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frankone


Joined: 15 Apr 2008
Posts: 46
Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 1:02 pm    Post subject:  
fashion101 wrote:
Could someone explain what public drive is?

Fashion/Angels- The public drive is essentially a computer hard drive that can be accessed by anyone who needs info...but is limited to managers and hra's, etc, so it's not really "public" like you might think of the word...the reason they call it that is that it is open and available for these people to go into to get info...it's sort of like your computer at home, when you open it you see hundreds of folders, each belonging to someone or for something, such as "Staffing Services" or "Terry Lundgren"...it is a resource for information and also for the managers, etc, to add info to when the company is looking for some piece of info, such as how many customer accidents you had this month, you might go in there to put that information in, then the higher-ups can "pull" it and see the info for many stores at once.
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Macy's Mess


Joined: 13 Mar 2008
Posts: 70
Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 1:09 pm    Post subject:  
Frank, if we decide to keep our 5 day a week schedule, does that mean that we will still be able to keep our 35 hours? If so, then I can't see many assoc's switching to a 4 day week of 28-32 hours. No one will want to cut their hours.
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Pollianna2


Joined: 03 Jan 2008
Posts: 809
Location: ole wrap stand
Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 1:21 pm    Post subject:  
Here I thought it was a highway or a road faster way to get away from this..lol..some much for me Doh!
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MLBeast


Joined: 07 Jan 2008
Posts: 151
Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 3:10 am    Post subject:  
i apologize....i should not have brought up the "public drive". it caused too much confusion.
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NormaRae


Joined: 14 Jan 2008
Posts: 271
Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 4:12 am    Post subject:  
MAYcylady wrote:
For me, it would be a waste of time to get ready for work only to work 3 hours. Although I would like the shorter amount of time at Macy's. But if I'm gonna be there, I want it to count! I prefer 5-6 hour shifts.
If I was FT, I would choose the 4 day schedule. Much better than 5 days. Why don't they give PT a choice of having a 3 day schedule?


very good idea, MAYcylady. my husband laughs at me cuz he says it takes me 2 hours to get ready to go for 4 hours of work !

oh, and by the way, don't know if 3 hrs of work would fly by. i work 4 hr shifts, and they DO NOT, i repeat, DO NOT fly by.
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NormaRae


Joined: 14 Jan 2008
Posts: 271
Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 4:19 am    Post subject:  
since i don't want to work 4 days a week, i will simply not pick up any extra hours if i can get by with that.

we have TONS of on-calls and a lot of them don't want to work more than 1 or 2 days a week NOW.

the requirement for on calls in our store (and should i assume the company? HEE-HEE. probably not. what was i thinking? )
oh, the requirement is 8 hours a MONTH with one day being a weekend day (sat OR sun). if you make it known to the scheduling manager that you do NOT want more hrs, she won't make you work them. but i happen to know she has plenty of hours available.
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MAYcylady


Joined: 06 Jan 2008
Posts: 1137
Location: A Place Where No Thongs Are Not Allowed
Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 1:23 pm    Post subject:  
You're right, not the whole company. In my store, it is 50 hours every quarter, and there are no w/e requirements.

But remember, Normarae, if you don't work enough hours, you might loose your benefits.

There are no hours in my store, on-call people are going around begging other associates to give them their hours, and I LOVE to give them to them. I just show them my schedule, and tell them to pick what they want. It's sort of my own little "plus hours board".

Three hours go by really fast in my store, b/c we have no help. A three hour shift means a three hour workout! And there is always plenty of straightening to do.
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frankone


Joined: 15 Apr 2008
Posts: 46
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 11:06 pm    Post subject:  
Macy's Mess wrote:
Frank, if we decide to keep our 5 day a week schedule, does that mean that we will still be able to keep our 35 hours? If so, then I can't see many assoc's switching to a 4 day week of 28-32 hours. No one will want to cut their hours.

Mess,
Yes, it looks like you'd keep what you have...I think you'd see a lot of people take the 4 day option, but since you have to change to the new scheduling process to get that, I agree and don't think many will take it.....
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friendofmacy


Joined: 06 Jan 2008
Posts: 1357
Location: It's NewDepotGuy - Using Acid to open Polli's special safe!
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 11:56 pm    Post subject:  
Lowe's scheduled me for 2 1/2 hours one time and I refused to go to work. It took me an hour by the time I fought all the stupid red lights to get there, so why would I stoop so low as to drive an hour work 2 and 1/2 and then turn around.

Even worse was they liked to schedule meetings for 6:00 am on a Sunday and then schedule for 4:00. It always made me so mad!
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MAYcylady


Joined: 06 Jan 2008
Posts: 1137
Location: A Place Where No Thongs Are Not Allowed
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 12:53 am    Post subject:  
Once Macy's scheduled me to come in at 8 PM and work 'till 11 PM. It was suppossed to be my day off. I said NO!
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NormaRae


Joined: 14 Jan 2008
Posts: 271
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 5:43 pm    Post subject:  
if you change from an associate to an ON-CALL, you lose your benefits anyway....like vacation, personal days , etc.

i called out sick a few weeks ago and called the Compensation Info line at herald square...they always took care of the "sick pay" for May employees. she told me they no longer take care of our store, and since i work UNDER 20 hrs, i no longer get sick pay like i did before. i did not know that. oh well. so it was an unpaid day off. i still didn't want to waste one of my personal "floater holidays" for that. why "throw away" another day off that i'll get later? so i took it unpaid.

if the schedules really get hairy for me when the changes come (no word yet on when my schedule will change - and i happen to know IT WILL INDEED- they're waiting to see if hrs open up in a certain dept), then i will eventually go to ON CALL, but only when i've exhausted all my possibilities. cuz once i go on call and lose my 4 weeks vacation, i would never go back to regular PT day associate. i would IN MACY"S EYES be essentially starting over with accruing vacay time.

and get this little nugget of info: if you go from oncall BACK to a regular associate, you would be like starting over...that is...ready for this shit? you would be on probation meaning if you don't open up the required amt of credits, they can fire you !!!!!!!

is that on the up and up, MLB ????? is that a corporate thing , or just a store decision??

because as it stands now, we that have been here for YEARS (and years and years, sigh), cannot be fired for not opening credits. i have the paperwork on this. (oh, yeh, you better believe i do !!) Thumbs Up
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frankone


Joined: 15 Apr 2008
Posts: 46
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 8:07 pm    Post subject:  
Norma,
Yes, if you go from oncall back to a "regular" job and don't make your probationary credit, you will be termed. But why should that even be an issue for you, since you know what you have to do and you have 90 days to do it, and you've had the experience that new hires don't have in opening credit...it is rare that anyone is termed for not making their 90 day credit, because they know it's a job requirement, just like anything else. Also, the probationary credit standard is very low, it's not even 2/40 hrs, it's something like 12 apps in 90 days.
And yes, you're right, they probably won't term you now for credit, you'll just get less $ on your review since it's 15% of it.
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friendofmacy


Joined: 06 Jan 2008
Posts: 1357
Location: It's NewDepotGuy - Using Acid to open Polli's special safe!
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 9:07 pm    Post subject:  
MAYcylady wrote:
Once Macy's scheduled me to come in at 8 PM and work 'till 11 PM. It was suppossed to be my day off. I said NO!


I'd of worked it! Course I'd of also called the labor department later.

I did that at Applebee's - 9 AM - 3 AM with no major breaks that allowed me to leave the store. Just an hour or so to eat.
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fashion101


Joined: 12 Dec 2007
Posts: 318
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 11:33 pm    Post subject:  
frankone wrote:
Norma,
Yes, if you go from oncall back to a "regular" job and don't make your probationary credit, you will be termed. But why should that even be an issue for you, since you know what you have to do and you have 90 days to do it, and you've had the experience that new hires don't have in opening credit...it is rare that anyone is termed for not making their 90 day credit, because they know it's a job requirement, just like anything else. Also, the probationary credit standard is very low, it's not even 2/40 hrs, it's something like 12 apps in 90 days.
And yes, you're right, they probably won't term you now for credit, you'll just get less $ on your review since it's 15% of it.
Do they want credit or do they want sales?? (don't anyone bother to answer because I know what they want!) Maybe they should lighten up on credit! Everyone is sick of hearing about it! Let's focus on sales and get our business back where it should be. In this economy and with all the foreclosures, many people do not want more credit! Who cares how they pay for it. Just buy it!
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Pollianna2


Joined: 03 Jan 2008
Posts: 809
Location: ole wrap stand
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 12:52 am    Post subject:  
I AGREED WITH THE FASHION101 Thumbs Up
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macys is the best


Joined: 19 Feb 2008
Posts: 163
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 3:02 am    Post subject:  
fashion101 wrote:
Do they want credit or do they want sales?? (don't anyone bother to answer because I know what they want!) Maybe they should lighten up on credit! Everyone is sick of hearing about it! Let's focus on sales and get our business back where it should be. In this economy and with all the foreclosures, many people do not want more credit! Who cares how they pay for it. Just buy it!
I agree with you also I am getting tired of it. Last year was much easier, less things to worry about. At the beginning they made it seem like the score card was a good thing, but everybody hates it. Last year all we have to worry about was credits, and now the score cards. I even went to HR because the managers said sales will count this year not like last year when sales did not count. But HR said sales don't count for sales associate only credits just like last year. They said sales is just for our information and don't count towards our review, only credits. I don't know who to believe HR or the managers. I will be pist off if I don't get a raise or not a good raise because of this. I work very hard. In my store I do Sales, Stock, damages, Audits and salvages for the managers, move furniture, and do clothing rods on other floors, and I do much much more in my store I do everything at my store. I was even named one of the top ten associates in my store from the regional office. The send me a letter for my hard work. They should had send me an award for it. Naughty! Naughty! Naughty! Naughty! Naughty!
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MAYcylady


Joined: 06 Jan 2008
Posts: 1137
Location: A Place Where No Thongs Are Not Allowed
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 11:07 am    Post subject:  
Money, where have you been? We never hear from you anymore.
I don't see how sales could not be a part of your review, it's pretty much the most important part of your job! I can tell you that it is very much a part of reviews in my store, and not only my own sales, but the sales in my department, which I think is totally unfair.
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fashion101


Joined: 12 Dec 2007
Posts: 318
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 1:36 pm    Post subject:  
Money, glad to see you agree with me for once!
In the past few months several employees in my store have been let go because they were doing unethical things to open credit! This most likely would not be happening if there was not so much pressure about credit. Sales are way down in the majority of Macy's stores. They need to put an emphasis on selling and service and better merchandise.
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South


Joined: 20 Jan 2008
Posts: 295
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 8:48 pm    Post subject:  
If they let people go at my old store for doing unethical things to open credit, there would be none left. The managers encourage it, as they make their numbers. That's one reason why I am glad I left. When I reported associates giving the store away just to get credit, nothing was done. Then, they couldn't understand why their bottom line was so bad. Duh.
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Pollianna2


Joined: 03 Jan 2008
Posts: 809
Location: ole wrap stand
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 11:13 pm    Post subject:  
Just think about being a specialist..its truly a night mare they are never happy..they want us to be asst managers but..do everything else.. Doh! Oh let not forget being OUTSTANDING IN the score card range Naughty! must have 100 percent in most things and LOYALTY MUST BE THE TOP ONE..bit my noodles is all I can say on the topic Confused
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Karen Scott


Joined: 14 Mar 2008
Posts: 42
Location: A place that tolerates my type of behavior
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 11:36 pm    Post subject:  
MAYcylady wrote:
Money, where have you been? We never hear from you anymore.
I don't see how sales could not be a part of your review, it's pretty much the most important part of your job! I can tell you that it is very much a part of reviews in my store, and not only my own sales, but the sales in my department, which I think is totally unfair.

Hell, I work in a corporate office with nothing to do with sales, yet it's 35% of my review, with ebit being another 20%.
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friendofmacy


Joined: 06 Jan 2008
Posts: 1357
Location: It's NewDepotGuy - Using Acid to open Polli's special safe!
Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 12:13 am    Post subject:  
Thats the perfect way to keep from having to give you a raise. You would never be able to make the "appropriate" score.
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MLBeast


Joined: 07 Jan 2008
Posts: 151
Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 1:00 am    Post subject:  
frank.....i was wandering what role is the office manager and hra playing with the new schedule change?

also, i might have asked this, are any edits being done to the schedules before they are dropping??
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frankone


Joined: 15 Apr 2008
Posts: 46
Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 5:48 pm    Post subject:  
MLBeast wrote:
frank.....i was wandering what role is the office manager and hra playing with the new schedule change?

also, i might have asked this, are any edits being done to the schedules before they are dropping??

ML,
Not really sure who's doing what with this...I'd love to hear from someone in a store who's rolling this out right now....anyone out there???
What I do know is that I don't think the sched. mgr. position's going away...as in the East they are sending regional MSS people and sched. mgrs. to the North to train their new scheduling mgrs...can't imagine the co. spending all that $$ for airfare, hotels, etc. to do this if they knew they were eliminating the position...
Don't know the answer to the 2nd question either, again, we need some feedback from stores rolling this out....
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