How come Kroger hires more people when they don't have the hours to give the employees they have? My hours went from 21 -16 hours a week and I heard they're thinking of hiring someone else in the my department. How can they do that? 24 hours -32 is considered part-time and I don't even get that.
Cheaper to hire on brand new labor at entry level than give current employees more hours to get to that next job step (raise). This company is terrible lol.
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You had an employee bbq yesterday? Thanks for telling the night crew...
Hopefully I'm the one getting the raise and that's why they've cut my hours. I'm not going to have any money to pay the bills, with union dues, my retirement plan, and so little hours. I love my job, but it's getting to be not worth my time and effort.
-- Edited by Deli Clerk on Tuesday 4th of April 2017 08:56:34 PM
-- Edited by Deli Clerk on Tuesday 4th of April 2017 08:58:13 PM
Hopefully I'm the one getting the raise and that's why they've cut my hours. I'm not going to have any money to pay the bills, with union dues, my retirement plan, and so little hours. I love my job, but it's getting to be not worth my time and effort.
-- Edited by Deli Clerk on Tuesday 4th of April 2017 08:56:34 PM
-- Edited by Deli Clerk on Tuesday 4th of April 2017 08:58:13 PM
Sorry to hear that, Deli Clerk. Although I did hear something similar come from one of our back up managers about another associate in our Deli. Although he is already getting 40 hours and still considering another job as he wants more hours I guess. And she was like 40 is all they can give for full time.
So I believe he will most likely put in his notice in a few days or so. And yet they keep on the back up cake decorator and she is always having an excuse left right and center to take off and they still won't fire her. Unreal at times.
We have a couple of those. They act like they can't write those employees up and get rid of them. The ones that keep calling in are the ones that I would give less hours to. They obviously don't want to work those hours any way. The ones that want to work are the ones I'd be giving the hours to.
Yes! You totally would think that would be the case. Or at least bump her back down to a regular clerk and have our new transfer, whom also used to be a DH at her old store in the Deli and Bakery, be the new back up cake person. Because that way at least you know your cakes are going to get done and nobody is going to start flaking out on you every second. And if they do, it won't be for such a critical job.
That is also why I think they should consider how they schedule people too at times. Like if you know someone has a bit of a better skill set with doing this or that job a little bit better. Make sure you get them on those particular jobs and then other people can do the regular stuff. Or at least get some additional training time, so if one of the other more skilled peeps can't be available to do something. The people that were doing the regular clerk gigs can step up and fill in for them. And things can still run smoothly.
But they just don't seem to grasp how to use and run their teams effectively at all at times. And it's like a mad scramble to figure out who is doing what for the day when there are call offs. And that is crazy, as it's like how long have you been in biz for to not have this figured out by now?
I agree 100% The only way a "team" can work together is if the "TEAM" is working. I keep hearing about "Team work" yet not everyone on the team is working. A team consists of more than 1 person.
Can I just say that I'm glad I've found this site more and more each day. As I've once more felt entirely the same way as you did Deli Clerk. At the rate Kroger is going I don't think they can even spell team.
Yes! You totally would think that would be the case. Or at least bump her back down to a regular clerk and have our new transfer, whom also used to be a DH at her old store in the Deli and Bakery, be the new back up cake person. Because that way at least you know your cakes are going to get done and nobody is going to start flaking out on you every second. And if they do, it won't be for such a critical job.
That is also why I think they should consider how they schedule people too at times. Like if you know someone has a bit of a better skill set with doing this or that job a little bit better. Make sure you get them on those particular jobs and then other people can do the regular stuff. Or at least get some additional training time, so if one of the other more skilled peeps can't be available to do something. The people that were doing the regular clerk gigs can step up and fill in for them. And things can still run smoothly.
But they just don't seem to grasp how to use and run their teams effectively at all at times. And it's like a mad scramble to figure out who is doing what for the day when there are call offs. And that is crazy, as it's like how long have you been in biz for to not have this figured out by now?
What does DH stand for? In most other cases it stands for dear husband. That's why hate internet abbreviations and acronyms. I mean how hard is it to spell something out?
Yes! You totally would think that would be the case. Or at least bump her back down to a regular clerk and have our new transfer, whom also used to be a DH at her old store in the Deli and Bakery, be the new back up cake person. Because that way at least you know your cakes are going to get done and nobody is going to start flaking out on you every second. And if they do, it won't be for such a critical job.
That is also why I think they should consider how they schedule people too at times. Like if you know someone has a bit of a better skill set with doing this or that job a little bit better. Make sure you get them on those particular jobs and then other people can do the regular stuff. Or at least get some additional training time, so if one of the other more skilled peeps can't be available to do something. The people that were doing the regular clerk gigs can step up and fill in for them. And things can still run smoothly.
But they just don't seem to grasp how to use and run their teams effectively at all at times. And it's like a mad scramble to figure out who is doing what for the day when there are call offs. And that is crazy, as it's like how long have you been in biz for to not have this figured out by now?
What does DH stand for? In most other cases it stands for dear husband. That's why hate internet abbreviations and acronyms. I mean how hard is it to spell something out?
Definitely Department Head. And not that hard to write it out, just gets repetitive hence I shortened it. And given my particular DH, I don't even think his wife considers him "dear" all that often from what he has said of their relationship. And I for damn sure ain't calling him that either, LOL.
