stores with overtime

Date: Jun 24, 2015

stores with overtime

DanielleNicole94 · Guru

Ha, no! My store has NO overtime. I'd kill for overtime.

Date: Jun 24, 2015

My store runs on OT too. The store manager hasn't balked about it but I am sure he is being balked at by his bosses.

We had twice as many OT hours as your store did last week.

I am currently being scheduled 48 hours a week and I am not old contract... I like the OT but it would be nice to have 2 days off a week. I do hope they find some warm bodies for our crew soon.

kroagrr · Guru

The interactions between district and store are an interesting and mysterious subject . . . worthy of its own thread, I'd say.

I've seen an email from a district coordinator to the store management listing each store associate by name who got even one "click" of overtime for the recent pay period. Krogrr is not about anything if not about not paying people.

So, there's that obsessive ferocity about not paying (all-cap, giant-font, "NO OVERTIME" sign at the time clock), but then the store will call a person the very next day on his day off saying, "Store director X has approved overtime; can you come in?"

Welcome to Krogrr, the schizophrenic American corporation.

Date: Jun 24, 2015

They don't mind if you clock in 7 minutes early or clock out 7 minutes late. I've seen them manipulate those 7 minutes too. They used to not let me off my register until 6 minutes after the hour I was off work, so I could have a minute to get to the time clock to clock out. Every time they did that to me I would clock in the next day late. They don't pay me, I don't like to work. Once in awhile is ok though, just when you learn they are abusing it is when I fought back.

Lord_Uboat · Guru

kroagrr wrote:
The interactions between district and store are an interesting and mysterious subject . . . worthy of its own thread, I'd say.
I've seen an email from a district coordinator to the store management listing each store associate by name who got even one "click" of overtime for the recent pay period. Krogrr is not about anything if not about not paying people.
So, there's that obsessive ferocity about not paying (all-cap, giant-font, "NO OVERTIME" sign at the time clock), but then the store will call a person the very next day on his day off saying, "Store director X has approved overtime; can you come in?"
Welcome to Krogrr, the schizophrenic American corporation.

What I don't understand is why Kroger doesn't have many floaters anymore. Getting bare basic training to do mindless tasks in every department is actually a smart idea, so that the more knowledgeable clerks can focus on things like making the order, resetting displays, and getting on conference calls. It's good for the floaters too because they get some variety in the workweek instead of the same repetitive task.

Poolsclosed · Veteran Member

For me, it seems like it gets brought up a lot, but nothing is ever done about it. Although we try and avoid it if we can, there are plenty of occasions where myself or another have to work 6 days because of a company walk and they want the case to look extra pretty.

Date: Jun 24, 2015

I constantly work 50 hours a week at top dept head pay and never a word gets said to me. Might be because I'm 1 of maybe 5 people in my store that actually cares about the store lol.

mega-kitteh · Guru

I had to help myself to some OT because I was on a special project (apart from my Nightcrew) and work a week on days cleaning the store. They kept calling me to sack (lack of cc's) so what I did is I timed myself up front and then applied it to my 8 hours. I worked a 9-6 shift originally, but decided to get off at 6:15 to make up time lost

Date: Jun 25, 2015

It's hard to judge how overly much that is. Each store has an OT budget week to week and we've certainly blown through that at times because of understaffing and pending visits.

At least where I'm at, district coordinators want a report of who has OT. It's updated each morning after time and attendance.

Date: Jun 25, 2015

OT is a crazy thing. I got a verbal warning once because the time-clock was messed up and put me on a 12 hour shift on one of the few weeks I worked 30 hours. Apparently someone got very bent out of shape that a bagger dared to get overtime. I even put it in the book with my correct hours that the time clock had said some error message and still got fussed at.

When something similar happened at a different workplace, they let me keep the extra money since it was their bad. At Kroger, I get a verbal warning and a deduction from my pay check.

Because sure I can live off of $20 for a week.

mega-kitteh · Guru

That's how it goes... Their error, YOU pay. Don't like it? See ya...
Because the world will end if they have to pay for THEIR error.

If the time clock was an error, then the verbal warning should be null and void.

Date: Jun 25, 2015

Anonymous wrote:
OT is a crazy thing. I got a verbal warning once because the time-clock was messed up and put me on a 12 hour shift on one of the few weeks I worked 30 hours. Apparently someone got very bent out of shape that a bagger dared to get overtime. I even put it in the book with my correct hours that the time clock had said some error message and still got fussed at.

When something similar happened at a different workplace, they let me keep the extra money since it was their bad. At Kroger, I get a verbal warning and a deduction from my pay check.
Because sure I can live off of $20 for a week.

Well, when you saw the extra money on your check did you say something to them? That would be the bookkeepers error or whoever did the payroll that week. Their fault for not checking the book. If it's a first write up it doesn't really mean anything, it will go away in 6 months. No biggie. It's just the principal of the thing. I would have fought and filed a grievance to have the write up thrown out.

Date: Jun 25, 2015

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
OT is a crazy thing. I got a verbal warning once because the time-clock was messed up and put me on a 12 hour shift on one of the few weeks I worked 30 hours. Apparently someone got very bent out of shape that a bagger dared to get overtime. I even put it in the book with my correct hours that the time clock had said some error message and still got fussed at.

When something similar happened at a different workplace, they let me keep the extra money since it was their bad. At Kroger, I get a verbal warning and a deduction from my pay check.
Because sure I can live off of $20 for a week.
Well, when you saw the extra money on your check did you say something to them? That would be the bookkeepers error or whoever did the payroll that week. Their fault for not checking the book. If it's a first write up it doesn't really mean anything, it will go away in 6 months. No biggie. It's just the principal of the thing. I would have fought and filed a grievance to have the write up thrown out.

I was given the "talk" before pay checks went out, or at least before I checked my bank statement if it was a Thursday. It was a while ago and I was too new to want to try to fight it. I think I was still within the probation period and didn't want to rock the boat too much.

It was mostly the principle of the thing since I had that previous experience with my other employer.

krogerman77 · Guru

Everyone in the deli at a store I used to work at was scheduled 40 hours one week, but management stated there was to be "NO OVERTIME!" Well one day during the week we had a woman wanting several meats sliced super thin and 2 pounds of each, and of course it was 5 minutes before I was to leave. The other person in the deli with me at the time was busy with another customer so I was 15 minutes late getting out. You wouldn't believe the **** fit they threw over the dept. have 15 whole minutes of OT!

Date: Jun 26, 2015

krogerman77 wrote:
Everyone in the deli at a store I used to work at was scheduled 40 hours one week, but management stated there was to be "NO OVERTIME!" Well one day during the week we had a woman wanting several meats sliced super thin and 2 pounds of each, and of course it was 5 minutes before I was to leave. The other person in the deli with me at the time was busy with another customer so I was 15 minutes late getting out. You wouldn't believe the **** fit they threw over the dept. have 15 whole minutes of OT!

Call the manager on duty when this happens! I would. Right in front of the customer. Excuse me miss, I have to get approval to stay and fill your order. If you were a math whiz it would be nice to offer how much she is buying and how much they would have to pay to fill that order. Then let the manager decide.

mega-kitteh · Guru

I thought Kroger was all about "make it right" customer service, keep me coming back, etc. Having a kabitz fit over 15 min? Do the "big guys" really need all that extra money to line their overflowing pockets?

Yeah... I didn't think so.

Date: Jul 2, 2015

ive been on 6 days for months.. doing 65 or so hours this week to keep the ribeye ad going. Go D11 right? lols.

Date: Feb 6, 2021

We have been slammed on overnight grocery since the pandemic started. One week I was asked to work on both my days off and I put in over 70 hours. Needless to say the store management got yelled at and forced me to take 3 days off when the next schedule was written.