got a job as a courtesy clerk, will I hate life?

[Pantoot]

Grocery stores generally have really thin profit margins.

Yup, it is a penny profit industry, meaning they make less than a penny on every dollar they pull in.

 

[thedarkwolf]

I was their for 5 years and if I remember right I was making $5.50 when I quit and minimum was $4.25. Baggers really got the shaft on pay. After being there for 6 months you got a 10 cent raise and that was it no matter how long you worked there after the first 6 months you never got another raise. I bitched and moaned so much as a cashier that they let me be a front end supervisor which is pretty much a BS title for a spare cashier that bags and takes over registers when other cashiers go on breaks or lunches. Also had to keep everybody busy and make sure we had enough registers open.

There is no job in the store worse than being a cashier on one of the express registers. You never get a break from customers and you get the douchebags that can't read the limit sign.

My best day working there another one of the baggers found a vibrating rubber ass sex toy for men in the parking lot. No I didn't take it home but it was funny watching him kick it up the parking lot to throw it away, wouldn't pick it up, while customers kept watching him trying to figure out what was going on and then their reactions once they did lol. Also found a dildo in one of the shopping carts one evening. Ahhh good times.

Getting carts in the winter sucks as does the rain.

It is better than fast food. I never did fast food but I still feel pretty confident in saying that.

 

[SaDiZTiKStyLeZ]

Punch every one in the ribs. Tell them that's how you show affection in your tribe.

 

[HybridSquirrel]

Grocery stores generally have really thin profit margins. And why not pay minimum wage? Lots of turnover in service jobs like that, so it isn't worth paying that much more.

I started off just above minimum wage; joined the union and got a raise + 1.5 pay on Sundays and holiday pay (extra 4 hours of pay for nothing if you worked on a holiday), so it wasn't too bad. It's okay if you're in HS or something or just trying to make some money in college.

yeah at this point im just trying to make some spending cash in college, I asked to make at least 9.00/hr since I got paid 16.00/hr at my summer job. We haven't actually discussed what I will be making yet though. I overheard the manager talking about their weekly profits in a meeting this morning in a conference call with district managers, and it sounds like they make a pretty hefty profit.

 

[Barfo]

cool story bro

 

[HybridSquirrel]

cool story bro

thx bro

 

[Clashex]

Had to register just to reply to this thread

Anyway, I worked as a courtesy clerk from November 2009 until, well, yesterday

One thing that really can make or break your work experience is your co-workers. I'br lucky enough to work in a semi-small store with a team of about 8-15 at a time. It also gave me enough time to observe helper clerks and etc. to get an understanding of what I was going to do when I eventually moved up.

In the beginning of September, I wrote my general manager a letter requesting a promotion, as well as making it clear that I learned quite a lot from merely watching other employees face shelves, backstock, movie rentals etc. He let me know in about two weeks that he moved me up on the payroll and that I've done a fantastic job at the front.

As a new employee, you'll likely get some criticism at first. My advice is not to take it too seriously. Try to use it as a learning experience.

All in all, being a courtesy clerk is a great working experience. It's difficult work, no doubt, but it provides you a lot of valuable work experience.

 

[HybridSquirrel]

Had to register just to reply to this thread

Anyway, I worked as a courtesy clerk from November 2009 until, well, yesterday

One thing that really can make or break your work experience is your co-workers. I'br lucky enough to work in a semi-small store with a team of about 8-15 at a time. It also gave me enough time to observe helper clerks and etc. to get an understanding of what I was going to do when I eventually moved up.

In the beginning of September, I wrote my general manager a letter requesting a promotion, as well as making it clear that I learned quite a lot from merely watching other employees face shelves, backstock, movie rentals etc. He let me know in about two weeks that he moved me up on the payroll and that I've done a fantastic job at the front.

As a new employee, you'll likely get some criticism at first. My advice is not to take it too seriously. Try to use it as a learning experience.

All in all, being a courtesy clerk is a great working experience. It's difficult work, no doubt, but it provides you a lot of valuable work experience.

1/2 of my co-workers are awesome the other 1/2 suck...the head clerks are kinda douche bags they dont do shit but hang around. and when i close i get blamed for shit i cant possibly due. i get off at 10...and i have 15 minutes to do like 5 different jobs. including clear the lot entirely of all the shopping carts.


it get minimum wage, and it blows dick. only up side is they work with my school schedule so i cant complain =D

 

[sandorski]

If you're allergic to Peanuts, a recent thread here might come in handy.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

So 'courtesy clerk' is a snooty American way of saying 'grocery bagger'? Interesting.

 

[l0cke]

I'm thinking it's time for an ATOT CO meetup at a certain grocery store... :whiste:

 

[TridenT]

You don't already hate your life?

What are you taking, and why are you posting on ATOT.

 

[HybridSquirrel]

I'm thinking it's time for an ATOT CO meetup at a certain grocery store... :whiste:

king soopers store 40, alameda and union area.....im a CC my name is luke...i work the weekends. come see me and ask for help out to your car. so i dont have to bag groceries for shitties.


i think guyver has tried to come to my store once?

 

[Clashex]

So 'courtesy clerk' is a snooty American way of saying 'grocery bagger'? Interesting.

There's variations of 'grocery baggers', that's why. Courtesy clerks are typically the entry-level position that you see a lot of 16-18 year olds working.

After that there's usually a position called 'helper clerk', which is essentially the same job with a few other side duties and better pay.

Some grocery store bureaucracy for ya

 

[HybridSquirrel]

So I've been thinking about quitting already. I actually thought about tranfering departments, but I called in sick Sunday because I had a 102 fever all day and was coughing up nasty shit. I got sick overnight and couldn't work and my manager hassled me about work and I straight up told him that I don't think anyone in the store would want me coughing up a lung on everything. I coughed so much my throat is sore still. He really pissed me off, and combined with the fact i'm still making minimum wage doesn't make me want to stay there much longer. the ammounts of work I do is not directly related to the ammount of pay I make. I do all the jobs a courtesy clerk does, as well as what the cashiers and service desk people do. They all make 3 more dollars an hour than me. I was going to ask for a raise, and if I get turned down should I just quit?
/rant for now