Recent content by FlowTeamChick

This would have been helpful yesterday. A guest who didn't speak much English thought our CVS was one of those minute-clinic places (it's not) and that he could get a quick diagnosis of his sore throat and a steroid shot. Nope. Thank goodness his smart phone could translate for both of us, while...

Not providing sufficient cooling opportunities or hydration for those tasks on hot days could be seen as safety issues. A TM having heat exhaustion or getting dehydrated could have serious repercussions, depending on your state's labor laws. Seems like your store's leadership might want to avoid...

Don't think my state requires payout of vacation time and I'm sure it doesn't require it for accrued sick time. But maybe retirement is a different situation? Or maybe it was different because she was a TL? I've mostly used my vacation time, or will have by then assuming my request for a week...

Can't speak directly to OP's question because I don't work Market, but @Max1988 is correct. Having too many people can makes things take longer because you're tripping over each other. It's why I hate it when my store does those mass pushes like when there's a huge Seasonal transition and it all...

Wow. I've seen a lot of things at my store, but not this one!

Not going to try and say it's a good thing, but when I worked salaried jobs, it was normal at certain times of year. One of those jobs offered comp time (being allowed day/s off equal to the number of hours over 40 without using accrued vacation or personal time), but not all of them did. Just...

I've been thinking along similar lines, although my reason for leaving isn't another job. (Planning to retire in the next few months or so.) I have lots of sick time accumulated because I'm hardly ever sick and don't call off "sick" because the weather is nice and I want an extra day off...

This makes me both sad and angry, both on behalf of the new hires. They're being set up to fail, and that's not fair to them. I've done tutoring with ESL students and have never met anyone who tries harder to do a good job and do everything they can to please. But it's not like they can just...

Ah, yes. Someone new to the role and "feeling the power." Sorry you got stuck with a jerk.

Sounds like a real peach. Is this your SD's first time being SD? If so, seems like corporate will eventually twig to what they're doing. If this isn't their first store and they were like this at a previous store, yikes. How someone who's such a jerk lasts in their job can be a mystery.

Wow. Guess they're not going to last much longer.

I've also heard about employers ghosting interviewees and think it's incredibly rude. You could call the store and ask to speak to HR, say that you're just wondering if you could get an update.

As @StaticSun says, that's something that doesn't happen these days. Which is exactly why you should send a note - it'll make you stand out. If you send it by snail mail, you can send it to the store address with "ATTN: name" on the envelope. If you send it by email, that might be trickier -...

Wow, I'd be steamed too. Recently kept waiting for nearly an hour on a cold day, sitting in our cars. One TM who gets dropped off waited in another TM's car. You can check your state's labor laws about payment in a situation like this - could be that it's addressed, but no surprise if it isn't...

Listen to the TMs on the unload line. The TL who runs our unload process had a great TL to teach him the ropes (ETL was also new to their job and didn't know about unload), but he tried to be lazy with it, getting TMs to do things he was supposed to be doing. And that generated some complaints...