Made to feel forced into doing overtime
hi guys, please bear with me but i'm so confused and don't know where i stand,
i got a job at a supermarket back in september, contracted for 16 hours a week, it is a 6 month contract, but after 3 months they sign you off and make you permanent, so when i started they asked me if i could work more hours (overtime) each week, so for the first 2 months thats what i did, i was working 40-50 hours a week, i then went on holiday for 2 weeks in november, and when i returned they had take on a load of temps, and i was just down to working my contracted 16 hours, all the temps had been given the extra hours, so to me this felt really unfair , over the last few weeks 1 or 2 of the temps have left on their own will but still no-ones come up to me to ask if i want overtime of their hours that would be available, but i did work 2 overtime shifts last week before xmas as they were desperate with someone ringing in sick.
so yesterday while i was at work, i had my 3 month review, this is where i would have been made permanent, so my supervisor said to me, we have a problem with you and being flexible ect, you never ask or offer to do the overtime and your the only person on the department now thats part time so your the only person who can do the overtime with the temps left/leaving as all the other staff are full time, i tried telling them my side but its almost like they've forgotten how much i did work before all the temps for them, and that i did do 2 extra shifts last week to help them out when they was short, so my supervisor said he was going to give it another month and that he wants me to pick up all the overtime thats going (which will be practually everyday) otherwise come the end of january i'll be given my notice :mad: , i just don't know what to do, i've got a life outside of work and i plan things around my usual shifts, i don't wanna be bullied and pressured into doing doing overtime
i got a job at a supermarket back in september, contracted for 16 hours a week, it is a 6 month contract, but after 3 months they sign you off and make you permanent, so when i started they asked me if i could work more hours (overtime) each week, so for the first 2 months thats what i did, i was working 40-50 hours a week, i then went on holiday for 2 weeks in november, and when i returned they had take on a load of temps, and i was just down to working my contracted 16 hours, all the temps had been given the extra hours, so to me this felt really unfair , over the last few weeks 1 or 2 of the temps have left on their own will but still no-ones come up to me to ask if i want overtime of their hours that would be available, but i did work 2 overtime shifts last week before xmas as they were desperate with someone ringing in sick.
so yesterday while i was at work, i had my 3 month review, this is where i would have been made permanent, so my supervisor said to me, we have a problem with you and being flexible ect, you never ask or offer to do the overtime and your the only person on the department now thats part time so your the only person who can do the overtime with the temps left/leaving as all the other staff are full time, i tried telling them my side but its almost like they've forgotten how much i did work before all the temps for them, and that i did do 2 extra shifts last week to help them out when they was short, so my supervisor said he was going to give it another month and that he wants me to pick up all the overtime thats going (which will be practually everyday) otherwise come the end of january i'll be given my notice :mad: , i just don't know what to do, i've got a life outside of work and i plan things around my usual shifts, i don't wanna be bullied and pressured into doing doing overtime
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You can be more flexible without going over the top
The employer can't get rid of you just because you don't do overtime, but having said that, they can use another excuse to get rid of you instead.
What you could do is pick-up the overtime in January, get made permanent, and then refuse any future overtime
Exactly, and unfortunately this is the situation at the moment, but to get the permanent contract couldn't you just pick-up the overtime in January, get made permanent, and then refuse any future overtime?
looks like i'm going to have to do this
u r just putting off the inevitable. just tell them you are not obliged to do this o/t and to stop playing you.
How do you know the OP is referring to that particular supermarket?
He doesn't. It's actually Sainsburys.
I think the OP would like to keep their job.
I was guessing if Im honest..but there all the same everyone of them
Family member is a line manager at Asda and hes told to put pressure on temps to work extra hours...He told them to do one..He told HR and NO one in his department is pushed in to anything but some stories I could tell you would make you think WTF
Stand up to then and say if asked you will do the overtime but unless asked and advised with plenty of notice you will do it
If you do the same shifts week on week you can tell them to write it into your contract
And then get sacked. Not great advice.
This^ definitely. I would also take the facts in written form with you and request it is placed on your file.
Supermarkets are particularly cut throat and employee relationships are not high on the agenda - despite the PR they hand out about 'colleagues' etc.
My son (a student) started a 16-hour a week job at Sainsburys about 2 weeks ago, but its a permanent contract straight away, not a 6 month contract. Though he is on probation for 12 weeks.
(And yes they do have people that monitor social websites, however its not my job to say on this thread that I like working for them. If I didn't, I would just not comment on the thread.)
The previous post history of this poster would suggest he works at one of the main rivals of ASDA.
No one has to do anything at ASDA outside of their contracted hours.
I'm responsable for organising my own departments overtime for covering shifts in my local store. All I usually do is to let everyone know there is overtime if its available, and if so to write their name in the book.
since new year i've just kept my head down, carried on with my shifts, they didn't offer me any overtime but i've tried to do my best, my department manager called me into the office the other day and i thought i was getting let go, but he told me they was keeping me on and making me full time which come as a massive shock, but i can only thank the new team leader we've had come on our department, i was explaining to him 2 weeks back when he was waiting to move to our department what had gone on and what they'd said, and he seemed very angry at the fact "i'm one the best in that place" and they were picking fault for no reason, and he said he'd have a word when he was on our department , so i think it was down to him more than anyone
I also work at asda, as most of you know, its a good company to work for, andf everyone gets paid the same rate £6.63
Yes when you start full time, you may only have 16 hr, but as tie go on, these can be increased, all you have to do, is peak to your manager
As for overtime, your left to your own devices, a=every week, ovewrtime is placed into the books, and if you want overtime, you have to write yoiur name down
I would say this is not always the case, like my self on checkouts, I never finish on time, might finish 10 min past clocking out time, this is down to , queues and happy to help, but the blame lie with colleagues turniong up late, who then hold me back