So I work for Publix which is a Florida based grocery store. They cut EVERYONES hours. People who were getting full time are getting 17-20 hours a week. People who were getting 20-25 are now getting like 5 or 11 hours for example. I got 12 hours this week!
Today I got a shift from 7-10am. I was pissed. Mainly because it felt like a slap in the face. Up at 6am to be there at 7 to leave at 10? When I told my coworker a few days ago about it she went “I’d just call out. That’s ridiculous.”
So I did. It’s supposed to be a no fault policy. But they asked me why when I called to say I wasn’t going to be in. I said my parents were across the country (which is true) and my grandma had a flooding in her house last night and I had to be there this morning (this did actually happen a month ago while my parents were away for my dads job).
I feel guilty lying… can’t help it. But it’s ridiculous to give me a 3 hour shift in the morning like that. It’s not even worth the money. A 6+ hour shift? Sure! 3 hours so I can make 45 bucks? No. I can make more than that doing Instacart for 2 hours. This company sucks. They told us the 3 weeks of these low hours was a “computer glitch”. Found out another Publix (one of my old coworkers who transferred to) was also cutting hours too the same way and she got 15 hours from her usual 30. Not a glitch. They’re just cutting hours all together and lying.
Trash hours. Trash pay. Lying. This company is horrible.