As an 18-year-old Courtesy Clerk without a way to get home without a ride from someone else or a cab, Normally, I work from 4 pm to midnight most nights (At least I'm supposed to anyway) I've been told time, and time again that I can't leave until the final customer has left the building. My problem is that I'm worried that If I continue to do so, I might not have a ride home at all in which I'd have to walk home resulting in imminent danger late at night. I have the following questions: Is it a fireable offense to leave at clock out time? Do I have to contact the union for this? Do I have to sue? Do I quit? What do I do in this situation?
If you are scheduled to leave at your scheduled time then leave. Why do you have to wait until the last customer leaves? It's not needed. go backs will still be there in the am.
Check with your union to be sure. Safety is MORE important than staying until the last customer leaves.
Yea, I don't know all the rules and regs of the front end. But I thought the rule applied for everyone, that if you clocked in 7 mins before you have to, then you can clock out 7 mins before. Never heard anything about waiting til the last customer leaves unless it's Thanksgiving. Definitely talk to union or management about this.
As an 18-year-old Courtesy Clerk without a way to get home without a ride from someone else or a cab, Normally, I work from 4 pm to midnight most nights (At least I'm supposed to anyway) I've been told time, and time again that I can't leave until the final customer has left the building. My problem is that I'm worried that If I continue to do so, I might not have a ride home at all in which I'd have to walk home resulting in imminent danger late at night. I have the following questions: Is it a fireable offense to leave at clock out time? Do I have to contact the union for this? Do I have to sue? Do I quit? What do I do in this situation?
Hey when youre off youre off. There is no staying til the last idiot is out the door. When your shift is over its not your problem.
As an 18-year-old Courtesy Clerk without a way to get home without a ride from someone else or a cab, Normally, I work from 4 pm to midnight most nights (At least I'm supposed to anyway) I've been told time, and time again that I can't leave until the final customer has left the building. My problem is that I'm worried that If I continue to do so, I might not have a ride home at all in which I'd have to walk home resulting in imminent danger late at night. I have the following questions: Is it a fireable offense to leave at clock out time? Do I have to contact the union for this? Do I have to sue? Do I quit? What do I do in this situation?
Hey when youre off youre off. There is no staying til the last idiot is out the door. When your shift is over its not your problem.
Agreed. They cannot hold you hostage in there. You and management, go by the posted schedule. If you r scheduled to midnight or anytime you can leave at that posted time. You can not get written up for leaving at your scheduled time. If they give you sh it tell them you have to catch your ride so you won't get stranded without a way home. If they still hassle you, call your Union.
Yes, actually, they are allowed to keep you past your scheduled time. I don't think it's until you hit 12 hours that it becomes voluntary. You're an adult now. Refusing to do such simple tasks asked of you and just taking off can get you legally fired. You need to talk to your manager and explain the situation to come to an agreement over this. Maybe it's different for union workers? I don't know, but in my non-union district, if the manager is inclined to do so you can be fired on the spot for thinking "oh, but the schedule says it's fine for me to leave now, regardless if the job is done or not." No write-ups or any sort of procedure required. I've been told it's job abandonment.
Don't ever leave the front end if you can't handle overtime.
And don't sue. Christ, there's something wrong with the people in this country and their belief that they deserve money for every little thing that hurts their feelings.
Yes, actually, they are allowed to keep you past your scheduled time. I don't think it's until you hit 12 hours that it becomes voluntary. You're an adult now. Refusing to do such simple tasks asked of you and just taking off can get you legally fired. You need to talk to your manager and explain the situation to come to an agreement over this. Maybe it's different for union workers? I don't know, but in my non-union district, if the manager is inclined to do so you can be fired on the spot for thinking "oh, but the schedule says it's fine for me to leave now, regardless if the job is done or not." No write-ups or any sort of procedure required. I've been told it's job abandonment.
Don't ever leave the front end if you can't handle overtime.
And don't sue. Christ, there's something wrong with the people in this country and their belief that they deserve money for every little thing that hurts their feelings.
Maybe management makes you stay however long they want to in your raggedy non union store, but that's not how it works everywhere else. Unionized stores don't go for that bull****. And being an adult means that you have other needs to attend to when work is over, and you must put yourself first, so if leaving at the scheduled time is safer then do that, and management can suck it.
The bottom line is that you need to read your contract. Mine allows a supervisor to keep an employee an hour past their scheduled shift so long as they tell that person 2 hours before their shift is scheduled to end. After that one mandatory hour, the employee can leave without any fear of any repercussions. They can also stay longer if they want to and their supervisor agrees. I'm sure this policy varies from region to region. So once again, read your contract.
