The Woolworths Thread (21 Viewers)

[babikakez]

Lunch is the best time of the whole day, especially on those long/crazy days.

 

[shinji]

so you worked a standard 9 hour day? do you want a medal?

yes thanks.


to add to my medal collection.

 

[Harry778]

I really like the music and stuff they play. There are so many songs on it I like,

Chewing Gum is the best one!LOL.

I asked a supervisor where we get the music from and she said it's a foxtel chanel. If you had foxtel would you beable to get it?

Does anyone know all about that Woolies music stuff?

THANKYOU...

 

[mlee72]

I really like the music and stuff they play. There are so many songs on it I like,

Chewing Gum is the best one!LOL.

I asked a supervisor where we get the music from and she said it's a foxtel chanel. If you had foxtel would you beable to get it?

Does anyone know all about that Woolies music stuff?

THANKYOU...

Its played through a special woolworths radio station (they have several of them) just like wow T.V

i dought its done through foxtel because they play ads on it

 

[jenni2sooty]

Yeah i'm a checkout chick at woolies (warrawong) i hate it i used to want kids but it turns u off ever wanting kids it totally destroys anyway happiness u have when u get there

 

[kloudsurfer]

I still want kids, I just plan to actually discipline them, unlike the parents who come into Big W.

Seriously, if I did half the stuff those kids get away with (eg riding those little plastic tricycles that we sell around the store, while their parents just stadn by and ignore them) when I was a kid, I would have been smacked right in the middle of the shop. I plan to do the same to my kids.

 

[blakegman]

Yeah wtf is with parents these days. No wonder all the younger kids these days are rude shits.

If my kid pulled some of the shit ive seen they'd get a smacking of epic proportions

 

[shinji]

child abuse laws anyone?

 

[blakegman]

Pretty sure your allowed to smack your kid on the bum champ.

I was smacked as a kid and am glad i was, it taught me right from wrong, none of this bullshit sit in the naughty corner crap.

 

[shinji]

ditto that.


but if u smack them in public, you are generally frowned upon.

 

[blakegman]

Yeah that's true these days.

Anyone know the pay rate for a 19 year old casual ?

i just turned 19 the other day and couldnt find the rate in the SDA agreement.

 

[CieL]

Yeah that's true these days.

Anyone know the pay rate for a 19 year old casual ?

i just turned 19 the other day and couldnt find the rate in the SDA agreement.

+$2/hr.. so like, $16s?

 

[blakegman]

+$2/hr.. so like, $16s?

wicked thanks

 

[Peartie]

from what i worked out its currently ~$16.20 for a 19 year old.... In July it goes up to ~$16.50

thats grade 2 of course....

The pay rates are in the agreement on page 24.... just divide by 38 (hours per week) then 80% of that total is the PPT wage for a 19 year old then add 20% for casual loading....

 

[groovygal]

does it matter if u do really crap in the produce test...do they care

 

[blakegman]

whats difference between grade 1 and 2 ?

is grade 2 once u finish probation ?

 

[babikakez]

does it matter if u do really crap in the produce test...do they care

nope
i got 3/10 once, and they just said, maybe go and walk around produce section.
there's more important things to care about

 

[Peartie]

whats difference between grade 1 and 2 ?

is grade 2 once u finish probation ?

Grade 1 is probation
Grade 2 is off Probation from memory...but dont quote me i dont work there anymore..

and then after ur 21st birthday if ur lucky enough to be working at woolies u can start going to grade 3, 4 5 and 6 from memory.....

 

[AndromedaAiken]

I never had to do a produce test. How come? Lol.

 

[babikakez]

I never had to do a produce test. How come? Lol.

Its only a rare occurrence that we have to do them. At the moment, we're doing them (probably) because we have a new service manager and she is doing EVERYTHING by the book. Kind of annoying because supervisors are so busy with snaps etc to get anything else done, but on the upside everything is really organised (so no 4pm lunchbreaks on a 10-6 day anymore!)