"Our best ideas come from our associates, and this year we have decided to close our stores on Thanksgiving Day November 26." Walmart stores haven't closed on Thanksgiving since the late 1980s, the company told USA TODAY. Christmas is the only day each year most Walmart locations close.
"Our best ideas come from our associates, and this year we have decided to close our stores on Thanksgiving Day November 26." Walmart stores haven't closed on Thanksgiving since the late 1980s, the company told USA TODAY. Christmas is the only day each year most Walmart locations close.
The company could close the stores and save plenty of $$$. Thanksgiving Day is one of the slowest days of the year and most associates get 1.5 pay for working. In reality, the only reason the stores is open is for last minute items. Walmart isn't closing the stores because of the Associates, its closing the stores because they can't control their Black Friday chaos and would be a cluster with COVID.
I've been permanently unavailable on Thursdays for over 8 years just so I don't have to work Thanksgiving.
They could make you if needed, but its so slow of a day, normally the people wanting 1.5 X Pay are happy to work. In reality, most people are all scheduled the beginning part of the week and have off days on Friday or Saturday, because everyone shops Sun-Wed.
I dont want to RTFA but how are they closed when people go in mid afternoon for Black Friday deals? Those associates have to be there.
Who is the freak?
They will go in overnight Wednesday night and have everything ready.
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The company could close the stores and save plenty of $$$. Thanksgiving Day is one of the slowest days of the year and most associates get 1.5 pay for working. In reality, the only reason the stores is open is for last minute items. Walmart isn't closing the stores because of the Associates, its closing the stores because they can't control their Black Friday chaos and would be a cluster with COVID.
If all purchased have not been made by closing on Wednesday evening before Thanksgiving that is not Walmart's or Kroger's fought. This happened on Christmas once.
We had like 3 minutes a hot blonde wanted a turkey. She said my turkey is frozen what am I supposed to do? I told her to just throw it in the hot grease the b.itch will unfreeze.
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I've been permanently unavailable on Thursdays for over 8 years just so I don't have to work Thanksgiving.
They could make you if needed, but its so slow of a day, normally the people wanting 1.5 X Pay are happy to work. In reality, most people are all scheduled the beginning part of the week and have off days on Friday or Saturday, because everyone shops Sun-Wed.
That's why I hate it. I worked Thanksgiving my first two years and it was so monotonous. My second time they ended up sending people home early because it was so slow and I volunteered. After that I decided never again.
I've been permanently unavailable on Thursdays for over 8 years just so I don't have to work Thanksgiving.
They could make you if needed, but its so slow of a day, normally the people wanting 1.5 X Pay are happy to work. In reality, most people are all scheduled the beginning part of the week and have off days on Friday or Saturday, because everyone shops Sun-Wed.
That's why I hate it. I worked Thanksgiving my first two years and it was so monotonous. My second time they ended up sending people home early because it was so slow and I volunteered. After that I decided never again.
Yup, you always questioned the person buying the frozen turkey, "When is your Thanksgiving"?, You know that bird will take a few days to un-thaw?
I've been permanently unavailable on Thursdays for over 8 years just so I don't have to work Thanksgiving.
They could make you if needed, but its so slow of a day, normally the people wanting 1.5 X Pay are happy to work. In reality, most people are all scheduled the beginning part of the week and have off days on Friday or Saturday, because everyone shops Sun-Wed.
That's why I hate it. I worked Thanksgiving my first two years and it was so monotonous. My second time they ended up sending people home early because it was so slow and I volunteered. After that I decided never again.
Yup, you always questioned the person buying the frozen turkey, "When is your Thanksgiving"?, You know that bird will take a few days to un-thaw?
Right? I'm in the deli and we give box meals to people. A lot of people expect those meals to come heated despite the order form saying "THIS MEAL COMES COLD" at the top and next to all the individual options. In my first year, we had some woman who expected the meal to be hot and broke down in tears that she had told her family she was cooking the Thanksgiving dinner from scratch and they'd be over soon. (So we're supposed to be sympathetic that you lied to your family??) We said there wasn't anything we could do, but she went to management and demanded we cook it for her. So we had to put it in chicken oven. It ended up taking several hours while she screamed at us to hurry up and they were probably already at her house. In the end she probably would have just been better off putting the turkey in her own oven, at least that way she could have pretended she had made it, instead of walking in with a heated meal.
I've been permanently unavailable on Thursdays for over 8 years just so I don't have to work Thanksgiving.
They could make you if needed, but its so slow of a day, normally the people wanting 1.5 X Pay are happy to work. In reality, most people are all scheduled the beginning part of the week and have off days on Friday or Saturday, because everyone shops Sun-Wed.
That's why I hate it. I worked Thanksgiving my first two years and it was so monotonous. My second time they ended up sending people home early because it was so slow and I volunteered. After that I decided never again.
Yup, you always questioned the person buying the frozen turkey, "When is your Thanksgiving"?, You know that bird will take a few days to un-thaw?
Right? I'm in the deli and we give box meals to people. A lot of people expect those meals to come heated despite the order form saying "THIS MEAL COMES COLD" at the top and next to all the individual options. In my first year, we had some woman who expected the meal to be hot and broke down in tears that she had told her family she was cooking the Thanksgiving dinner from scratch and they'd be over soon. (So we're supposed to be sympathetic that you lied to your family??) We said there wasn't anything we could do, but she went to management and demanded we cook it for her. So we had to put it in chicken oven. It ended up taking several hours while she screamed at us to hurry up and they were probably already at her house. In the end she probably would have just been better off putting the turkey in her own oven, at least that way she could have pretended she had made it, instead of walking in with a heated meal.
I'm really surprised they don't offer it warm for an up-charge. I remember quite a few Thanksgivings a Store Chef would take over the Bakery ovens and provide a full hot meal if they had pre-scheduled it and paid the higher price. (Nothing is the Bakery is really baked on Thanksgiving, its a "fell thru" day)
I've been permanently unavailable on Thursdays for over 8 years just so I don't have to work Thanksgiving.
They could make you if needed, but its so slow of a day, normally the people wanting 1.5 X Pay are happy to work. In reality, most people are all scheduled the beginning part of the week and have off days on Friday or Saturday, because everyone shops Sun-Wed.
That's why I hate it. I worked Thanksgiving my first two years and it was so monotonous. My second time they ended up sending people home early because it was so slow and I volunteered. After that I decided never again.
Yup, you always questioned the person buying the frozen turkey, "When is your Thanksgiving"?, You know that bird will take a few days to un-thaw?
Right? I'm in the deli and we give box meals to people. A lot of people expect those meals to come heated despite the order form saying "THIS MEAL COMES COLD" at the top and next to all the individual options. In my first year, we had some woman who expected the meal to be hot and broke down in tears that she had told her family she was cooking the Thanksgiving dinner from scratch and they'd be over soon. (So we're supposed to be sympathetic that you lied to your family??) We said there wasn't anything we could do, but she went to management and demanded we cook it for her. So we had to put it in chicken oven. It ended up taking several hours while she screamed at us to hurry up and they were probably already at her house. In the end she probably would have just been better off putting the turkey in her own oven, at least that way she could have pretended she had made it, instead of walking in with a heated meal.
I'm really surprised they don't offer it warm for an up-charge. I remember quite a few Thanksgivings a Store Chef would take over the Bakery ovens and provide a full hot meal if they had pre-scheduled it and paid the higher price. (Nothing is the Bakery is really baked on Thanksgiving, its a "fell thru" day)
We have that too, but this was before our bakery had big ovens. The chef at our store would only be able to make a certain amount on a given day for the more expensive price, but she just ordered a standard meal and he was already booked up. Which was why we had to use the chicken oven instead.
My kroger store closes on t-day. I won't work it any ways. I missed 5 years of family t-day's and I won't get them back so no more. I always showed up when they were all leaving and they even quoted every year that they'd wait for me. They didn't.
My kroger store closes on t-day. I won't work it any ways. I missed 5 years of family t-day's and I won't get them back so no more. I always showed up when they were all leaving and they even quoted every year that they'd wait for me. They didn't.
Instead of all the store being open on Holidays, I always thought they should just have a few open and make it all voluntary, I'm sure enough people from all the differing store would volunteer. In reality, you would only need a skeleton crew, just to do basic stocking and Front End staffing.
