Okay, Who else is dealing with some major shakeups of your department? People being moved out/in, hours being reduced overall and new hires getting more hours than seniority people? We will be in bad shape come the holidays!
And, we've reduced your hours, but you still need to help Produce, Floral, Front End, Grocery and anything else we give you, but of course, NO OVERTIME! AT ALL!
Yeah i am afraid to see what the holidays will bring, when all the stores are understaffed now. At this point i'm not even sure which store i'll be working in by then when i have 2 stores that need me the same right now. -_-
Wow, so few comments on this topic. I guess everyone has a well oiled machine for a department. They must be fully staffed, enough hours, proper ordering and never have to work outside the department.
Wow, so few comments on this topic. I guess everyone has a well oiled machine for a department. They must be fully staffed, enough hours, proper ordering and never have to work outside the department.
You do realize the original message was posted only three hours ago, don't you? Do you think people have nothing better to do than sit around and post messages on a Kroger message board? Maybe they're all at work right now or they're doing something else.
We got a few Generation entitlement brats working nights in produce right now. Cry every night about all the things they had to do while taking their hour breaks and playing on their phones half the night. They are on their way up front to be baggers.
Some workforces will be populated by scum, that much is guaranteed by the wage/hours situation at most locations.
The hour cuts, and inadequate staffing are legit though, when you see whole departments having to pull six or seven day weeks.
I'd say that most of them should turn the overtime down, but the wages again force a desperation on the employees to take the extra dosh.
My advice? Give no craps about the condition of the department and go home when your shift is over. Its not your fault personally that Kroger intentionally chooses to do this.
As for the seniority hours issue, talk to your shop steward or your union rep. Report it, thats pretty much all you need to do as a common clerk.
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We got a few Generation entitlement brats working nights in produce right now. Cry every night about all the things they had to do while taking their hour breaks and playing on their phones half the night. They are on their way up front to be baggers.
My produce manager would never tolerate that. He had somebody who's been in the department for 8 months, since he started working at Kroger, switched to Frozen because he was too slow and spaced out all the time. I couldn't even begin to imagine the laughs and frustration we'd get in our produce department if we had 2 or 3 high school kids closing every night. My goodness. I'd rather stay as understaffed as we are right now and just do a complete department reset in the morning than to leave the department by itself to lazy kids for hours.
Then again, all the young and new recruits go to other departments. Produce hasn't seen a new hire in a few months at my store. Even though we desperately need the help, of course.
Wow, so few comments on this topic. I guess everyone has a well oiled machine for a department. They must be fully staffed, enough hours, proper ordering and never have to work outside the department.
Yes, I do fall into this category.. every day I am thankful. Tomorrow I have 4 people on staff to work on a sub-100 pc truck and backstock. Just have a kickass retention rate.
Yeah i am afraid to see what the holidays will bring, when all the stores are understaffed now. At this point i'm not even sure which store i'll be working in by then when i have 2 stores that need me the same right now. -_-
I went from working 40 hrs a week to 12. My department manager is lazy and all the new hires have 28+ hours. Im currently looking for a new job been With kroger for 11 months just not worth my time anymore and tired of lazy employees getting away with so much
My whole store is understaffed!!! They say that the "Customer" is "Priority #1", but their actions tell us otherwise. Cutting hours across the store to pad your bonus check at the end of the year, which results in OOS/Holes and no one left in their departments because they are always helping the Front End, is not showing anyone that you are putting the Customer 1st.
I just don't get it! I've seen new hires for the Front End, but it always seems like they don't have the schedule setup right. They are always calling for Surge Help!
