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| Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 4:48 am Post subject: hours cut | |
| i'm at a macys east store. Working 8 to 5 on the signing and mark down team, working 40hrs for the past 2 yrs (formly Mayco store) ,we got a new ops person and guess what hrs went from 40 to 37.50 in one week. without any warning it was coming. I brought the store down I fought like hell and I won this round with the New Ops manger. but i was informed that in the Fall it was all going to change nomore 40hrs has this happen to anyone else out there?? | |
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| Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 5:58 am Post subject: | |
| it happened about a year ago for full timers....prob start team too. macy's east also. | |
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| Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 11:36 am Post subject: | |
| No one in my store gets 40 hours. | |
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| Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 11:15 pm Post subject: Re: hours cut | |
| [quote="starr2"]i'm at a macys east store. Working 8 to 5 on the signing and mark down team, working 40hrs for the past 2 yrs (formly Mayco store) ,we got a new ops person and guess what hrs went from 40 to 37.50 in one week. without any warning it was coming. I brought the store down I fought like hell and I won this round with the New Ops manger. but i was informed that in the Fall it was all going to change nomore 40hrs has this happen to anyone else out there??[/quoTE | |
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| Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 11:54 pm Post subject: | |
| the full timers here (associates. not start team. not sure how start team operates) generally work 35 - 37 hrs a week. they all have one short day 9:30-2:30 as well as all other long days. they probably like that now...getting out early. just when they are really used to it and start really making plans (i.e. doctor's appts and such) they will probably pull the rug out from under them and take that away and make them work ALL full days. just a guess. | |
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just a quick sidenote: 4 minute til big brother starts... i am afraid i'm gonna pee my pants...i'm so excited. 
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| Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 12:00 am Post subject: | |
| Normarae, get a hold of yourself! | |
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| Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 12:09 am Post subject: | |
| No 40 hrs in my store either. Has been 37.5 for quite awhile. | |
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| Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 12:26 am Post subject: | |
| I heard that they are cutting full-timers to 35 hours. Although, if they are going to do that sign up thing, I don't know how this ties in. | |
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| Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 6:27 am Post subject: | |
| With the way the economy is going, don't be surprise by a 30 flex hour schedule! | |
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| Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 7:33 pm Post subject: | |
Iam suppose to be 37.5 myself..there are weeks I work 33 hours..3 short days and 2 full days..If you more to a different department it will be cut to 35 hours... 
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| Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 11:11 pm Post subject: | |
| But I'm a Grandma! I deserve respect! | |
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| Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 4:09 am Post subject: | |
| I agree! Everyone loves a grandmother! | |
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the term "grandfathering" means NOTHING AT ALL to macy's. they don't care a twit about anyone being there more than 1 year or having great experience/customer service skills. and it shows.
the only thing that is still grandfathered in our store is us MAYCO people still get actual PAID sick time when we are sick. we have to call infoserve and tell them and then we will get it. we DON'T HAVE TO USE PERSONAL TIME TO GET THE PAY, tho we only get 2/3 of our pay for sick time.....just like at may. 
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| Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 4:20 am Post subject: | |
| a P.S. to that last statement. we have to be "grandfathered" in from may to get that. if someone was at mayco for say, 5 years before we merged, they won't get it. you have to be somewhat of an "old timer". | |
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Does "grandmothering" mean anything?
No sick pay in my store, even for grandmothers. But those of us that are grandmothered DO still get overtime after 8 hours of work in one day, in my store, although I understand from previous discussions that this is not the policy in all divisions. That's the only benefit that I can think of right now, that we get by being "long timers" anymore. |
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| Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 3:56 pm Post subject: | |
| Oh and worker's comp is also a joke! If you get hurt at Macy's, it is expected that you go to a doctor recommended by Macy's (which technically means a quack) so they give you the okay to work until you are expendible! A friend of mine, who is also a grandmother, developed carpal tunnel and aggravated arthritis brought on by working at Macy's and the company wouldn't cover much in the way of treatment. | |
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| Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 4:31 pm Post subject: | |
| Oh, I forgot, they did allow PT grandmothers to keep our health insurance. | |
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I have worked at a few companies where they simply wouldn't pay you after 8 hours.
Lowe's had a policy where they paid Chinese Overtime. Basically by the time they took out taxes you didn't get anything for hours worked over 8 hours. A real crock. Now, I don't get an hourly wage. They couldn't afford me by the hour, they pay me the same no matter what! |
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| Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 10:39 pm Post subject: Re: hours cut | |||
Starr, Just out of curiosity, how many hours do you get paid for vacation? If it's 37.5, then that's how many hours (on average) you should be working each week. Like the other posts have noted, there is very little grandfathering in Macy's. We do have a couple of people in my store who are 40 hrs, but you probably will have had to been employed by Macy's for about 15 years for this to even be a possibility... |
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| Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 1:17 am Post subject: | |
| Frankone, what if you are "coded" for a certain amount of hours, but you actually work WAY more than that? | |
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CHINESE OVERTIME . WOW !!!!! i haven't heard that term since i worked for Olan Mills looooooooooong ago. i worked for the grandson of Olan himself and he explained the chinese overtime . yeh, it was very convuluted (sp?) so the worker gets screwed in the end. olan mills. that's another company who LOVED to screw their employees. big time.
at our mayco store we definitley got overtime ANYDAY we ran over 8 hrs - even part timers. and of course, every sunday !! macy's did away with that BIG TIME !!!!!!!!!!!!! cheap bastards. |
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