So I don't actually work at Kroger, my boyfriend does, and he has since January of this year. He's a full-time college student and he's constantly scheduled overnights in frozen, which is ****ty enough, but what happened today absolutely infuriates me.
So it's our four year anniversary and I planned for us to go out of town for one night for Sunday the 5th. I surprised him with this about a week or two ago, and asked him to ask his boss if he could have the day off. I guess it was too late to send in an official request for the day off, but he asked his boss and his boss said it was fine. After getting the okay from his boss, we made our reservation and everything, bought tickets to a concert... I was planning on having him meet my grandparents and my aunt and uncle and cousins, we had it all planned out.
So he looks at his schedule last night and finds out that his boss didn't schedule him, but some other guy in another department did. He told me that there's no way he can ask for the day off because he doesn't have this other guy's number. He told me that he didn't think employees were supposed to exchange numbers with each other. The only person whose number he has is his boss.
What pisses me off the most is that the guy who scheduled him took the day off today! So there's no way he can ask him for Sunday night off. There's a cancellation fee for the hotel, I can't get refunded for the tickets. I am livid.
I have a question for Kroger employees- is there a policy on exchanging cell phone numbers with your co-workers? And is there a policy on trading hours or shifts with your coworkers/finding someone to cover your shift for you if something comes up?
I have most of my coworkers numbers and text them about schedule changes often. I don't do personal texts with them and I keep the texts on a professional level.
I have never heard of coworkers not being allowed to exchange phone numbers. It's 2016. Everyone has a cell phone and uses text messaging!
I refuse to get a facebook account tho.
If your boyfriend can find someone to cover the shift, then it should be ok if a Department manager or store manager/comanager approves it.
Only problem is if your bf asks the manager but can't find anyone to cover his shift and then calls in sick, it doesn't look good. I don't think they can do anything write-up wise for the call in(if there are no other attendance issues) but they might find another way to show their disapproval.
Any employee is free to give out their own phone number to anyone they choose. What you can't do is give out someone else's phone number or other personal information unless you have prior consent.
me sick, me not be there, sorry but it's kroger, not a life or death job. Frozen sucks and it sounds like the people he works with suck too. As long as he hasn't been a problem (calling in a lot) there's not much they can do to him, and if they do do something, that would be harassment
I have all my coworkers phone numbers, and text them anytime anything comes up. So there's no issue there with that, but he has until tomorrow to get this sorted out, since all schedule changes have to be approved by then. Hopefully someone there isn't a dick and will trade shifts.
I have all my coworkers phone numbers, and text them anytime anything comes up.
You wouldn't be able to reach me by texting. I don't text. My phone only makes phone calls. If someone wants to contact me, they have to speak to me. I think people have become obsessed with texting. You go to a restaurant and all you see is people looking down at their phones and their thumbs going back and forth. People thought that cell phones and texting would improve communication. It's actually done just the opposite. It's sad.
I have all my coworkers phone numbers, and text them anytime anything comes up.
You wouldn't be able to reach me by texting. I don't text. My phone only makes phone calls. If someone wants to contact me, they have to speak to me. I think people have become obsessed with texting. You go to a restaurant and all you see is people looking down at their phones and their thumbs going back and forth. People thought that cell phones and texting would improve communication. It's actually done just the opposite. It's sad.
and I bet you get mad when you call someone and they don't answer....most younger folk don't like talking on the phone, if you want a response, you text.
"HURR WHY YOU NO PHONE ANSWER, WE WERE SHORT HANDED?" we aren't stupid, you get us on the phone and make us feel guilty for not coming in. Want a response, text it
I have all my coworkers phone numbers, and text them anytime anything comes up.
You wouldn't be able to reach me by texting. I don't text. My phone only makes phone calls. If someone wants to contact me, they have to speak to me. I think people have become obsessed with texting. You go to a restaurant and all you see is people looking down at their phones and their thumbs going back and forth. People thought that cell phones and texting would improve communication. It's actually done just the opposite. It's sad.
Yeah, so? If someone wants to text and look at their phones, that's their business. If someone doesn't want to text (like you) that's their business too, but it doesn't make them superior to anyone else. I don't know why people who are technologically behind the times like to hold themselves up as some kind of pillar in a society that's degrading around them. You're not. You're just a noisy person who likes to dictate what other people do. Let people be happy doing what they want to do.
I have all my coworkers phone numbers, and text them anytime anything comes up.
You wouldn't be able to reach me by texting. I don't text. My phone only makes phone calls. If someone wants to contact me, they have to speak to me. I think people have become obsessed with texting. You go to a restaurant and all you see is people looking down at their phones and their thumbs going back and forth. People thought that cell phones and texting would improve communication. It's actually done just the opposite. It's sad.
....good for you? Most of the people I work with are 20 or more years older than me, and yet they can manage how to text just fine, i don't think any of the people i work with are "obsessed with texting", it's just easier to text if you have to ask a quick question.
If management said he could have the day off, I hope your bf took the day off irregardless. That's what I would have done. Being as it's just a guy from another dept, it doesn't matter if he gets mad at your bf for not showing. He can make it "difficult" for your bf but that's about it. I hope you enjoyed your anniversary together.
