Can't a Lead or FSM get in trouble for freely giving overtime when theres no need? I mean this cuts hours. This is also money lost. Which is one reason a lot of Krogers are closing. Not because of over time, but because of finances ( not having enough income to stay open). Our Lead and comanagers are constantly giving away hours to lower seniority employees. The giving overtime for no reason.
Overtime is suppose to go through management first to be approved. So, yes they can get in trouble if the OT is not approved.
I got a SI for "insubordination" once after a co-manager urged me to leave on time after I left late closing Starbucks for several days in a row (there is a lot to get cleaned and put away, even toward the end I had to cut corners before I could leave on time). However, at my store, in the past month "overtime" has become more of a norm. I left Starbucks for personal reasons and began working in the deli/bakery department last month. At first, the idea was to have me bake for 40 hours a week. After a week, a full time employee got fired in the deli, leaving only two other closers and I was asked by the lead to move there. She said there would be plenty of opportunity for OT (always a sixth day), not only that but she urged me to make sure the entire department is clean (including chicken shop as there had not been a closer for two months). So, I do not leave until thirty to an hour fifteen minutes after my shift was supposed to have been over and I always get a sixth day scheduled. Yes, it kills my "social life" but it sure makes money. The management would tell me to leave on time during my first week in the deli, but after the lead told management that the place was filthy whenever me and the other closer left on time, the management became lenient. Noone mentions the fact that me and the other closer stayed over, except to say that we did a good job cleaning.
I close the Deli every night (that I work). It is hard to get things done, but if you start your clean up early enough and learn to prioritize it can be closed on time or even early. I have done it several times (for 5 hours or more) all alone and close the last hour every night alone. I have just taught myself what needs to stay open and what can be closed by certain times. It's really not that hard once you get your routine down. I know nothing about closing Starbucks.
When talking about unnecessary over time, I'm talking having 6 people working in the same department all at the same time and half of them (the minority) just pacing the floor or not even in the department. I'm talking about having 6 people in the department, the truck needing to be put away and no one seems to have the time to put it away, yet they spend 3-4 hours talking about how they going to put it away, then the 1 person who is actually working whines up putting the truck away after they are done doing their job. This same person doesn't get the credit for the hard work, the others (that stood around talking about it) get the credit. This is unnecessary over time. This is just a Lead, leading the team to be lazy.
