 and I'm supposed to get at least 40. His response was that since I'm unavailable on a couple days I don't get hours. I have to have those days because one of them is the only day I can get into the doctor's office when I have an appointments instead of constantly having to reschedule and the other is for getting errands done and just in general having it off. Is this a bs excuse and is there any way I can get the hours I'm supposed to have?
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If you need the lot cleared pray that he's out there...somewhere.
You can't have guaranteed days off, open availability is required for full time status because of it. If you work with your department manager to schedule around your one day for appointments, that shouldn't be too big of an issue unless the department is very small and there is nobody to cover. But unavailable on more than one day means you have guaranteed days off. No manager would approve that unless it magically fit with the needs of the department and even that would be subject to change. Not even department managers have guaranteed days off, even if it might seem that way and they do make the schedule.
Both of our main manager and customer care head took a leave of absence. And because of that we have a weasel of a co-manger who is friendly to your face but stabs you in the back when you turn around. He busted my hours down to less than 35 and I'm supposed to get at least 40. His response was that since I'm unavailable on a couple days I don't get hours. I have to have those days because one of them is the only day I can get into the doctor's office when I have an appointments instead of constantly having to reschedule and the other is for getting errands done and just in general having it off. Is this a bs excuse and is there any way I can get the hours I'm supposed to have?
Just put in for a day off when you have to go to the doctor. If they schedule you, call in, tell them you are running late and then show up with a doctors note. Errands can be done on the days off they give you.
Yeah, if you have restrictions, you're giving up your seniority rights on hours. That's how it is and it's one Kroger rule I agree with. People who are willing to work any hour should get the most hours for putting in the most effort...after all everyone has errands they have to do. I like doing mine on Fridays but about half the time I do have to work around the work schedule, either doing them early, late, or simply do it on a different day.
Like with most things in life, it's all in who you know. I've worked with full time employees that are unavailable certain days of the week/certain hours of the day. I've known a few that don't work weekends, period. It comes down to hammering out a "private" agreement with management. I'm not saying it's right, but that's the way the (retail) world works, sometimes...
Like with most things in life, it's all in who you know. I've worked with full time employees that are unavailable certain days of the week/certain hours of the day. I've known a few that don't work weekends, period. It comes down to hammering out a "private" agreement with management. I'm not saying it's right, but that's the way the (retail) world works, sometimes...
The coveted shift at our store for cashiers is the 6am to 12pm shift. Someone retired so another lady has it now. Our contract - you don't have to work Sundays! She has it made. (Of course she put in YEARS at Kroger to get that shift)
The coveted shift at our store for cashiers is the 6am to 12pm shift. Someone retired so another lady has it now. Our contract - you don't have to work Sundays! She has it made. (Of course she put in YEARS at Kroger to get that shift)
New hires who complain about old timers getting preferential treatment when it comes to scheduling tend to forget that those old timers were once new hires themselves and they were the ones who had to work the lousy shifts. I have pretty much a set schedule, but I've also worked for Kroger for over 25 years. I should get preferential treatment over someone who's only been there a relatively short time.
