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I'm not sure about a grievance...I just want to know why the hell I am getting treated so badly when I have seen so many of my co-workers call out in the 14 months that I have been there. I am not going to work a shift at Kroger sacrificing money and time that I could be getting with a better job at the same time.

They know this at my store.
But because they are acting immature and aggressive, I am having difficulty working with them at all.

I would put a link to my video of the HR woman but I would have to bleep out the names and locations. I don't have the editing software access at the moment.

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well our union guy who recruits DID tell me awhile back that if I had a problem with my Front End Manager (who is one of the catalysts of all of this...) that I would have to go to the store manager because she (FEM) is also in the union...

Not sure how much that is true or what it may mean but I am going to the union. At least after I get a look at our handbook.


 Yeah since she's in the union you can't file a grievance against her.. But stick it to her any way you can! She definitely sounds like a b*tch; I have one at my store who's just the same. Snobby, rude and thinks she owns everything! Sorry hoe.. You're not a damn princess.


 

This particular Front End Manager is the same one who told me last year "You can quit and we would be okay with that" and whom, one of the first times she took me aside and lawded me, said that she had more than 20 years experience with Kroger.

Funny. Sure doesn't show up in her people skills. At least with employees. You should see how she smiles with customers.



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well our union guy who recruits DID tell me awhile back that if I had a problem with my Front End Manager (who is one of the catalysts of all of this...) that I would have to go to the store manager because she (FEM) is also in the union...

Not sure how much that is true or what it may mean but I am going to the union. At least after I get a look at our handbook.


 Yeah since she's in the union you can't file a grievance against her.. But stick it to her any way you can! She definitely sounds like a b*tch; I have one at my store who's just the same. Snobby, rude and thinks she owns everything! Sorry hoe.. You're not a damn princess.


FuelGal, you have a horrible union.  Can't file a grievance against another union member?  Wow, I guess you all get to get away with whatever you want, no consequenes huh?  What exactly does your contract say about that?  I'm curious. 



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This is NOT job abandonment.  You have communicated to them why you can't be at work and you intend to keep working at kroger.  

They are bull****ting you and you need to involve the union representative.  Call him.

They are trying to trick you out of a job.  Don't let them!



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In your other thread you said you changed your availability to 6 am to noon. Home Depot scheduled during part of this time but you don't think they did anything wrong. You are still the same self important little bas**rd you have always been. Nothing is your fault and Kroger is always in the wrong. When you no longer work for Kroger please come back in a month or two and let us know how Home Depot is screwing with you. As I have always said, you are the real problem.

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Aw anon I love you too. Let's get together at Starbucks and I'll buy you a vanilla coffee to help calm your nerves. Maybe you won't act as much like an a$$hole.

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Just stating the facts as I see them. Coffee is a stimulant and would not calm the nerves. You should start seeing a therapist to work thru your feelings of persecution.



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I don't think there is anything that can calm your nerves, oh anon fan.
Perhaps you should try some Psst! brand sedatives.

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I do t understand why your upset. You knew the two jobs could not be worked together, but for some reason you kept trying to hang on to Kroger until you finally had to let go. However, they let you go. Employers don't like to work around your schedule. It's a pain, and honestly there are too many open availability candidates in this world to chopse from.  I forsure will not be in a gloomy mood when I voluntarily leave Kroger. The company does not treat employees well. As far as being fired over the phone... Just another reason for me to start counting my days with Kroger. It's such a typical Kroger move. Not surprised they let you go to be honest, I'm guessing they knew a conflicting schedule was inevitable. Go work at Home Depot. I'm sure the grass is greener on the other side. 

 



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well our union guy who recruits DID tell me awhile back that if I had a problem with my Front End Manager (who is one of the catalysts of all of this...) that I would have to go to the store manager because she (FEM) is also in the union...

Not sure how much that is true or what it may mean but I am going to the union. At least after I get a look at our handbook.


 Yeah since she's in the union you can't file a grievance against her.. But stick it to her any way you can! She definitely sounds like a b*tch; I have one at my store who's just the same. Snobby, rude and thinks she owns everything! Sorry hoe.. You're not a damn princess.


FuelGal, you have a horrible union.  Can't file a grievance against another union member?  Wow, I guess you all get to get away with whatever you want, no consequenes huh?  What exactly does your contract say about that?  I'm curious. 


 Yeah our union sucks here. FrontEndSlave.. My manager does the same sh*t to me. I can't do ANYTHING because he's in the union. But I'm still not going to back down from it. I heard it from another person that he had said I could quit if I was unhappy. Like hell I will! Honestly though you're better off with Home Depot and I wouldn't waste two breaths worrying about Kroger and whether they are unhappy with your decision. And oh well if another coworker sees you! If you're in the union they can't fire you for calling in! I've been with Kroger for over six months now and not once have I called in. But I'm sure if I ever do I'll hear the most about how I can't do that because it's bad for our 'team'. Even though everyone else does it every other week. -.-



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In your other thread you said you changed your availability to 6 am to noon. Home Depot scheduled during part of this time but you don't think they did anything wrong. You are still the same self important little bas**rd you have always been. Nothing is your fault and Kroger is always in the wrong. When you no longer work for Kroger please come back in a month or two and let us know how Home Depot is screwing with you. As I have always said, you are the real problem.


 Tell me.. How is he a self important bas**rd? Because that'd probably mean that over half the workers for Kroger and other retail stores that can't stand the way we are treated are the same way. 

 

 



-- Edited by FuelGal on Wednesday 15th of April 2015 01:28:51 AM

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In your other thread you said you changed your availability to 6 am to noon. Home Depot scheduled during part of this time but you don't think they did anything wrong. You are still the same self important little bas**rd you have always been. Nothing is your fault and Kroger is always in the wrong. When you no longer work for Kroger please come back in a month or two and let us know how Home Depot is screwing with you. As I have always said, you are the real problem.


 I can tell who you are by evey post you write, and I must say, you have got to be the biggest disgruntled POS I have ever heard. Kroger is the problem and apparently your one of the only people who fails to realize it. Get your head out of Krogers ass long enough to breathe And you might notice everyone else complaing about the hellhole too. Kroger has the highes turnover rate I've ever seen. The on the job training is practically non existent, unless you count a full day of computer slideshows. The computer training is a liability issue for Krogers greedy upper management. So is the pre employment drug test. Kroger can say all employees have been drug tested. Have you ever heard of an associate getting another one? Of course not, employees would be falling off left and right for drug use. The wages are far from competitive. I beliEve this is the biggest reason people quit. Also people get flustered by their workload because they were not properly taught how to see a task through the end, so they get up and walk off the job overcome with too much work. Too high expectations and not enough pay. That sums up Kroger. Mabye its just me, but I see more to life than being a wage slave for an unappreciative company with jerkoff customers. There is more to my life than Osat scores, and sales. 



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well our union guy who recruits DID tell me awhile back that if I had a problem with my Front End Manager (who is one of the catalysts of all of this...) that I would have to go to the store manager because she (FEM) is also in the union...

Not sure how much that is true or what it may mean but I am going to the union. At least after I get a look at our handbook.


 Yeah since she's in the union you can't file a grievance against her.. But stick it to her any way you can! She definitely sounds like a b*tch; I have one at my store who's just the same. Snobby, rude and thinks she owns everything! Sorry hoe.. You're not a damn princess.


FuelGal, you have a horrible union.  Can't file a grievance against another union member?  Wow, I guess you all get to get away with whatever you want, no consequenes huh?  What exactly does your contract say about that?  I'm curious. 


 Yeah our union sucks here. FrontEndSlave.. My manager does the same sh*t to me. I can't do ANYTHING because he's in the union. But I'm still not going to back down from it. I heard it from another person that he had said I could quit if I was unhappy. Like hell I will! Honestly though you're better off with Home Depot and I wouldn't waste two breaths worrying about Kroger and whether they are unhappy with your decision. And oh well if another coworker sees you! If you're in the union they can't fire you for calling in! I've been with Kroger for over six months now and not once have I called in. But I'm sure if I ever do I'll hear the most about how I can't do that because it's bad for our 'team'. Even though everyone else does it every other week. -.-


Ok, so let me get this straight.  You cannot file a grievance against someone in the union.  So the union employee schedules you 4 hours a week forever and there is nothing you can do, even thought the union contract says minimum 15 hours,  because she is in the union.  You request your week vacation and are denied it.  But you can't file a grievance so you skip your paid vacation, no problem.  I really think you are misreading the contract and whoever told you this is lying. If it is true, you have the worst union contract ever!  What exactly is your union for if nobody can file a grievance against anyone?  Not all decision makers are non union.



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In your other thread you said you changed your availability to 6 am to noon. Home Depot scheduled during part of this time but you don't think they did anything wrong. You are still the same self important little bas**rd you have always been. Nothing is your fault and Kroger is always in the wrong. When you no longer work for Kroger please come back in a month or two and let us know how Home Depot is screwing with you. As I have always said, you are the real problem.


 Spoken like real Kroger corporate scum. Alas, we all know you aren't, so it's more like the kind of scum that sucks the scum off the real scum.



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I definitely don't agree with anon - he's being an a-hole - but I do wonder why HD scheduled you that time if you told them you were available only have a certain time.

I hope HD isn't going to screw with you too.

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I definitely don't agree with anon - he's being an a-hole - but I do wonder why HD scheduled you that time if you told them you were available only have a certain time.

I hope HD isn't going to screw with you too.


 Retail job screwing someone over? Naw.



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Kind of strange that would conflict his schedule. Kroger AFAIK isn't competition to them, being completely different types of retail. kroger can't build houses or fix toilets LOL.

 

But FrontEndSlave, just stop working for Kroger.



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well our union guy who recruits DID tell me awhile back that if I had a problem with my Front End Manager (who is one of the catalysts of all of this...) that I would have to go to the store manager because she (FEM) is also in the union...

Not sure how much that is true or what it may mean but I am going to the union. At least after I get a look at our handbook.


 Yeah since she's in the union you can't file a grievance against her.. But stick it to her any way you can! She definitely sounds like a b*tch; I have one at my store who's just the same. Snobby, rude and thinks she owns everything! Sorry hoe.. You're not a damn princess.


FuelGal, you have a horrible union.  Can't file a grievance against another union member?  Wow, I guess you all get to get away with whatever you want, no consequenes huh?  What exactly does your contract say about that?  I'm curious. 


 Yeah our union sucks here. FrontEndSlave.. My manager does the same sh*t to me. I can't do ANYTHING because he's in the union. But I'm still not going to back down from it. I heard it from another person that he had said I could quit if I was unhappy. Like hell I will! Honestly though you're better off with Home Depot and I wouldn't waste two breaths worrying about Kroger and whether they are unhappy with your decision. And oh well if another coworker sees you! If you're in the union they can't fire you for calling in! I've been with Kroger for over six months now and not once have I called in. But I'm sure if I ever do I'll hear the most about how I can't do that because it's bad for our 'team'. Even though everyone else does it every other week. -.-


Ok, so let me get this straight.  You cannot file a grievance against someone in the union.  So the union employee schedules you 4 hours a week forever and there is nothing you can do, even thought the union contract says minimum 15 hours,  because she is in the union.  You request your week vacation and are denied it.  But you can't file a grievance so you skip your paid vacation, no problem.  I really think you are misreading the contract and whoever told you this is lying. If it is true, you have the worst union contract ever!  What exactly is your union for if nobody can file a grievance against anyone?  Not all decision makers are non union.


 Well I was told by a fellow union member about this.. She specifically said that I cannot file a grievance against my manger because he's in the union too. I could file a grievance against the store for the trouble he has caused, though. So in a way I'm still filing the grievance. It's the just store who's getting the sh*t end.. not him.



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Coffee is a stimulant and would not calm the nerves.


 He's right folks. Like, spot-on anatomically correct.

 

 

If you pour coffee on a fresh chunk of raw skeletal muscle (from a recently deceased sample), it WILL twitch.



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Coffee is a stimulant and would not calm the nerves.


 He's right folks. Like, spot-on anatomically correct.

 

 

If you pour coffee on a fresh chunk of raw skeletal muscle (from a recently deceased sample), it WILL twitch.


 And why people can't remember this is beyond me!  Thanks for the reminder ho!



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well our union guy who recruits DID tell me awhile back that if I had a problem with my Front End Manager (who is one of the catalysts of all of this...) that I would have to go to the store manager because she (FEM) is also in the union...

Not sure how much that is true or what it may mean but I am going to the union. At least after I get a look at our handbook.


 Yeah since she's in the union you can't file a grievance against her.. But stick it to her any way you can! She definitely sounds like a b*tch; I have one at my store who's just the same. Snobby, rude and thinks she owns everything! Sorry hoe.. You're not a damn princess.


FuelGal, you have a horrible union.  Can't file a grievance against another union member?  Wow, I guess you all get to get away with whatever you want, no consequenes huh?  What exactly does your contract say about that?  I'm curious. 


 Yeah our union sucks here. FrontEndSlave.. My manager does the same sh*t to me. I can't do ANYTHING because he's in the union. But I'm still not going to back down from it. I heard it from another person that he had said I could quit if I was unhappy. Like hell I will! Honestly though you're better off with Home Depot and I wouldn't waste two breaths worrying about Kroger and whether they are unhappy with your decision. And oh well if another coworker sees you! If you're in the union they can't fire you for calling in! I've been with Kroger for over six months now and not once have I called in. But I'm sure if I ever do I'll hear the most about how I can't do that because it's bad for our 'team'. Even though everyone else does it every other week. -.-


Ok, so let me get this straight.  You cannot file a grievance against someone in the union.  So the union employee schedules you 4 hours a week forever and there is nothing you can do, even thought the union contract says minimum 15 hours,  because she is in the union.  You request your week vacation and are denied it.  But you can't file a grievance so you skip your paid vacation, no problem.  I really think you are misreading the contract and whoever told you this is lying. If it is true, you have the worst union contract ever!  What exactly is your union for if nobody can file a grievance against anyone?  Not all decision makers are non union.


 Well I was told by a fellow union member about this.. She specifically said that I cannot file a grievance against my manger because he's in the union too. I could file a grievance against the store for the trouble he has caused, though. So in a way I'm still filing the grievance. It's the just store who's getting the sh*t end.. not him.


 None of the Kroger store managers I've worked with have been union members, they are Kroger all the way.  The FEM's have been union, but not the store managers or comanagers.  Are you sure this fellow employee is right?  And how do you file a grievance against a store?   



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well our union guy who recruits DID tell me awhile back that if I had a problem with my Front End Manager (who is one of the catalysts of all of this...) that I would have to go to the store manager because she (FEM) is also in the union...

Not sure how much that is true or what it may mean but I am going to the union. At least after I get a look at our handbook.


 Yeah since she's in the union you can't file a grievance against her.. But stick it to her any way you can! She definitely sounds like a b*tch; I have one at my store who's just the same. Snobby, rude and thinks she owns everything! Sorry hoe.. You're not a damn princess.


FuelGal, you have a horrible union.  Can't file a grievance against another union member?  Wow, I guess you all get to get away with whatever you want, no consequenes huh?  What exactly does your contract say about that?  I'm curious. 


 Yeah our union sucks here. FrontEndSlave.. My manager does the same sh*t to me. I can't do ANYTHING because he's in the union. But I'm still not going to back down from it. I heard it from another person that he had said I could quit if I was unhappy. Like hell I will! Honestly though you're better off with Home Depot and I wouldn't waste two breaths worrying about Kroger and whether they are unhappy with your decision. And oh well if another coworker sees you! If you're in the union they can't fire you for calling in! I've been with Kroger for over six months now and not once have I called in. But I'm sure if I ever do I'll hear the most about how I can't do that because it's bad for our 'team'. Even though everyone else does it every other week. -.-


Ok, so let me get this straight.  You cannot file a grievance against someone in the union.  So the union employee schedules you 4 hours a week forever and there is nothing you can do, even thought the union contract says minimum 15 hours,  because she is in the union.  You request your week vacation and are denied it.  But you can't file a grievance so you skip your paid vacation, no problem.  I really think you are misreading the contract and whoever told you this is lying. If it is true, you have the worst union contract ever!  What exactly is your union for if nobody can file a grievance against anyone?  Not all decision makers are non union.


 Well I was told by a fellow union member about this.. She specifically said that I cannot file a grievance against my manger because he's in the union too. I could file a grievance against the store for the trouble he has caused, though. So in a way I'm still filing the grievance. It's the just store who's getting the sh*t end.. not him.


 None of the Kroger store managers I've worked with have been union members, they are Kroger all the way.  The FEM's have been union, but not the store managers or comanagers.  Are you sure this fellow employee is right?  And how do you file a grievance against a store?   


 Tape it to the wall.



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That is what I am going to try to do.

Give two weeks and tell them to go to hell.


 The two weeks is okay, but telling them to go to hell is an unwise decision. That will get you put on the do-not-hire list faster than a speeding train. What would happen if your Home Depot job didn't work out and you decide to reapply at Kroger even if it's another store? Do you honestly think a company will rehire somebody who tells supervisors and managers to "go to hell"?

And what if you decide to work somewhere else and they find out about you telling past bosses to "go to hell"? Or what if your boss at Home Depot finds out about you telling your supervisors at Kroger to "go to hell"?

I mean it sucks that you're in a bad situation, but don't do anything which could get you fired and/or ruin your chances of getting hired somewhere else.



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