We recently got a new store manger at our store. He is saying that the computer home office is making the schedules now. There are full time people loosing tons of hours and are being cut to below what is needed to keep out benefits. Part timers are being scheduled 0 hours. Is this allowed?? It is true about the scheduling system? The store manger is telling people he has to be the bad guy because the schedules have been done wrong for the past 6 years and he has to now be the bad guy. So he is saying whatever you get scheduled it is what it is and mangers are not to add any hours. So eventually we will all lose of health care and be bumped to part time. Is there anything we can do?? Should we call corporate?? Any input suggestions would be appreciated.
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Im almost a 10yr associate. My availability is the same as the day I applied. 7/24. That doesnt mean im scheduled different times. My positions schedule is from a-b and im always scheduled a-b. Days off might not always be the same but i havent had a week where im scheduled under 40hrs since ive been there. As a matter of fact me and another associate put in 12hrs yesterday helping the SM and an ASM with some gruntwork that was needed outside in the garden center. Its not much but i take overtime whenever its offered to me.
System does do the schedules weekly
They can be edited but that is tracked per a percentage of accuracy to original system schedule so it’s not a open checkbook do as you will type edit system
Overall demand hours for the store can not be exceeded, edits adding hours will do this so they are not common unless other shifts are edited by subtracting hours
Majority of stores have been exceeding demand hours so as they get in line it will be a “painful” process as hours will be reduced to expected levels
It’s the path that all brick and mortar retail is taking. Blaming WM for adapting to survive is senseless
This is not the WM of old because brick and mortar retail is not the retail of old. Adapt or perish. Just ask all the retailers that have or that are closing stores.
Less labor is a trend then will not only continue but increase as time goes by.
It’s difficult for everyone, managers included.
It’s just an excuse they are using. I know people with open availability that are still not getting hours. CSM open from 7am-10pm and is getting cut. While another CSM open from 8-5 is getting more hours then her. But the computer gives her 8-4:15 m-f weekend off. Where the open CSM is cut 20 hrs. It’s favoritism. Also my area the part timer is getting my shifts for a day I’m available. He is scheduled at times I am available for. Not like he is getting a later in the day shift. Walmart is doing this to make people quit. They do not care about any employees. The other person in my dept is available an hour later then me she isn’t getting the later shifts either, all opens again shifts I’m available for. So it’s being done on purpose.
You can go to your state workforce commission and put in a claim for reduced hours.
That SM is right. I feel for him. Because stores have been allowing assoc. to work shifts they wanted and not what the store needed this is where we are today. If you are not getting any hours, open you avail. It is not WM's responsibility to give you shifts that the stores does not need.
@1iif So to rephrase, if you want any hours at all, you cannot get sick, you need to sell your kids or at least give them up for adoption, divorce your spouse and basically live in your car on Walmart property so your availability is 24/7/365. You cannot make any plans in case Walmart needs to work on a moment's whim.
When did this country (Right to Work is actually Fire at Will) ), let alone Walmart become so anti-worker?
I figured it was b—s—. Just their way of getting people out the door. 17 year associate got 0 hrs for the last 3 weeks. Walmart is an AWFUL company. Doing this to long term associates.
That is a lie that the computer is making out the schedule. Our people lead admitted recently she is doing the store schedule.
Walmart will let you have any availability you want. You’re a grown adult and can make those decisions. But Walmart can also decide to schedule other associates. There is an algorithm used, and it schedules open availability associates first. So the advice he is giving you is actually good advice. Should you choose to not open your availability, the store manager did all they could to help you
And how long before Walmart becomes a ghost town of associates? I can picture the SMs and ASMs doing all the jobs soon.
Also if you are full time are the allowed to schedule you under the threshold needed to maintain full time status?? Eventually we will end up loosing benefits and full time status.
I think market 214?Not at work now Ogp is getting overtime like crazy and others are being cut. We feel it’s just to get us out of the door. Store manger wants open availability and won’t bend or help anyone with under hours his response is open availability. People have second jobs as well but he doesn’t care. It’s like being purposely done. And every manger you go to is saying it’s the way it should have been done we are not going to change any times and it’s going to keep happening. Is there anything corporate would do or no? I remember reading something on the wire that said you didn’t have to have open availability?
Can you tell me what market you're in? It'll say on the wire. It's been preferred to let 'the computer' do it for 5 or 6 years but until coverage is figured out, our people lead does 90% and the ASMs help out. The Store manager has to okay any areas that go over demand hours.