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we have summer temps leaving this weekend,and yesterday the store manager was putting posters up of people wearing xmas hats advertising for seasonal temps,crazy

The company has lost the plot on all levels.

Wage Clerks in Extras are staying. Area Manager told me this herself as its been deemed too big an area to not house a permanent Wage Assistant so they did toy with the idea of getting rid but scrapped it however it does look like Colleague Admin are losing hours. In the Large Extras the new heatmap/ideal base guidelines are going to be 11am - 5pm for Colleague Admin. While Wages will be 9am to 4pm on Mondays and 10am to 5pm Tues to Sat.

I'm 100% confident this is accurate as it came from the Area Managers own mouth. In a frank and open discussion with our Admin Team

our wages clerk does 7-3 with no lunch break mon-thurs,then 7-2 with no lunch break fri,she has one of the cushiest jobs in the store

Quote from: QueenBea on 08-09-23, 07:57AMWage Clerks in Extras are staying. Area Manager told me this herself as its been deemed too big an area to not house a permanent Wage Assistant so they did toy with the idea of getting rid but scrapped it however it does look like Colleague Admin are losing hours. In the Large Extras the new heatmap/ideal base guidelines are going to be 11am - 5pm for Colleague Admin. While Wages will be 9am to 4pm on Mondays and 10am to 5pm Tues to Sat.

I'm 100% confident this is accurate as it came from the Area Managers own mouth. In a frank and open discussion with our Admin Team

There is no such thing as an Area Manager. Do you mean SD?

They wont be told when its happening till it happens anyway due to rules arounds shares etc. But more stores in my group have now gone on the same trial as my store and lost the wage clark.

Anyone heard of the Sunday inclusive contract ? Will this mean I'm required to work both weekend days or is it one or the other ?

Quote from: Tesworker on 02-09-23, 03:47PMI've heard that managers in superstores will be doing their own exceptions in week 30 so wonder what will happen to wage clerks

On Q chat today a Wage Clerk has stated that they cannot enter any absences from exceptions that Managers have to do them! 

So, can only assume this is the start of the end of WC don't know if it's a trial Store or area/group but with the update today it dosen't bode well!  Any updates or info from trial stores would be very much appreciated?

stock control changes are coming.
Less routines (high value counts going, no routines except pr on weekends)
gap scan changes (altered schedule, back to generic oos label, scanning all gaps on mondays and new gaps other days)

My Store Manager said to me the High Value Counts were going so I came to see what other changes people knew about. They also said that we would be gap scanning GM 3 times a week (all gaps one day, new gaps the other days). They cut our GM Gap Scan from 2 times a week to 1 and cut 50 hours out of the department just the other year and now they're backtracking already?! Shambles as usual. 🙄

Quote from: WAGs on 19-09-23, 01:00AM

Quote from: Tesworker on 02-09-23, 03:47PMI've heard that managers in superstores will be doing their own exceptions in week 30 so wonder what will happen to wage clerks

On Q chat today a Wage Clerk has stated that they cannot enter any absences from exceptions that Managers have to do them! 

So, can only assume this is the start of the end of WC don't know if it's a trial Store or area/group but with the update today it dosen't bode well!  Any updates or info from trial stores would be very much appreciated?

I'm a wage clerk and I could still put absences in so I would presume  their store could be a trial but not looking good for us! 😢

Redundancies all round

Quote from: Tesworker on 20-09-23, 10:44AMRedundancies all round

Is their new round of redundancy happening?

My friend is in express , she thinks she heard them discuss  redundancy the other day, going  to have early fill

She 'thinks' she heard them 

Very unlikely to be a corporate restructure on Express, the structure can't really be streamlined anymore than it is, they could bring back Deputy Store Managers and replace sole store
managers with Cluster Store Managers (while the arrangement is in place in some stores, dual site store manager is not an official job title in the contract) but there would be minimal cost savings in that. Or introduce dedicated Whoosh delivery drivers, but again, that's not a redundancy situation.

More likely to be the case is certain stores closing down and the staff being made redundant due to sales not being high enough.

Quote from: candysue on 19-09-23, 09:49PM

Quote from: WAGs on 19-09-23, 01:00AM

Quote from: Tesworker on 02-09-23, 03:47PMI've heard that managers in superstores will be doing their own exceptions in week 30 so wonder what will happen to wage clerks

On Q chat today a Wage Clerk has stated that they cannot enter any absences from exceptions that Managers have to do them! 

So, can only assume this is the start of the end of WC don't know if it's a trial Store or area/group but with the update today it dosen't bode well!  Any updates or info from trial stores would be very much appreciated?

I'm a wage clerk and I could still put absences in so I would presume  their store could be a trial but not looking good for us! 😢

No the Wage Clerk at the Store can still put them on her access hasn't changed but, she is no longer allowed to!  Manager's have to do all their own dept absences e.g. Late, hols, sickness, awol

Has anyone else's store cut management and shift leader overtime completely?

nope, ours has actually given a lot more of it.. we've gained 2 shift leaders, a manager and a lot of extra hours everywhere..... weirdly.....

@thefirst it might be more beneficial to state what format your in as they all run on different lines,and some stores do day,night fill so run differently,hard to compare unless we know which you work in

Large format, superstore

The good old "she heard this" 🤣🤣

Quote from: fatlad on 20-09-23, 05:35PMShe 'thinks' she heard them 

Quote from: Emzilli on 19-09-23, 05:49PMMy Store Manager said to me the High Value Counts were going so I came to see what other changes people knew about. They also said that we would be gap scanning GM 3 times a week (all gaps one day, new gaps the other days). They cut our GM Gap Scan from 2 times a week to 1 and cut 50 hours out of the department just the other year and now they're backtracking already?! Shambles as usual. 🙄

Our stock control colleagues are getting briefed this week, heat maps not down as yet. It is very like what you have said.

Back tracking and a lack of investing more hours or staff,fresh gaps in the morning more clutching at fresh air.

Information mainly on the daily news on the help tesco site, rather than the colleague help. One, says about increase of GM scan to 2 though ours trialed it and still does more 😂, and a move around with fresh stock control stuff to morning but still need evening and stuff doing.. All trial stuff that came in before and has been around for many months now.