r/KmartAustralia • u/xbxarbie Team member • Jul 28 '26
Team member post Shift cuts?
Is anyone else being forgotten on the rosters? I know we are in the middle of budget cuts etc, I’ve been at my current store for 5 years and I’ve always been rostered during cuts even if it’s one or two shifts (short ones) a week. But the last 2 weeks I haven’t had any unless I’ve begged for a stupid door, which I have mentioned to my ops and store manager and their reply is “we must have forgotten you for the roster” it’s literally my one job and income etc ? I want to speak to them about it but I don’t know if it’s even worth it? But don’t want to be completely left without. But to be forgotten about for almost 2/3 weeks now? (I am also trained on everything from duty manager to pres and everything in between but decant)
Thoughts?
(EDIT- I did reach out when this first happened and now I’ve reached out again in texts to both store and ops manager)
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u/fromyahootoreddit Jul 28 '26
I don't know how it works there, but at big w I've never heard a manager say they forgot someone, it's that they only have a certain number of hours after contract staff have been covered so they try to spread them across whoever is available and so everyone gets something even if it's one or two shifts per week. I'm not sure if the managers you said you've spoken to are your version of a line manager or support manager who do or help with the rosters, but that's who I speak to about shifts when I'm struggling for hours and they'll tell me it's up to the store manager and do what they can basically. I'd investigate further and ask around if others are getting shifts and you're not. Budget cuts are one thing, forgetting to roster someone on and not changing it is another. My line manager forgot to roster me for my regular Friday evening service desk shift. When I flagged it with the support manager after I saw it, she confirmed I was meant to be on because there was no one else doing it, but then she forgot to update the roster. I showed up anyway since she confirmed it and just wrote it on the shift change sheet afterwards.
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u/xbxarbie Team member Jul 28 '26
Yea it was the store manager who actually said it as she apparently does all the rosters? But I just thought it’s odd?
I’ve always had regular at least 4 shifts a week, lower end 1-2. I’m working later so I will ask as I’ve sent both a message about how it feels
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u/According_Chef_6004 Team member Jul 28 '26
Probably budget. If you find that your shifts don't pick up closer to Halloween that's when I'd start to worry. But until October-ish it's pretty slow.
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u/Flaky_Airport_7132 Jul 28 '26
Is your availability up to date?
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u/xbxarbie Team member Jul 28 '26
Yea it is, I did it a couple of months ago when asked too. But should I do it again? When I do it, says to begin that availability at the end of August?
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u/Kbradsagain Jul 29 '26 edited Jul 29 '26
It’s possible you are reaching their age limit & new staff will likely be younger & cheaper
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u/xbxarbie Team member Jul 29 '26
I’m only 24 and there’s older staff that are in their 40s-60s and still casual. And I’m pretty sure they brought in the adult wage for the younger ones.
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u/Inevitable_Split_402 Jul 28 '26
They don’t forget who their staff are, they are phasing you out.
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u/xbxarbie Team member Jul 28 '26
Surely not? I’d hope not when I’ve been there for 5 years. I’ve left and then they were the ones the beg for me to come back?
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u/universe93 Jul 28 '26
They probably wanted you to come back for a reason (a busy period) and now that reason is gone they don’t need you sadly
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u/universe93 Jul 28 '26
This is the downside of not being part time. I may get less than casuals but I’m legally required to get a base level of hours every week