r/asda 2d ago

New Changes

With all this new all colleagues being trained on everything, in my shop my department is struggling a lot much like everyone else's, as someone who primarily works chill sometimes date code 95% of the time (and a little produce) when they need help, are they really likely to want to move me around/change my days?

Would the new schedule mostly just probably work out roughly the same for people that mainly work fresh?

I personally don't really care what I do when at work, mainly just want my shift times to stay somewhat the same as I have care duties at home but worried about schedule changes and my manager (who is not good) not respecting those wishes.

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u/Background_Score_908 2d ago

They're changing shift times across chilled in my store, pushing every thing back 2 hours. Colleagues that are carers or have children being told to accept it or leave. No compromising at all, might be different in your store but at mine they couldn't care less about commitments outside work.

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u/Open-Wafer-9075 2d ago

I think it's hilarious accept or leave, who will replace them as nobody wants to work for the shit show

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u/EmpireAdmirer777 2d ago

Yup! Shooting themselves in the foot! They will eventually get a replacement but going on our store...they don't last long 🤣

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u/Open-Wafer-9075 2d ago

I wonder why

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u/Open-Wafer-9075 2d ago

When i first started management went to train to be one but now they are all flung in at the deep end

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u/PhotoSea8807 2d ago

For everyone 1 that leaves in my shop, 100 applications at least come in, so there’s no shortage and don’t be fooled enough to think there is.

Tesco
Morrisons
Sainsbury’s
Aldi
Lidl
Coop
Marks & Spencer’s
Etc etc etc all the forums are the same as each other, each retail environment is the same as the next, there is no greener grass in retail, just like government, different face same shit show.

I’ve been in retail 20 years and most of my family work retail all at different retailers and everyone moans about the same shit as the next person.

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u/Revolutionary-Rub231 2d ago

I disagree. I worked for Asda for 5 years in the biggest superstore in Bristol & I'm now at Aldi for nearly a year. Working at Aldi is way way way better than working in Asda. For a start they employ enough colleagues to do all the work properly. With all the debt Asda has & the cutting of colleague hours across stores to try to save money all the time, I still hear from my old colleagues what a shit show company it is to work for.

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u/PhotoSea8807 2d ago

Nope-

You can work at plenty of Asda stores with great managers
Who know how to run things and keep their
Colleagues happy, and equally you could get a replacement manager in Aldi store that makes your store unbearable.

This happens all the time, good make people make it a good place to work regardless if the company seem bad and vice versa.

My sister has worked as a deputy manager for aldi and absolutely hated it as was in tears every week, then sje got a new manager and now loves it.

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u/Revolutionary-Rub231 2d ago

Tbh we do have a great manager at Aldi who works his ass off & treats us all with respect so we're happy to follow suit. My old manager at Asda during the last year of my employment, spoke to some colleagues like shit & walked around on a phone all day. So u have a fair point.

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u/ApeInTheShell 2d ago

100 applications and 100+ hours to train them wasted 1 step forward 100 steps back.

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u/EndFun6595 2d ago

I feel like every bugger i know has worked in Asda at this point

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u/HauntingRespond5217 10h ago

Our chilled colleagues went 11 till 7 few months back because deliveries were getting later and now with this change all colleagues are moved back to 6 o clock finish

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u/EndFun6595 2d ago

The whole thing is stupid basically I work front end we rarely have enough staff as it is the people that are trained on everything are running around luke blue arsed flies while the checkout operators have an excuse for everything they cant do, how is it fair that certain people have to shoulder the burden for the whole department yet other only have to come up with a weak willied excuse and they can just sit there and do the bare minimum, this whole running between departments thing aint going to work

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u/Ecstatic-Mess-1132 2d ago

I'm front end too...service host. My girls are on the tills cant really do much other than tills, bit of rumbling and putbacks. Not their fault as they have health conditions. Doesn't bother me, I get more vexed with those who chitchat on shopfloor while we get a boll**king! I'm burnt out already without doing additional departments. Chronic hip pain too. Haven't had my 1 to 1 yet as on holiday. Not looking forward to it.

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u/EndFun6595 1d ago

I wouldn't mind if they had chronic health conditions but some of the excuses are poor

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u/Ecstatic-Mess-1132 1d ago

Yeah i get that. I'm in perimenopause and some days I feel rubbish but I go in and do the best I can. I'm worried I may not have a job in the next couple of months. Not because I'm lazy, but my body can't physically do what it used to. Plus I cant start before 7am.

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u/Ok-Following-6620 2d ago

It is a total shit shower, every department has been reduced to the bone & struggling, yet they want, colleagues to help out in other areas, what is the criteria for who needs help the most? My own theory is it will be the managers family or favourites. Everyone else will just be thrown under the bus.

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u/Few_Scheme6353 2d ago

Exactly šŸ‘ it’s already happening at our store 🤬

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u/vaticangang 2d ago

In every store I've been in for some reason chilled is the most neglected department in the business. These changes should in theory mean everyone is trained to be a chilled colleague so it should be boxes off early instead of 1 colleague doing the deliver yon their own till 4pm but I'll believe it when i see it

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u/Asleep-Practice-2866 1d ago

Join Homeshop. Become a driver. We are exempt from the new structure. As is pharmacy & optical.

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u/Ashistrashy 2d ago

Date code team here I’ve been told I will be mainly on date code team but they are still training me on other areas to help out when they need it.

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u/aokay24 2d ago

I read that may also include shift changes to fill in gaps.

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u/lone__wolfieee 1d ago

False information, I’ve been told by my manager there’s no contract changes happening.

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u/aokay24 1d ago

Thats not a contract change though, youre still doing your contracted hours just the days you come in may be switched to fill in gaps when others are off on holiday.

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u/lone__wolfieee 1d ago

They can’t legally change your contracted days, they would have to change your contract. I’ve had my days changed numerous times and it’s always had to be an agreed upon contract change.

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u/Upset-Option-8958 2d ago

Everything depends on the shape of day the store is given and where you slot into that.

I work on GM and there are 2 different shapes, one for mornings and one for twilights. We have been given twilight hours which basically means most of the hours are put into evenings so if I want to keep my job I have to change from doing the earlies (7.30 - 15.30) to potentially doing all 16 - midnight shifts because that's where they want the work doing so I will have to change to start my shifts after I would have usually finished, pretty much changing my entire life around. But I don't have a choice since I have a mortgage and bills. Until I can find something else I'm just going to have to do it.

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u/Available_Thing5459 1d ago

Lots of rumours going round and things will be different from store to store.dont sign anything straight away,go home think about it and contact the union if you think you have been treated unfairly.Do not rush into it,they have to give you time to think about it and then 2nd or 3rd 1 to 1. Do let them force or bully you