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Can you be required to stock 55 cases per hour? Does this include stocking, sorting freight, break down of trash, etc. I'm just asking because my new dept head thinks I'm not running 55 cases per hour, but I'm doing between 60-65 cases per hour at least and sometimes more on bulk(pets, paper goods. Etc.) Just asking in cases they try starting s***. Note: I've been timed 4 times once by old dept head, once, by manager, and twice by myself. Each was 61 or more depending on aisle 



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Can you be required to stock 55 cases per hour? Does this include stocking, sorting freight, break down of trash, etc. I'm just asking because my new dept head thinks I'm not running 55 cases per hour, but I'm doing between 60-65 cases per hour at least and sometimes more on bulk(pets, paper goods. Etc.) Just asking in cases they try starting s***. Note: I've been timed 4 times once by old dept head, once, by manager, and twice by myself. Each was 61 or more depending on aisle 


 Only requires the load you get to put away and nothing else.



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Do the math yourself and prove them wrong. Count your cases and know your start and end times everytime you work. Keep a running tally of your daily cph and let em eat their words.
In dayton/cinci, they cannot write you up for your cph number. However, they have the wonderful ability to twist it and write you up for effecting productivity or not following the proper processes. Just watch yourself, work hard, and hold your ground. Theres always cameras they can watch if they doubt you.

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1st thing your cases per hour is just stocking time.  Any time taken to do anything else is not included.  2nd you can not be written up for productivity any more. If you are slow they will find another reason to get rid of you.



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Wow. Normally I keep a very organized trash boat; breaking down boxes, putting them into two neat piles depending on size (long and short, makes it easy to throw huge armfuls into the baler at once), and separating plastic into a box I set aside. I'm at around 90 cases per hour that way. Doing it dirty, just stocking and throwing my trash on the floor, I've hit about 150 in the condiment/pickles/salad dressing aisle. At my last store, I felt like I was about mid-pack compared to everyone else on the crew. This was before the kindergarten star-chart bulls**t. And we still got b****ed at for not working quickly enough. Why they find ways to get rid of people, when every crew I've even taken random shifts with is always short-handed, is beyond me. Some help is better than no help!

 

-Dave



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No. Kroger is union. They cannot do a case count. You can only do what you can do in your time scheduled. Contact your union rep if they are doing so



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No. Kroger is union. They cannot do a case count. You can only do what you can do in your time scheduled. Contact your union rep if they are doing so


Depends on where you're at. I'm with King Soopers in northern Colorado and we're not union. You don't hit union stores here until you're down near Denver.

 

- Dave



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They can and do case count at union stores.   You can't get in trouble for being too slow,  but you can for doing anything stupid that makes you too slow.  Also, 55 cases an hour *does* include "trash and travel" time.  At stores where spotting happens first,  it's 85 cases an hour and your time doesn't stop until your trash is gone.   



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Wow. Normally I keep a very organized trash boat; breaking down boxes, putting them into two neat piles depending on size (long and short, makes it easy to throw huge armfuls into the baler at once), and separating plastic into a box I set aside. I'm at around 90 cases per hour that way. Doing it dirty, just stocking and throwing my trash on the floor, I've hit about 150 in the condiment/pickles/salad dressing aisle. At my last store, I felt like I was about mid-pack compared to everyone else on the crew. This was before the kindergarten star-chart bulls**t. And we still got b****ed at for not working quickly enough. Why they find ways to get rid of people, when every crew I've even taken random shifts with is always short-handed, is beyond me. Some help is better than no help!

 

-Dave


I toped at 154 and I still got bitched out too. Livin the Kroger dream.



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They can and do case count at union stores.   You can't get in trouble for being too slow,  but you can for doing anything stupid that makes you too slow.  Also, 55 cases an hour *does* include "trash and travel" time.  At stores where spotting happens first,  it's 85 cases an hour and your time doesn't stop until your trash is gone.   


 Not all divisions have that standard yet, but yes. but if hes being told 55, then it is 55.



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we have a sign that says 55 cases per hour "minimum speed" or some nonsense.  What a load of garbage.  If I'm stocking an aisle and don't get bothered by countless things, I'll sling far more than that.  But since they want 55, they're getting 55.  Careful what you wish for!



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Funny but in our district if you report to them over 70 cases an hour it gets red flagged by corp and they say thats to fast and also no one leaves before load is stocked  I have never heard of  a business incentivising employees to work slower until now hell will pay you as much overtime as you want and say bull**** if you report a production rate they deem to fast I used to bust but near not anymore.



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Funny but in our district if you report to them over 70 cases an hour it gets red flagged by corp and they say thats to fast and also no one leaves before load is stocked  I have never heard of  a business incentivising employees to work slower until now hell will pay you as much overtime as you want and say bull**** if you report a production rate they deem to fast I used to bust but near not anymore.


 I doubt that Corp is actually meaning  "hey, you are working too fast, you need to slow down".   

I am guessing by "Red flagging" they are saying:  "Something is weird here..........it is almost impossible for someone to work that fast (over 70 cases an hour), so therefore there is some kind of cheating or "funny business" going on!"  



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Funny but in our district if you report to them over 70 cases an hour it gets red flagged by corp and they say thats to fast and also no one leaves before load is stocked  I have never heard of  a business incentivising employees to work slower until now hell will pay you as much overtime as you want and say bull**** if you report a production rate they deem to fast I used to bust but near not anymore.


 I doubt that Corp is actually meaning  "hey, you are working too fast, you need to slow down".   

I am guessing by "Red flagging" they are saying:  "Something is weird here..........it is almost impossible for someone to work that fast (over 70 cases an hour), so therefore there is some kind of cheating or "funny business" going on!"  


 Yeah, Ive been told this kind of thing before, which is legit nonsense. I know quite a few people who can stock 100 Plus.



-- Edited by GreyKnitHat on Tuesday 20th of November 2018 04:59:39 PM

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I dont know anyone in my 8 years of stocking that hit 100 cases unless its something stupid like paper or something.



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No you can't. Can't case count. Been at kroger 20 years. Follow directions nothing they can do



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just stock fast enough to get the job done. no shame in not finishing, just do it later.

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so this is the thanks I get for working overtime? 

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This is possible. I've done n.c. before and it is very indeed possible. 

I can't tell you how slow some associates are when they work. Even with disability slower standards I can manage to make the 55/hr cases. they're trying to impose a requested work speed on associates. It really isn't that difficult. You can't just take 5 min finding one item and another 10 unloading a 10 ct box. That's not how n.c. works. 



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This is possible. I've done n.c. before and it is very indeed possible. 

I can't tell you how slow some associates are when they work. Even with disability slower standards I can manage to make the 55/hr cases. they're trying to impose a requested work speed on associates. It really isn't that difficult. You can't just take 5 min finding one item and another 10 unloading a 10 ct box. That's not how n.c. works. 


 Wrong. I can do what ever the fk I can get away with and still get paid. No two people are the same, and it's impossible to mandate the exact same level of physical performance across the board. 

And by the by, how does it behoove anyone to do more work at a faster pace----for the same money? 

That's stupid. 



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You are competing with the imaginary perfect worker. It is often like that. Causing suffering and blaming people for not being superhuman is part of the baloney that goes with working for a certain type of personality. The on-site overseers decide nothing. Their reluctance to do much greater harm will prevent them from rising higher in the organization.



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