Are any other Kroger stores getting these? I just came back from vacation on Tuesday and found out about this bs. We have to wear these overshoes over our own shoes even if we already have slip resistant ones. They're really heavy and bulky and walking in them feels weird. I got the biggest size because I have huge feet but they're still squeezing them like some sort of torture device. The worst part is that we have to share them.
It's all part of Key Refailing. I keep a pair stashed away and only put them on when the Key Refailing people come in for an inspection. Speaking of slip resistant shoes, they're remodeling our store and the new floors are as slick as snot. My shoes slip every time I walk on them. If management says, "Well, you need to be wearing those slip resistant shoes", I'm going to say, "Are you going to make the customers wear them too?"
I wish I had the luxury of not wearing them except when Key Refailing is around, but unfortunately we have a very "by the book" assistant head deli who likes to micromanage us, and when she sees us not wearing them she nags us to put them on. She's always in the deli so not wearing them isn't an option. Hopefully she gets sick of asking everyone "where are your overshoes?" by the end of the week though.
I have problems with my legs and feet, and I've had to go to the doctor over them many times. The overshoes hurt a lot, the first day I wore them I could barely walk when I got home. I don't know if everyone has that issue or just me. I told someone about it and they said "try a bigger size" but I'm already wearing the biggest one there is...
Yeah I agree that the customers need to wear them. Hell, we share the same work space with the exact same floor with the bakery (they're on the left side, we're on the right) and they don't have to wear the shoes. How does that make any sense??
In my store our co-manager told us that we had to wear them if we worked in the perishable departments (bakery, deli, meat, not sure if produce did or not) but if we already had slip resistant shoes that would be just fine.
No one's really checked anyone since.
I wear the overshoes but they don't really bother me, they've fit on to my shoes and are formed to them now. I actually slipped one time before I had them when I was cleaning the floors one time so I actually like having them. But thats just me.
Those sounds like they would cause me to get in-grown toenails after i've finally fix them. If they require us to wear those I guess i'll be filing a worker compensation to get both toenails removed and be out for a few weeks.
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Maybe I'm strange, but I like slip resistant shoes. I tend to buy a $20 pair of TredSafe shoes from Wal-Mart instead though, just much more convenient.
Maybe I'm strange, but I like slip resistant shoes. I tend to buy a $20 pair of TredSafe shoes from Wal-Mart instead though, just much more convenient.
Nothing wrong with slip resistant shoes. It's the slip on over-shoes that are the issue.
I don't get what people see in working in the deli. It seems like the department with the most rules.
It actually has a lot of freedom. At least in my store. I don't know what it's like in other departments, but in the deli you can decide to do what you want to do (like make sandwiches, wait on counter, chicken shop, ect.)
Maybe I'm strange, but I like slip resistant shoes. I tend to buy a $20 pair of TredSafe shoes from Wal-Mart instead though, just much more convenient.
Nothing wrong with slip resistant shoes. It's the slip on over-shoes that are the issue.
I don't get what people see in working in the deli. It seems like the department with the most rules.
It actually has a lot of freedom. At least in my store. I don't know what it's like in other departments, but in the deli you can decide to do what you want to do (like make sandwiches, wait on counter, chicken shop, ect.)
I have never heard of a deli like that. What do you do if nobody wants to work on the counter or if 3 people want to do nothing but fry chicken all day? I think when I go back to work Friday I'll make cupcakes instead of baking bread like I'm scheduled to do.
I have never heard of a deli like that. What do you do if nobody wants to work on the counter or if 3 people want to do nothing but fry chicken all day? I think when I go back to work Friday I'll make cupcakes instead of baking bread like I'm scheduled to do.
It hasn't been a problem yet and I've been working there for 5 years. Obviously we all have to wait on counter if it gets too busy until it slows down. And if someone's already claimed doing chicken shop, you have to find something else to do, or if no one is doing a job like making sandwiches or making party trays, you might be asked to do it. (Even then, our manager asks "who wants to do it?") But other than that, no one is really scheduled for a specific job when we come in.
I have never heard of a deli like that. What do you do if nobody wants to work on the counter or if 3 people want to do nothing but fry chicken all day? I think when I go back to work Friday I'll make cupcakes instead of baking bread like I'm scheduled to do.
It hasn't been a problem yet and I've been working there for 5 years. Obviously we all have to wait on counter if it gets too busy until it slows down. And if someone's already claimed doing chicken shop, you have to find something else to do, or if no one is doing a job like making sandwiches or making party trays, you might be asked to do it. (Even then, our manager asks "who wants to do it?") But other than that, no one is really scheduled for a specific job when we come in.
How is this more freedom than the baggers where you can do carts, bathroom checks, or trash? There's choice but all the choices suck.
