Okay so heres the deal..

We have been out of a produce manager for about 4 months now, me and the assistant produce manager have been running the dept. Well I have been acting manager ever since the main produce manager left. I got Key retailing started and passed. I have done the produce orders, perishable inventories, price changes, signs, and tags, Kepping the dept running. (managing the department.)

So I talked to the assistant produce manager about stepping down cause I have been doing all the work and he couldn't handle it. He his retiring soon and not staying much longer with the company. So he agreed with me and turned his resignation letter to store managment. So the moment from which the assistant produce manager steped down I was told I was the new assistant produce manager. I was even promised the position before he steped down.

So now I am officially doing all the work remind you our dept head is still out so I am basically acting as the produce manger, doing all the orders, Key Retailing, making the schedule, all the paper work stuff.

So later on I here that someone else put in for the postion after I turned in my paper for the postion and I have been running the dept all myself for a while now.

Well the dude that put in for it was a transfer from another store, he was an assistant produce manager at his other store but transferd here has the frozen lead. He has been at my store for not even a year but been with the company for a while, so i here.

I have been with kroger for 5 1/2 years, same store. I have been in grocery, frozen, dary, front end, produce, scan file, and most reccent natural foods ADP. I have also been the stores CAO coordinator, when we had the position at stores.

So anyways the store manager pulls me in his office and says I have been doing an outstanding job running the dept, tells me sales are up from last year and my shrink has been averaging 6.7%. Then hell tells me the bad news he says I didnt get the job cause the frozen dude has more seniority over me!! I said what the hell do you mean, I have been doing the job for free and have been doing a great job at. You kick me to the curb by putting an outsider in our dept.

He said he has done eveything he could do to get me in the spot, said he talked to his people and called HR but they told him he has more time than me and he know how to do the job. He has more seniority than me. He said if he had it his way he would have me in the postion in a heart beat, but by union contract he has to give the postion to him cause of seniority.

I told him " its your store" not the unions. Managers are given the responsibility and right to interview, screen, hire, evaluate, promote and terminate employees. The manager has the right to set employee work schedules, performance standards and policies; give verbal or written warnings; and redefine job descriptions based on the needs of the company. I dont see how this can be.... I told him I feel like i have been screwed.

a promotion ought to be based on sustained performance and potential. As promotion means performing at a level higher than the current one, the incumbent needs to have the ability to perform at a higher level, i.e., potential. Meanwhile, he also needs to have demonstrated track record of sustained performance in his current level. It's risky for a business to consider promotion for someone who couldn't demonstrate good performance in his current role. What's the guarantee that he'll perform well once he's promoted? So, sustained performance in current role with demonstrations of potentials to performed at higher/enriched role should be criteria for promotion.

80% merit and 20% seniority.
Buecause if you promote on the basis of seniority the quality of work could not be maintained as everyone knew that after a certain period of time he/she will be promotion to the next cadre.
if a Promotion Policy based on the Merit it will be more fruitful

Is there anything I can do to fight for whats mine?

We have been out of a produce manager for about 4 months now, me and the assistant produce manager have been running the dept. Well I have been acting manager ever since the main produce manager left. I got Key retailing started and passed. I have done the produce orders, perishable inventories, price changes, signs, and tags, Kepping the dept running. (managing the department.)

So I talked to the assistant produce manager about stepping down cause I have been doing all the work and he couldn't handle it. He his retiring soon and not staying much longer with the company. So he agreed with me and turned his resignation letter to store managment. So the moment from which the assistant produce manager steped down I was told I was the new assistant produce manager. I was even promised the position before he steped down.

So now I am officially doing all the work remind you our dept head is still out so I am basically acting as the produce manger, doing all the orders, Key Retailing, making the schedule, all the paper work stuff.

So later on I here that someone else put in for the postion after I turned in my paper for the postion and I have been running the dept all myself for a while now.

Well the dude that put in for it was a transfer from another store, he was an assistant produce manager at his other store but transferd here has the frozen lead. He has been at my store for not even a year but been with the company for a while, so i here.

I have been with kroger for 5 1/2 years, same store. I have been in grocery, frozen, dary, front end, produce, scan file, and most reccent natural foods ADP. I have also been the stores CAO coordinator, when we had the position at stores.

So anyways the store manager pulls me in his office and says I have been doing an outstanding job running the dept, tells me sales are up from last year and my shrink has been averaging 6.7%. Then hell tells me the bad news he says I didnt get the job cause the frozen dude has more seniority over