They highered a night crew that barely shows up to work. You have one of six that does an amazing job and the rest are just flakes that barely show up to work if at all or do a lazy half assed job when here. I'm not night crew but I've often had half my shift cashiering half night crew so that they can get at least something done. I haven't a clue how many night crew people have quit this year all I know is I gave up counting after 15.
You have one that keeps spraining him self and is out for long strands of time. You have two on long term medical leave and it's a miracle if they show up to work. You have three 20 year olds that can't quite figure out what to do with their lives and bring their drama to work. Then do a half assed job when here. The rest are slower than slow and it takes them half their shift to do one isle of merchandise. A lot of new hires eventually get to the point where they just stop showing up for work and never come back. Need I go on? You're getting the picture right?
The manager gives them a half as-sed schedule and only schedules 1.5 individuals on load nights. (0.5 = lazy ass individuals that might show up to work if at all) We have nights were some times night crew doesn't show up at all and there's been an empty store. The one reliable hard worker that's now night crew management is over worked because he only gets like three days a month off and is tired of the b.s. of flaky staff.
During the day the customers are complaining about how unorganized the store is. How the shelves are only a little bit stocked and we keep getting asked if we're going out of business due to how empty they look. No it's night crew isn't doing their job. Day managers are tried of finishing night crews work because they can't get to all of it.
The best part about all of this is if there is only one night crew on duty they have the right to leave premises and come back when the day crew comes on. Due to liability issues. So from 12a-430a there's no one working in the store. This came down from corporate for liability issues. I'm guessing they had an incident. I find this hilarious as yesterday (11/21) there was only one night crew member and he decided to leave when the midnight cashiers left due ot this new rule. We have a corporate walk through the next day....
They highered a night crew that barely shows up to work. You have one of six that does an amazing job and the rest are just flakes that barely show up to work if at all or do a lazy half assed job when here. I'm not night crew but I've often had half my shift cashiering half night crew so that they can get at least something done. I haven't a clue how many night crew people have quit this year all I know is I gave up counting after 15.
You have one that keeps spraining him self and is out for long strands of time. You have two on long term medical leave and it's a miracle if they show up to work. You have three 20 year olds that can't quite figure out what to do with their lives and bring their drama to work. Then do a half assed job when here. The rest are slower than slow and it takes them half their shift to do one isle of merchandise. A lot of new hires eventually get to the point where they just stop showing up for work and never come back. Need I go on? You're getting the picture right?
The manager gives them a half as-sed schedule and only schedules 1.5 individuals on load nights. (0.5 = lazy ass individuals that might show up to work if at all) We have nights were some times night crew doesn't show up at all and there's been an empty store. The one reliable hard worker that's now night crew management is over worked because he only gets like three days a month off and is tired of the b.s. of flaky staff.
During the day the customers are complaining about how unorganized the store is. How the shelves are only a little bit stocked and we keep getting asked if we're going out of business due to how empty they look. No it's night crew isn't doing their job. Day managers are tried of finishing night crews work because they can't get to all of it.
The best part about all of this is if there is only one night crew on duty they have the right to leave premises and come back when the day crew comes on. Due to liability issues. So from 12a-430a there's no one working in the store. This came down from corporate for liability issues. I'm guessing they had an incident. I find this hilarious as yesterday (11/21) there was only one night crew member and he decided to leave when the midnight cashiers left due ot this new rule. We have a corporate walk through the next day....
Sounds like a bunch of ungrateful lazy poss poor sloppy associates IMO. Hopefully youll all be terminated before turkey day
Highered? There's no such word as highered. The word is hired. Higher is and adjective meaning at a greater level than something else. You can't make a past tense out an adjective. Hire means to employ someone. The past tense of hire is hired.
Highered? There's no such word as highered. The word is hired. Higher is and adjective meaning at a greater level than something else. You can't make a past tense out an adjective. Hire means to employ someone. The past tense of hire is hired.
They highered a night crew that barely shows up to work. You have one of six that does an amazing job and the rest are just flakes that barely show up to work if at all or do a lazy half assed job when here. I'm not night crew but I've often had half my shift cashiering half night crew so that they can get at least something done. I haven't a clue how many night crew people have quit this year all I know is I gave up counting after 15.
Sounds like an average night crew.
Not very many people are willing to work overnight for minimum wage. So, we are lucky if we get anyone half decent to work on nights.
I thought it was a union rule where there must be two employees in the store overnight. During my second year, I was the only person to show up(excluding the floor guy). I conditioned the store and filled the water gallons. It was a non truck night so it wasn't a big deal to me. Store manager didn't care. If it happened now, I would lock the front door, go home and come back at 5am when the morning shift comes in.
Once, only two of us showed up and I ran stock in most of the store and had the other guy spot half the store and run the canned aisle. Co manager came in at 7 and said she wants us to condition the store. I told her it wasn't a 15 minute job. So, they paid me 7 hours OT to get it conditioned. I had to plead with the other guy to stay and condition the canned aisle.
Store wasn't as busy as it is now. I might be able to run and condition a third of the store in 16 hours but will be disoriented afterwards.
This is the situation in a lot of stores right now. I've traveled to other stores and worked on off days for this reason. I've managed to keep my group together as the Grocery Manager, but most stores have these issues. There's not a lot that can be done, and with increasing demands it's only going to get worse. I have been the sole employee quite a few times during tougher times and inclement weather. Locking the doors and leaving because of that, I couldn't see doing that at all. What happens if there's a refrigeration issue?
My former boss had the same exact full-time night crew for nearly 10 years. It's almost unheard of today. Most of my group have worked together 2-3 years and that's pretty good compared to many stores. But I've seen sales go up and hours go down, and I do wonder how much more certain guys will take before they decide to go elsewhere. I stick around because the pay is good and career prospects for promotion are good, but for regular workers not looking to move up, it's not a great gig.
This is the situation in a lot of stores right now. I've traveled to other stores and worked on off days for this reason. I've managed to keep my group together as the Grocery Manager, but most stores have these issues. There's not a lot that can be done, and with increasing demands it's only going to get worse. I have been the sole employee quite a few times during tougher times and inclement weather. Locking the doors and leaving because of that, I couldn't see doing that at all. What happens if there's a refrigeration issue?
My former boss had the same exact full-time night crew for nearly 10 years. It's almost unheard of today. Most of my group have worked together 2-3 years and that's pretty good compared to many stores. But I've seen sales go up and hours go down, and I do wonder how much more certain guys will take before they decide to go elsewhere. I stick around because the pay is good and career prospects for promotion are good, but for regular workers not looking to move up, it's not a great gig.
Yup, I am contemplating stepping down. I have been a night grocery manager for 3+ years. The pay is good but the stress is insane. I am at my limit. I have a large crew but only half are decent workers. The other half need constant hand holding.
Wait until the night crews meet their newest member. The robotic floor scrubber. Many stores are currently getting them. Works just as good as every new fancy program corporate rolls out(italics for sarcasm). Night crew is responsible for managing it.
Wait until the night crews meet their newest member. The robotic floor scrubber. Many stores are currently getting them. Works just as good as every new fancy program corporate rolls out(italics for sarcasm). Night crew is responsible for managing it.
We had one of those but I haven't seen it in several days. You could either drive it like a Zamboni machine or let it drive itself. The problem with letting it drive itself is it would stop if it got near a small basket or shipper and not know how to get around it. It would then have to be driven manually away from the obstruction in order to get it going again. On top of that, it would leave a puddle of water where it had been sitting that had to be mopped up.
Highered? There's no such word as highered. The word is hired. Higher is and adjective meaning at a greater level than something else. You can't make a past tense out an adjective. Hire means to employ someone. The past tense of hire is hired.
No offense but do you have to spell check critique every damn post. You've been fu*cken doing this for three months. Yea some words slip spell check. Fu*ck off.
Wait until the night crews meet their newest member. The robotic floor scrubber. Many stores are currently getting them. Works just as good as every new fancy program corporate rolls out(italics for sarcasm). Night crew is responsible for managing it.
We had one of those but I haven't seen it in several days. You could either drive it like a Zamboni machine or let it drive itself. The problem with letting it drive itself is it would stop if it got near a small basket or shipper and not know how to get around it. It would then have to be driven manually away from the obstruction in order to get it going again. On top of that, it would leave a puddle of water where it had been sitting that had to be mopped up.
Our store is so bad it's getting to the point where night crew won't work because there's only one that shows up a lot. Legally now from corporate they can shut the store down if there's only one employee present for liability reasons. Customers are beginning to realize just how important night crew is. I'm not night crew but my store is sure the hell desperate to take anyone. I'd rather work swing/partial grave yard than deal with ****ty ass customers being damn as-ss rude at my store. 40% = wonderful would never give up or every one. 60% total as-s holes. I get my rear chewed out negatively verbally all damn day. I'm happier on partial swing. I'm tired of customers feeling sorry for us. We choose this. Stop feeling sorry for us.
This is the situation in a lot of stores right now. I've traveled to other stores and worked on off days for this reason. I've managed to keep my group together as the Grocery Manager, but most stores have these issues. There's not a lot that can be done, and with increasing demands it's only going to get worse. I have been the sole employee quite a few times during tougher times and inclement weather. Locking the doors and leaving because of that, I couldn't see doing that at all. What happens if there's a refrigeration issue?
My former boss had the same exact full-time night crew for nearly 10 years. It's almost unheard of today. Most of my group have worked together 2-3 years and that's pretty good compared to many stores. But I've seen sales go up and hours go down, and I do wonder how much more certain guys will take before they decide to go elsewhere. I stick around because the pay is good and career prospects for promotion are good, but for regular workers not looking to move up, it's not a great gig.
Yup, I am contemplating stepping down. I have been a night grocery manager for 3+ years. The pay is good but the stress is insane. I am at my limit. I have a large crew but only half are decent workers. The other half need constant hand holding.
It's infuriating. I can't tell you how many mornings I look around and there are more employees scheduled in produce or deli or even freaking drug/gm than I had for a 1500+ grocery truck the night before. And everyone expects trucks to be done when they waltz in the door in the morning, on top of everything else that has to be done. Plus paperwork has increased 100-fold since I joined the company and has increased a lot in the 2+ years I've been a Dept Head. It leaves less time for stocking, and they expect the crew to pick up the slack, but they can't most nights. So not only do they end up stressed, you end up working extra hours because the stupid paperwork still has to be done before you leave. Sales are up in my department consistently each week and sales have been increasing regularly since I took over the role, yet I've lost a full-time stocker and a part-time stocker in that time, plus two floaters. People that were never replaced. Upper staff (district/division) have no clue when they walk in the store, and just expect everything to be perfect
This is the situation in a lot of stores right now. I've traveled to other stores and worked on off days for this reason. I've managed to keep my group together as the Grocery Manager, but most stores have these issues. There's not a lot that can be done, and with increasing demands it's only going to get worse. I have been the sole employee quite a few times during tougher times and inclement weather. Locking the doors and leaving because of that, I couldn't see doing that at all. What happens if there's a refrigeration issue?
My former boss had the same exact full-time night crew for nearly 10 years. It's almost unheard of today. Most of my group have worked together 2-3 years and that's pretty good compared to many stores. But I've seen sales go up and hours go down, and I do wonder how much more certain guys will take before they decide to go elsewhere. I stick around because the pay is good and career prospects for promotion are good, but for regular workers not looking to move up, it's not a great gig.
Yup, I am contemplating stepping down. I have been a night grocery manager for 3+ years. The pay is good but the stress is insane. I am at my limit. I have a large crew but only half are decent workers. The other half need constant hand holding.
It's infuriating. I can't tell you how many mornings I look around and there are more employees scheduled in produce or deli or even freaking drug/gm than I had for a 1500+ grocery truck the night before. And everyone expects trucks to be done when they waltz in the door in the morning, on top of everything else that has to be done. Plus paperwork has increased 100-fold since I joined the company and has increased a lot in the 2+ years I've been a Dept Head. It leaves less time for stocking, and they expect the crew to pick up the slack, but they can't most nights. So not only do they end up stressed, you end up working extra hours because the stupid paperwork still has to be done before you leave. Sales are up in my department consistently each week and sales have been increasing regularly since I took over the role, yet I've lost a full-time stocker and a part-time stocker in that time, plus two floaters. People that were never replaced. Upper staff (district/division) have no clue when they walk in the store, and just expect everything to be perfect
Hey, does anyone know if "Upper staff" even have any curiosity (or intelligence), enough to ever run across and read this forum????? Are they willingly blind and stupid?
