Work hours rant

[oliverthecat]

I work at a publix in Orlando, FL I am a cart guy/bagger before this week my hours have been in the 20 range
Now this week and next week I only have 11 hours each week!!! The week after I only have 12 hours . How can I pay my bills with these hours . Any advise?

 

[sam_gordon]

Talk to your manager and ask for more hours.

 

[SirDuff]

What Sam said. Also, did the hours of the store change? Were everyone's hours cut?

 

[Starport Seven-Five]

Talk to your manager and ask for more hours.

This.

Only other option would be to look elsewhere. Maybe even hold 2 jobs if they're only scheduling you for 10-20 hours per week.

 

[starry_solo]

Are there other Publix in the area? Would you be able to work at two of them at the same time and have the managers work together to schedule you at different times?

 

[prairie_girl]

Are other employees getting less hours as well?

 

[tvguy]

Ask for more hours. However, at our local chain grocery store very few employees get more than 20 1/2 hours a week. They are a Union shop and if they work more than 20 1/2 hours the company has to pay them benefits. The Union agreed to this in exchange for a large boost in pay scales.
Some have left for jobs at Walmart where wages are lower but almost everyone is 40 hours a week with full benefits.

 

[Allison]

My question is how can you pay your bills on 20 hours? LOL.

You need to ask for more hours or find a new job that pays what you need if they can't schedule you for more hours.

 

[Praying Colonel]

My question is how can you pay your bills on 20 hours? LOL.

You need to ask for more hours or find a new job that pays what you need if they can't schedule you for more hours.

My first thought, too!

My guess is OP is working 2-3 part-time jobs and this is one of them.

 

[SandyinMonterey]

My daughter works at the mall at a popular clothing store. She's been there for 2 years, the longest of anyone else there. It's been a revolving door or employees, including managers and assistant managers. She worked after school on Fridays usually and more on the weekends. She never really got a lot of hours then a couple of months ago she was told it was going to be even less hours. Sometimes she only works 8 hours in 2 weeks. Her manager said that corporate said to cut back hours. Now they've been told other stores get more hours because they get more people to sign up for their credit card but my daughter just found out they hired more people?! Now she'll probably get even less hours. She's never gotten a raise. When she asked about a raise, she was told that only assistant managers and managers get raises.

 

[design_mom]

My question is how can you pay your bills on 20 hours? LOL.

My guess is that they have part-time compatible bills. My daughter is a college student. Her "expenses" are gas for her (our) car, her Netflix subscription, her college "incidentals" and entertainment/eating out. She has expenses, but she's not trying to run a whole household on her earnings.

My daughter has worked at the same family-owned pizza place since she was 15. She loves the people there and doesn't mind the work. She worked through high school and when she left for college she had an open invitation to come back for summer/school breaks, etc.

The summer before she left for college they were scheduling her almost 40 hours a week (more than she really wanted to work). She expected nearly the same the summer between her freshman and sophomore years, but she was lucky to get scheduled for 12. The issue was two-fold: 1) they had staffed up for summer assuming that some of the new hires wouldn't last, but they all did. 2) Since food prices were skyrocketing, they were trying to minimize labor costs, so they didn't have to raise prices. While a "full staff" might be 12 employees, they were working with fewer, especially during the week on less busy days.

She did OK by picking offering to pickup extra shifts/call-offs, etc and by cross-training on every station so she could pick up any shift.

This summer, she has gotten a second job (one that's more related to her intended field.) That one's 20 hours/week... and she's getting about 30 at the pizza shop. Plus she's taking a summer class so she is one busy girl!

So my suggestions would be:
1) ask if you can get more hours
2) if there are no hours available for bagger/cart guy, can you cross train to get hours as a stocker, cashier or bakery clerk?
3) Look into getting a second job somewhere else.

 

[Starport Seven-Five]

It is interesting reading some of these stories after the last couple years of “no one wants to work anymore.”

 

[unrequited23]

Many businesses have "slow" times in the summer. Less customers, less profits, less hours for employees. I would ask a supervisor about the reduction in hours. Could you cross train for another position to get more hours? Stock, cashier, maintenance, etc?

 

[soccerdad72]

It is interesting reading some of these stories after the last couple years of “no one wants to work anymore.”

The difficulty from the employer side is when the employee has specific requirements or restrictions on when they can work (e.g. working around classes or other jobs).

Not to say that this is the case with the OP, just mentioning it as an example.

 

[Southernmiss]

It is interesting reading some of these stories after the last couple years of “no one wants to work anymore.”

My state posted record low unemployment numbers this week.

But there is only about 54% of the population actively employed.

No wonder businesses seem to be understaffed.

 

[LuvOrlando]

@oliverthecat how are you doing these days? If I remember correctly you have had a few tough challenges, best wishes for things working out.