Not on the schedule exactly, but ever since I started it seems management doesn't give a **** how long you work as long as the job gets done. This will be my third week of pulling overtime even when my schedule only puts me at 20-32 hours. According to an old timer in grocery some weeks we can put 60-70 hours in if there is a lot to do. Does anyone else who works in overnight grocery have the same "work as many hours as you have to to get done" unwritten rule? Seems it's the only department you can get away with that in because if product isn't on the shelf to buy the entire operation screeched to a halt.
Not on the schedule exactly, but ever since I started it seems management doesn't give a **** how long you work as long as the job gets done. This will be my third week of pulling overtime even when my schedule only puts me at 20-32 hours. According to an old timer in grocery some weeks we can put 60-70 hours in if there is a lot to do. Does anyone else who works in overnight grocery have the same "work as many hours as you have to to get done" unwritten rule? Seems it's the only department you can get away with that in because if product isn't on the shelf to buy the entire operation screeched to a halt.
I work overnight groccery. It is the most back breaking job ever and no you do not get unlimited hours and its probably one of the hardest departments ever. We have to throw 1000+ pieces and theres on 4-6 of us a night and they expect it all to be done, along with the store being conditioned. As of recently the hours have been getting cut so we have to leave at our schedule time and what doesn't get done its there fault and i think grocery brings the most money in too. i think thats why they give so many hours you should try overnight and see what its like tho
-- Edited by Tomhillybilly on Tuesday 25th of October 2016 08:49:13 AM
Its not an unwritten rule.
For union purposes, document the fact you are getting away with it now.
You will eventually be written up for this, likely with no notice.
A past practice defense would be your only option to get out of that one, and that requires documentation of past allowance for overtime.
That old timer saying how long its been standard operating procedure is the best source for that.
I've seen too many night clerks get forced out the door over sudden crackdowns over bull**** like that.
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We have to throw 1000+ pieces and theres on 4-6 of us a night and they expect it all to be done, along with the store being conditioned.
we don't get 1000 piece trucks often, but our grocery plus KMP easily goes over 1,000 (total). KMP typically ranges from 300-500 and grocery 500-800 but we'd never have 6 people to do it all! Typically have 1 conditioner, 1 person to run KMP (sometimes also gets help when bread guy gets done). We *might* get another 1 maybe 2 to run the grocery and that's pretty much it (one of those last 1 or 2 would have to do sodas and displays). "work harder" and other bitching about us not getting done is becoming standard practice. We are the definition of a skeleton crew.
I guess all told on a typical day we have 4-5 people to run both trucks, condition, and do soda/displays. It's basically 1 task per person since heaven forbid the grocery backup gets off his ass long enough to help us "gotta fill shippers" every.day.
To clarify, thats actually the point. It sounds like the you don't always need to get permission to get the overtime, and I was suggesting to protect yourself from future reprisal to document the current situation as normal.
If you are doing the correct thing and getting management approval, then its all good, and your store is just in an odd condition where they can afford to throw hours at you.
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Grocery manager has said to stay until the truck is done regardless of the schedule. Many times the actual store manager will get to the store at 7 and ask me to stay over. More often than not though it's the grocery manager telling me to stay.
Our previous store manager did not care about OT as long as shelves were full and truck was done. Current store manager originally wanted zero minutes of OT and of course backroom/receiving became overcrowded. Now he's "rewarding" us with OT to "get the situation under control".
They tell me they'd prefer to have people who are under 40 hours work instead of people over 40 getting OT, but we don't have enough bodies under 40 hours to make that happen. I worked 55 last week, the other stocker worked 60+
