1. So I just got hired about a week ago, and in my first week they gave me 20 hours. I have tons of hard classes and it's my junior year, plus I only have about $80 worth of expenses a month, so I want to move down to 10 hours a week. (two 5 hour shifts) This would give me more time for school and to see my friends. Do you think they would be ok with only 10 hours, or would they have a problem with that little?
2. I had to call in sick today, and I was going to ask about the hour changes, but she kinda cut me off before I could. Is there a way to email my boss or a specific employee in the store? I don't want to bug her by calling her again in an hour, but the schedule gets made tomorrow so I need to let her know.
change your availability so you can only work 2 days a week.. altho if you do that you are NOT guaranteed any hours. most schedule writers will not remember if you wanted 10 hrs or not because they have more than 20+ people to write schedules for and they get help from their schedule program.(kronos)
You'll have to speak with the person that does the schedule for your department either in person or over the phone. In all likelihood, that person does have a work e-mail, but it's not meant to be used for something like this.
Unless the person that writes the schedule for your department is really nice and understanding, I doubt your request will be honored. It means more work for your department head to adjust not only your schedule, but the schedules of others as well in order to accommodate your wishes. On top of that, you're a new hire, and your department head is potentially more inclined to tell you that the needs of the department/business come first and if you don't want to work more than ten hours a week, they'll just replace you with someone that's more flexible in availability and "wants" to work. As a new hire, you have pretty much no leverage.
You should still talk to your department head, but be prepared to be told that you either work the hours the department needs you to (within your availability, of course) or start looking for another job that better fits your schedule.
Yes that makes sense, although I'd think other coworkers would be wanting more hours? And I'm only a bagger does that affect it at all? I'm only in high school.
-- Edited by lions81 on Wednesday 6th of January 2016 06:19:31 PM
Yes that makes sense, although I'd think other coworkers would be wanting more hours? And I'm only a bagger does that affect it at all? I'm only in high school.
-- Edited by lions81 on Wednesday 6th of January 2016 05:43:27 PM
Being a courtesy clerk works in your favor (courtesy clerks are considered the "least" important out of all jobs performed at Kroger and it's not unusual to see courtesy clerks with less than twenty hours), as does being a new hire (that should entitle you to fewer hours to begin with), but what may work against you is if your store is short in the courtesy clerk job classification and/or depending on what days/hours your fellow co-workers are available to work. Also too, the higher the volume of the store, the more hours tend to be available. There are a number of factors that come into play when the computer software devises the schedule. Typically, this time of the year, there are fewer hours available, so your hours for the coming weeks could drop off on their own, but again, other factors could force that to not be the case.
-- Edited by GenesisOne on Wednesday 6th of January 2016 06:05:36 PM
1. You could always change it and see what happens. I work with people who are only available one or two days a week. Sometimes they're ok with, sometimes they're not. It really all depends on the availability of the other courtesy clerks. Most of the time, though, they abide your availability.
2. Go in tomorrow and talk to whoever makes the schedule and ask.
Yeah I'm not going to change the available days online because I can still work most days of the week, it's just that I don't want to, so I'll ask for the hours/days a week change in person.
