I dont see the problem with allowing employees to have 1 earbud in to listen to music as long as it doesnt hinder their ability to do their job. Where I work it boosted morale, people worked a little faster and were overall happier. In the last week they have really been cracking down on it and you can sense the overall mood chang. Listening to the same music and commercials over and over every day is maddening. Why cant the company just let their employees have just one thing!
Don't Look Back, Welcome To The Jungle, Centerfield, Eye Of The Tiger, Pump Up The Jam, Gonna Make You Sweat, Let's Get It Started, Jump (Van Halen), Jump (Kriss Kross), Thunderstruck.
I dont see the problem with allowing employees to have 1 earbud in to listen to music as long as it doesnt hinder their ability to do their job. Where I work it boosted morale, people worked a little faster and were overall happier. In the last week they have really been cracking down on it and you can sense the overall mood chang. Listening to the same music and commercials over and over every day is maddening. Why cant the company just let their employees have just one thing!
just do your job and quit being a whiny bitch. Earbuds makes it look like you aren't as friendly and accessible to the customer. If you don't want to give your best effort every day, then you're probably better suited somewhere else.
The policy has always been. No earbuds period. Just depends upon the store manager if they enforce it at all. It's not very professional looking from a customer service point of view.
I dont see the problem with allowing employees to have 1 earbud in to listen to music as long as it doesnt hinder their ability to do their job. Where I work it boosted morale, people worked a little faster and were overall happier. In the last week they have really been cracking down on it and you can sense the overall mood chang. Listening to the same music and commercials over and over every day is maddening. Why cant the company just let their employees have just one thing!
just do your job and quit being a whiny bitch. Earbuds makes it look like you aren't as friendly and accessible to the customer. If you don't want to give your best effort every day, then you're probably better suited somewhere else.
No one gives their best effort for the wages Kroger is paying.
I dont see the problem with allowing employees to have 1 earbud in to listen to music as long as it doesnt hinder their ability to do their job. Where I work it boosted morale, people worked a little faster and were overall happier. In the last week they have really been cracking down on it and you can sense the overall mood chang. Listening to the same music and commercials over and over every day is maddening. Why cant the company just let their employees have just one thing!
No earbuds means no. Typical though you were one bud listening to music half ass so no doubt your work performance is half ass as well.
There's a huge problem in my store with some of the bagger kids using earbuds especially while being out on the lot. They've been yelled at several times about having them but they think they don't need to listen.
No way could i ever handle working on the front end with some of these dumb kids...
I wish they'd allow ear buds in our store. We have an Eli's BBQ next to the deli and they have a radio and play their music loud. It clashes with the music on the in store radio but unfortunately doesn't drown it out for us, just makes a cacophony of noise that is obnoxious. If they could wear ear buds maybe we wouldn't have to put up with that.
I think it depends on the store manager. When my store first opened up, the manager at the time tried to pull this same no ear buds crap on us. We're overnight stockers.... and the store is closed.... how in tf is me having ear buds in my ears affecting anyone in a negative way?
We have a new manager now and she has no problem with us having ear buds on. She's real cool. Thank goodness. Just out of common courtesy I try to take them out of my ears by 6am or 7am when customers start coming in. But yeah, having to listen to the same crap music and commercials really is demotivating and maddening.
I dont see the problem with allowing employees to have 1 earbud in to listen to music as long as it doesnt hinder their ability to do their job. Where I work it boosted morale, people worked a little faster and were overall happier. In the last week they have really been cracking down on it and you can sense the overall mood chang. Listening to the same music and commercials over and over every day is maddening. Why cant the company just let their employees have just one thing!
just do your job and quit being a whiny bitch. Earbuds makes it look like you aren't as friendly and accessible to the customer. If you don't want to give your best effort every day, then you're probably better suited somewhere else.
Well...I ALWAYS use my earbuds before work, during break times, and on lunch because I am 100% inaccessible unless it's an emergency or something that will benefit me.
I think nightcrew should be able to have them when the store is closed, and you should be able to have them on breaks sure. While on the clock? Nah you can live without them...
just do your job and quit being a whiny bitch. Earbuds makes it look like you aren't as friendly and accessible to the customer. If you don't want to give your best effort every day, then you're probably better suited somewhere else.
Omfg what an insufferable display of bootlicking on this ****ing thread. Are you dip****s all from corporate, or did you all just get done with a really long Fox "news" binge? If you're even remotely concerned about us exploited peasants listening to music or podcasts.. Etc on the job, then you're severely lacking in perspective.
The average US CEO takes home 300 the amount of money that their average employee does, just for starters, so maybe stfu and focus on something that's actually consequential?
just do your job and quit being a whiny bitch. Earbuds makes it look like you aren't as friendly and accessible to the customer. If you don't want to give your best effort every day, then you're probably better suited somewhere else.
Omfg what an insufferable display of bootlicking on this ****ing thread. Are you dip****s all from corporate, or did you all just get done with a really long Fox "news" binge? If you're even remotely concerned about us exploited peasants listening to music or podcasts.. Etc on the job, then you're severely lacking in perspective.
The average US CEO takes home 300 the amount of money that their average employee does, just for starters, so maybe stfu and focus on something that's actually consequential?
No, I think it's you that's lacking in perspective. Being professional and appearing open to customers in a customer service job is just being an adult. You sound like a typical whiny gen-Z kid. Go hide in your safe space.
