A few months ago I tried to put in a transfer request at the signing of my full time contract and my manager decided to withhold my full time status if I was going to transfer. So in order for me to become full time, something which I've worked very hard for, 40+ hours 12 weeks straight, I had to stay at this store. Well here it is now, mid September, and I have already talked to my department heads and they said they are okay with me transferring since it is my home store and very close to me. Now all I have to do is talk to my HR manager about transferring tomorrow. I'm afraid of what she will do now? Can she do anything besides get angry? The store I want to transfer to is barely 1.5 miles away from home whereas where I work now is 23 miles and 35+ min drive. That's 46 miles a day and over an hour just commute, the gas is also ridiculous along with traffic.
I already know my department very well and I was actually referred to transfer to this store by a clerk there who recognized me and wanted me to transfer badly, even showing me around the store and introducing me to managers and crew. I'm just a little paranoid of how my HR manager can flip out tomorrow about this. My current store is a bit understaffed as it is but I don't care anymore. I've done put in my fair share of work along with 6 day 2 half shift weeks for the past month and I can't keep breaking my bad and holding my tongue to make my department happy when I really would be happier by transferring to a less stressful, less farther store.
you physically have to sign a contract? I'm confused. I never signed a full time contract. Also our union rep said there's no such thing as a guaranteed 40 hours anymore.
As for anyone being mad, screw them. You need to do what is in YOUR best interest. I don't blame you one bit for wanting to be closer to home/work; that's just common sense and if your bosses can't understand that simple concept, they have no business doing what they do.
Contact your union rep. Some contracts you can earn full time by working 40 hrs a certain number of weeks like you did. They might not be able to block your full time statue or your transfer. Definitely get your union involved. I've seen some part time transferred stopped dead by cranky store managers despite the general rule they can't hold you back more than two weeks if the store you're going to has space for you.
you physically have to sign a contract? I'm confused. I never signed a full time contract. Also our union rep said there's no such thing as a guaranteed 40 hours anymore.
As for anyone being mad, screw them. You need to do what is in YOUR best interest. I don't blame you one bit for wanting to be closer to home/work; that's just common sense and if your bosses can't understand that simple concept, they have no business doing what they do.
Well I had to sign a sheet of paper once I earned full time. It was union rules because once a full time position becomes open, anybody from any store or department can bid on it and if they have more seniority, they take it over me. Anybody at my store/district with full time status is guaranteed 40 hours per union contract.
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Contact your union rep. Some contracts you can earn full time by working 40 hrs a certain number of weeks like you did. They might not be able to block your full time statue or your transfer. Definitely get your union involved. I've seen some part time transferred stopped dead by cranky store managers despite the general rule they can't hold you back more than two weeks if the store you're going to has space for you.
I've been full time for a couple of months now. I even got the option to get health insurance and all that jazz. The HR manager threatened to hold me from getting full time if I decided to transfer and tried to blackmail me by saying if I transfer, I wouldn't get full time at the store I wanted to transfer to, despite me getting full time at my current store per my department manager's decision who is very stubborn about good employees and would have never started giving me 40 hours if I wasn't worth it. At first it pissed me off to no end but I just decided to stay at the store and told them I wanted my full time status. But now it has gotten to be too much and I have gotten to the point where I can't keep letting people walk over me and one of those things is staying at this store that is a lot farther from me just to make my managers and department crew happy while I stay miserable. I've gotten to the point where I hate walking through the doors, that's how bad it is.
I became full time after 12 weeks of 40+ hrs as well. I didn't have to sign anything, but management didn't even realize i was full time. So you can see how I got it. I have heard they can deny transfers if they are understaffed. Ive been wanting to transfer as well to a store that is just as understaffed but unsure since i'm full time how that would happen. They have to have room for a full time employee, so it can be tricky. I believe they cannot take away your full time status once you have it, so they are blowing up smoke. If they try to underschedule so you become part time again you have to file a grievance. In all honestly I don't know why they would want you anymore if they know you don't want to be there anymore.
Contact your union rep. Some contracts you can earn full time by working 40 hrs a certain number of weeks like you did. They might not be able to block your full time statue or your transfer. Definitely get your union involved. I've seen some part time transferred stopped dead by cranky store managers despite the general rule they can't hold you back more than two weeks if the store you're going to has space for you.
The union will not help, I was trying to get transferred once and the store manager was being pissy about it. The union response was that the union does not get involved with transfers, and it is up to the store manager if you can transfer. I was told by my union rep "We can't make them let you leave. The needs of the store come first".
In all honestly I don't know why they would want you anymore if they know you don't want to be there anymore.
They know they can't keep any good employees and can't hire any new good employees. Maybe if the store wasn't such f'king s'it, people would want to stay! It doesn't take a rocket genius to figure out that the problem lies at store management!
Well I had to sign a sheet of paper once I earned full time. It was union rules because once a full time position becomes open, anybody from any store or department can bid on it and if they have more seniority, they take it over me. Anybody at my store/district with full time status is guaranteed 40 hours per union contract.
you must be in one of those divisions where anyone who wants to be a dept head (regardless of skill) can take it over because of seniority. You've got Gladys who's 85 years old --still having to work because of poor life choices-- who's never operated the gun or a power jack a day in her life, but she's gonna be the new grocery manager because, well...seniority. She's having end caps of St Johns wart and aspercreme instead of the new fall promo. But hey, seniority.
