ive started school and I'm currently a cashier at Kroger, my school course is very intense and I'm thinking of dropping from cashier to bagger as I'll need to be able to do shifts around school and as a cashier I always get told I must work weekends regardless but I was thinking I need more flexibility On weekends to do school work.
Has anyone gone from cashier to bagger and still got decent hours? I'm looking at speaking to my manager tomorrow.
baggers are a lower job classification so your pay may be affected if you voluntarily step down to bagger.
weekend schedules have to be rotated among full time employees if you are part time and unavailable to work weekends i dont think they can make you work.
always remember dept heads and managers are going to tell you what they want you to believe not always the way things are. if you have questions there should be a number to your union person call them and ask them thats what they are there for.
I'm guessing your starting college? I can tell you School Work can be accomplished on WEEKDAYS too. I always thought that was funny when people told me SCHOOL was so important that they CAN work on school days, but not on NON-SCHOOL days. I can also tell you, assignments are given with enough notice you have plenty of time to do them. The likelihood of getting a hard/long assignment and its due the next day/over the weekend is very low (Teachers know students have busy lives). If your schedule is all over the place, yes, being a bagger might be easier.
Only full time people have to have unrestricted availability.
If you are part time, just change your availability online. They have to accept it and work around it.
School is MORE IMPORTANT. It's your ticket our of KrogerHell.
Don't let anybody here tell you when you should be able to do your home work. You know the best, not them. It is your right to set your availability. That's exactly why the system is set up that way. Most of the front end people are young and going to school, and company knows that.
Some people here may be jealous of you going to school and having a chance not being trapped in K. School comes first.
Thanks for the replies, I'm doing an intensed vocational course so it involves lots of hands on learning, tests every week and a four week externship in 2 months time. I picked my hours for the next 2 weeks already and I'm doing college all day then going straight to work till 10 at night. So I've not really left my self much time except weekends which is fine but I'm just worrying about studying during the week. think I might have to drop one or two week shifts next time select a sched comes out.
im determined to do well in school and leave Kroger altogether, the course will put me on track to a much higher paid role than I'm on now!
Vocational School is the way to go in this economy, get the skills and higher paying jobs!
The Kroger work environment really isn't what it used to be! It used to be, be nice to customers, but the stuff on the shelf. How its be SUPER...SUPER...Extremely SUPER nice to customers, but the stuff on the shelf after conditioning, rotating, reviewing BOH, working back stock, completing your morning reports. OH, then your allowed to stock after you clean your cases and go to a huddle, called upfront ..but then its time to leave!
