If your not a minor, you don't really have to take a lunch. Usually the two 15 min breaks are enough for some peeps and even some don't like taking those at all at my store.
You do not have to take a lunch. However there is a difference between clocking out for a break or lunch. You will get paid for your 2 - 15 minute breaks (or 30 min break), but DO NOT get paid if you clock out on Lunch. I would advise you to just take you 30 mins of break. This company is not worth wearing yourself out over. They would not go above and beyond to help you, so why do they same for them?
If your not a minor, you don't really have to take a lunch. Usually the two 15 min breaks are enough for some peeps and even some don't like taking those at all at my store.
I suggest you check with your state's labor laws as it pertains to breaks and lunches. In some states both breaks and lunches must be provided. An employer can be fined if their employees are skipping breaks and lunches in order to get work done.
If your not a minor, you don't really have to take a lunch. Usually the two 15 min breaks are enough for some peeps and even some don't like taking those at all at my store.
I suggest you check with your state's labor laws as it pertains to breaks and lunches. In some states both breaks and lunches must be provided. An employer can be fined if their employees are skipping breaks and lunches in order to get work done.
I could check. But does it mean people are actually adhering to it? Me thinks not. And the way they work you from one thing to the other at mys tore. I doubt most even care if you get it in or not. I know coming in, my DH was like "I don't take breaks, so why should you?"
Although I have caught him a few times taking more breaks of late. Not sure if his health is acting up, or if he finally feels he has enough time to do so.
If your not a minor, you don't really have to take a lunch. Usually the two 15 min breaks are enough for some peeps and even some don't like taking those at all at my store.
I suggest you check with your state's labor laws as it pertains to breaks and lunches. In some states both breaks and lunches must be provided. An employer can be fined if their employees are skipping breaks and lunches in order to get work done.
I could check. But does it mean people are actually adhering to it? Me thinks not. And the way they work you from one thing to the other at mys tore. I doubt most even care if you get it in or not. I know coming in, my DH was like "I don't take breaks, so why should you?"
Although I have caught him a few times taking more breaks of late. Not sure if his health is acting up, or if he finally feels he has enough time to do so.
I don't care how much work I have to do. I'm taking my breaks and I'm taking my lunch.
If your not a minor, you don't really have to take a lunch. Usually the two 15 min breaks are enough for some peeps and even some don't like taking those at all at my store.
I suggest you check with your state's labor laws as it pertains to breaks and lunches. In some states both breaks and lunches must be provided. An employer can be fined if their employees are skipping breaks and lunches in order to get work done.
I could check. But does it mean people are actually adhering to it? Me thinks not. And the way they work you from one thing to the other at mys tore. I doubt most even care if you get it in or not. I know coming in, my DH was like "I don't take breaks, so why should you?"
Although I have caught him a few times taking more breaks of late. Not sure if his health is acting up, or if he finally feels he has enough time to do so.
I don't care how much work I have to do. I'm taking my breaks and I'm taking my lunch.
What department do you work in and how many people are in the department?
I only ask cause, when I'm in deli I can get both my breaks in(don't really take a lunch as I eat on my breaks anyway). And that is do to us having way more people to carry on the work when someone is taking a break. So nothing falls behind.
But when I'm in bakery, that is never really the case. As I've mentioned before we have both the pastry chef and cake decorator doing their jobs. Which kind of locks them into stationary mode until about a hour or a few mins before they leave for the day. To which they may help label or package some cookies.
Then there is our back up manager and even DH that have their somewhat stationary jobs. DH is filling the floor for Deli and helping to re-do display tables and so forth. Back up manager does about the same and often helps with the baking of the cookies, fruit bites and turnovers, the supply order and CAP report.
And then we have the senior person below the back up manager and DH that typically does the dough slack out and re-organizing a bunch of stuff. And may from time to time work out the tall boys.
But that leaves, re-filling the floor, continuously working out the tall boys, frosting sugar cookies, packaging, labeling, sometimes baking, slicing the bread on the bread wall, not to mention, bagging it and labeling it as well, packaging and cleaning the doughnut case, slacking out the doughnuts, doing any of the party tray orders, assist customers, take cake orders, write on cakes, run trash, do the cleaning of the department, sampling, damn near answering EVERY phone call and whatever else they come up with to throw at ya.
So pretty much with all of that going on as the 1 person that has to do all those many jobs, as everyone else is pretty much pre-occupied/does not really want to stop what they are doing to lift a finger. Then yea, I never get a break over there when I'm on closing, EVER. I can sometimes get one in if I'm scheduled much earlier down there. But even then it is a freaking miracle if I can. And I'm sure they would tell me, "sure you can, if you just picked up the pace." And I repeat, I'm not a slug, but I am for damn sure not going a warp speed doing so much. While every time I look over there is enough folks flapping their lips about this or that and not doing all that I have to do.
Be a different story if we had more people in the afternoon to help pick up some of the slack and were able to get 2 closers again like how we used to have when we first started. But with a couple of the college kids having put in taking Sundays and a few other days off during the week. They are pretty much rotating what few peeps they have back and forth and around the college kids school schedules. And with bakery closing whenever the closer is scheduled to leave(could be 9 most nights, could be 8 or 8:30), it means for sure that you will not be getting a break on closing.
Kind of why it annoys me so bad they didn't think if getting us a mini fridge in the back or something. As we can't really leave the department to get anything to eat or drink unless you bring in your drink with you earlier in the day and have it in the cooler. But even that doesn't make up for the lack of effort day shift puts in at times to at least take care of one blue line or at least run the card board and finish packaging and labeling the cookies. I mean sure sometimes the senior co-worker will do the doughnut slack out after she does the one for the bread dough if she has time. And that little bit helps. But dude, that is what? Takes a few mins in comparison to everything else the closing person has to do? Which leads to rather pissed off individuals in the bakery more times than not on closing.
What department do you work in and how many people are in the department?
I'm the head baker in the bakery department. I bake the bread and sweet goods. Some days I have to do doughnuts too if the bagger doesn't come in the same time I do. I break down and put away the frozen food order, which is every day. I do the CAP and the breakout. When the bakery manager is off, I'll put on orders and do the CAP for pies, cookies, etc. Not counting the bakery manager, usually we have two people on bread, a cake decorator, and a closer as the bare minimum. All work 8-hour shifts. Weekends we might have an extra person or two working a 4 or 6 hour shift. Counting the bakery manager, there's eight people on the bakery schedule. Of course they don't all work at the same time though. The department takes in between $19K and $20K a week during normal times. Holiday weeks like Thanksgiving are almost double that. The store takes in about $1.5M a week.
What department do you work in and how many people are in the department?
I'm the head baker in the bakery department. I bake the bread and sweet goods. Some days I have to do doughnuts too if the bagger doesn't come in the same time I do. I break down and put away the frozen food order, which is every day. I do the CAP and the breakout. When the bakery manager is off, I'll put on orders and do the CAP for pies, cookies, etc. Not counting the bakery manager, usually we have two people on bread, a cake decorator, and a closer as the bare minimum. All work 8-hour shifts. Weekends we might have an extra person or two working a 4 or 6 hour shift. Counting the bakery manager, there's eight people on the bakery schedule. Of course they don't all work at the same time though. The department takes in between $19K and $20K a week during normal times. Holiday weeks like Thanksgiving are almost double that. The store takes in about $1.5M a week.
See and that is awesome that you are able to do all of that and still get your breaks. Even more awesome that you have 2 people working on the same job. When I first started briefly we would have someone packaging as the other would label the cookies, pies, and so forth. But that has gone by the wayside a long time ago in my bakery. And although we have totally 11 people, at most there are sometimes 7 or less people on at one time(pending on how the schedule has gotten messed up by our scheduler again(to which, is understandable as she is also deli back up and has so many things on her mind).
We also make about $20K as well. I forget how much the store makes per week though. But even still, I think sometimes the peeps in my department plays favorites at times over particular things. Like when I have to close, they want me to start by focusing on the floor for about 2 hours, as they say that I'm the best floor filler. As the others don't do that good a job. Now when it's two of my other co-workers down there closing. They get to do the doughnut slack out early. Are able to get right to packaging cookies if need be. Or before I leave for the day, I'm always tasked with doing the trash run before I leave if I'm on earlier for someone else that is closing. But when I get down there it's like the trash is about to crawl out of the cart and out the back door as it hasn't been touched all day.
And I'm sure that all sounds pretty whiny. But I honestly feel like my bakery department could be a LOT better if we worked more as a team so that everyone can fairly get in their breaks and actually make up some of the difference in the lack of people we have on for the day. Just a little bit more could go a long way to turning our department around greatly I think, instead of leaving so much for the one closing person all the time.
You do not have to take a lunch. However there is a difference between clocking out for a break or lunch. You will get paid for your 2 - 15 minute breaks (or 30 min break), but DO NOT get paid if you clock out on Lunch. I would advise you to just take you 30 mins of break. This company is not worth wearing yourself out over. They would not go above and beyond to help you, so why do they same for them?
precisely, and, taking your lunches and breaks is required of your employer by federal law. but do you think kroger is concerned, as long as the work gets done? new to the company, I used to TELL my department lead I was going to a break, and he'd cop this attitude like he didn't want me to. after this, I watched the clock, and would disappear to do something work related when it was time to go, then go to lunch or break. final note: some coworkers told me they never even punched out at the time clock for lunch. I believe in doing the right thing, and never tried it, cause of what I am about to say below.
I missed a lunch one time, and my current employer (walmart) notified me promptly the next day I showed up. they tell you in the orientation what I said above (not taking breaks and lunches is against the law).
