The Woolworths Thread (22 Viewers)

[iMatthew]

It probably should be escorted by at least one other person after-close to ensure the money isn't tampered with by staff.
When I first started at the store, we used to take the physical till of every register to the office. That was a nightmare. The way we have it now is perfect and quick and easy.

 

[sb26]

we used to take the physical till of every register to the office. That was a nightmare.

Haha I remember reading some of the old pages of this thread and hearing you guys complain about the back pain and stuff from carrying the tills up flights of stairs looool

But ugh it annoyed me so much how this new lady kept going on and on... she seemed more annoyed about having to help me than anything else. Just take some responsibility and stop being like everyone else in my store atm, going over the top with departmentalisation and signing adjustments for when perishables staff spend 15 minutes on a checkout etc... it's just stupid we're one store we should be helping each other out :/ Nightfill isn't the only thing happening at night, service needs the DM's help too :|

 

[iMatthew]

Being an experienced DM, she might have her own extensive list of jobs that she feels needs to be done and the tills were delaying her. As a DM, there is ALWAYS so much work to do and things that we can't get around to.
Perhaps the old DM was just relaxed and never got that stuff done anyway?

 

[T 360]

When we end the night, the closing supervisor spot checks the til and puts it in a register bag and ties it up. Then, at the end after all the tils are counted, they are collected and taken upstairs to the safe where the DM locks it up, alongside the self serve money. Usually the supervisor has 1-2 operators and a sco attendant with them, as everyone is heading home anyway.

 

[the way to go]

we leave ours in the till until we close, then one person collects them all after emptying SCO. we dont have a dm after 10, so its all up to us anyway.

 

[iMatthew]

we leave ours in the till until we close, then one person collects them all after emptying SCO. we dont have a dm after 10, so its all up to us anyway.

What? :\. Who puts it in the safe and lets you out of the store etc?

 

[Triboniophorus]

whered you hear about the wolli creek uniforms being rolled out?
i figured theyd be going with that microcheck design...

New uniform was announced at the national conference a couple of weeks ago and total image updated their website to say that the micro check shirts are petrol shirts that are now allowed to be worn by supermarket staff.

 

[the way to go]

What? :\. Who puts it in the safe and lets you out of the store etc?

nightfill captain.
not ideal, but apparently saving money is more important...

New uniform was announced at the national conference a couple of weeks ago and total image updated their website to say that the micro check shirts are petrol shirts that are now allowed to be worn by supermarket staff.

tbh, i like them hahaha
but good thing i bought a microcheck 2 days ago, which i feel weird about now knowing its a petrol shirt... :\
anyone else find it weird that theyve made a petrol shirt available for everyone?

 

[nanakid12]

Our cash office is on the same level as the store floor, so we had it easier back in the day with the tills.

We used to bag up all the money into the little green register bags and walk them to the office with the duty manager, but that changed again, and we now send the capsules up in the chute, go out the back and lock them in the safe. So, same as iMathew.

Our nightfill captain 'is' our duty manager virtually all of the time. The CSM and Longlife manager stay back and are DM sometimes, but they usually leave before the store shuts.

Also, on an unrelated note, someone forgot to take the special ticket down for a phone last night: it was originally $69, but the special ticket was $34.50. The customer was trying to get it for a scanning policy, however the Supermarket Scanning Code info sheet we have at the service desk said "The code does not cover: items where the shelf price is greater than $50".

Does the shelf price mean the base shelf ticket, or the special ticket? The supervisor talked the customer into letting us reduce to clear it for the special price, but we still weren't sure whether it was covered or not?

 

[iMatthew]

Shelf price will be the standard (non-special) price. If this is incorrect, the scanning code of practice wording is incorrect, because that's technically what the shelf pricing is.
I'd say you did the right thing.

 

[Triboniophorus]

tbh, i like them hahaha
but good thing i bought a microcheck 2 days ago, which i feel weird about now knowing its a petrol shirt... :\
anyone else find it weird that theyve made a petrol shirt available for everyone?

I would guess that Petrol will be getting a new uniform as well but that they have far too much stock of the old style so to help clear through them they have opened it up to Supermarkets.

 

[nanakid12]

Sweet as, I thought that's what it meant. Just would have liked to know for future reference.

I take it they are re-stitiching a lot of the old stock with the supermarket logo? Or something? I hate the fact that they have two pockets. And they look disgusting.

SDA Shop Steward also told me today that I should unlike the Woolworths Memes page, just to be safe, because apparently people are getting sacked because of it. Anyone else know much about this?

 

[iMatthew]

Lol really? I'm guessing they're contributing to it. Good luck terminating somebody for simply viewing a page.

 

[Xantios]

The green check shirts from the Wolli Creek uniforms look fine, IMO. However the white chef jackets for those in the seafood and deli seem a little ostentatious. I'm not sure what it'll mean for myself as a nightfill manager. The green and grey nightfill shirts were OK, the newer ones aren't nearly as comfortable.

 

[Xantios]

SDA Shop Steward also told me today that I should unlike the Woolworths Memes page, just to be safe, because apparently people are getting sacked because of it. Anyone else know much about this?

People wouldn't be sacked for merely 'liking' this page. Some of the comments posted there are clearly WAY beyond the code of conduct. These people are fools for posting such 'extreme' comments, and shouldn't be surprised as to what happens.

 

[nanakid12]

I was told to unlike as a pre-caution, but apparently the photo that they didn't like had something to do with "What if the pre-requisites for being a department manager, didn't include being a c**t"

I also thought that was pretty bloody extreme. And I'm pretty sure whoever submitted it had their name posted alongside it. Bye bye to them.

 

[iMatthew]

How do you know this? Since S/L appeared on pay slips, mine has only ever updated once.
Has your pay clerk told you it's 0.5? And yeah, it should be pro-rata as to how much you work.

 

[iMatthew]

Yes but how do you know it's only going up in 0.5 increments? S/L only updates every couple of months? Unless that changes on Kronos? As I said. Mine has only updated once since S/L started appearing on payslips.

 

[iMatthew]

Read my post properly. Are you on Kronos?

 

[LDW]

I'm sorry... I'm really confused.

Not on Kronos. But the S/L value definitely increases every week on my payslip.

You are on a different accrual code or your have not been with the company for a year yet.

After your second year your sick leave only accrues on your anniversary date.

Hours worked should always match the contract in paymas or else your leave will not accrue properly.