Butler
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If you threaten your manager that you will quit, they might be able to sort something out. I know my manager is tight for staff anyway and couldnt afford to lose someone else, tell them you can make the time up or say youll just quit.
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Cosmo
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Originally posted by aritchie
doubtfull on union will more than likely be usdaw which is shit, I dont agree with booking up front for 12 months, if i were u i would offer to take it without pay that way they can budget for somenone else to do your hours, and with it being december im sure there will be loads of overtime before xmas to make up some of your lost earnings?
Yes, Im sure the whole store would go to pot just because one worker isnt there...idiot!
Just pull a sickie, get a sick note from the docs (easy to lie and get) and as obvious as it may be that your faking it they cant do anything because of it.
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Ant
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Originally posted by Katie
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Originally posted by aritchie
So next time your all stood in Tesco's and there is a big queue and no bread on the shelves it will be ok cos the manager let someone go on holiday?? FFS this makes me so mad people saying its just Tesco's its not you lot that are going to get it in the neck from the customers !! If you took the job you have the responsibility to forefill your duties.
Oh and Incidentally 30th Dec is over 4 weeks away!!! So I suspect there may be some other reason your manager will not let you take holiday.
Are you a manager of tesco, seems liek this thread has touched a nerve 
dont work for tesco no, but am a retail manager, it is very hard trying to manage a team which is on near enough minimum wage budgets are very tight, I chalange anyone to try running a supermarket for a week it aint easy and shit like this is what makes it tough, but on the other hand i would give him the holiday its over 4 weeks away so plenty of time to sort something out.
and as or the point of he is only 1 person he hasnt told you what size store he works in could be an express where there are only ever 4-5 members of staff at a time anyway
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Mattb
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Originally posted by Simon
if its only tesco fuck it, get a better job when you get back
sorry i agree.. and they probably wont even sack you if just fook off
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Butler
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They wouldnt, probably best off not loosing the job though, if youve been there a while youve probably built up a tidy salary as I have, if you quit the job you wouldnt be able to get straight into another job the same salary youd be back to square one.
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Katie
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Originally posted by aritchie
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Originally posted by Katie
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Originally posted by aritchie
So next time your all stood in Tesco's and there is a big queue and no bread on the shelves it will be ok cos the manager let someone go on holiday?? FFS this makes me so mad people saying its just Tesco's its not you lot that are going to get it in the neck from the customers !! If you took the job you have the responsibility to forefill your duties.
Oh and Incidentally 30th Dec is over 4 weeks away!!! So I suspect there may be some other reason your manager will not let you take holiday.
Are you a manager of tesco, seems liek this thread has touched a nerve
dont work for tesco no, but am a retail manager, it is very hard trying to manage a team which is on near enough minimum wage budgets are very tight, I chalange anyone to try running a supermarket for a week it aint easy and shit like this is what makes it tough, but on the other hand i would give him the holiday its over 4 weeks away so plenty of time to sort something out.
and as or the point of he is only 1 person he hasnt told you what size store he works in could be an express where there are only ever 4-5 members of staff at a time anyway
Tesco is a big company, they could call people in from another store if they had to.
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Austin
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Tesco managers are on good pay, who said it aint a job for life?
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Katie
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Shelf stacker they said, not manager.
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Butler
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Originally posted by Katie
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Originally posted by aritchie
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Originally posted by Katie
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Originally posted by aritchie
So next time your all stood in Tesco's and there is a big queue and no bread on the shelves it will be ok cos the manager let someone go on holiday?? FFS this makes me so mad people saying its just Tesco's its not you lot that are going to get it in the neck from the customers !! If you took the job you have the responsibility to forefill your duties.
Oh and Incidentally 30th Dec is over 4 weeks away!!! So I suspect there may be some other reason your manager will not let you take holiday.
Are you a manager of tesco, seems liek this thread has touched a nerve
dont work for tesco no, but am a retail manager, it is very hard trying to manage a team which is on near enough minimum wage budgets are very tight, I chalange anyone to try running a supermarket for a week it aint easy and shit like this is what makes it tough, but on the other hand i would give him the holiday its over 4 weeks away so plenty of time to sort something out.
and as or the point of he is only 1 person he hasnt told you what size store he works in could be an express where there are only ever 4-5 members of staff at a time anyway
Tesco is a big company, they could call people in from another store if they had to.
This only really happens in the small stores, otherwise people are contracted to certain hours, if they have hours to fill the is usually someone in store to make up for it anyway
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Butler
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Originally posted by Katie
Shelf stacker they said, not manager.
I know alot of people who have ended up full time in tesco stacking shelves with the aim to build there way up to become a manager
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Katie
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Ok, but i don't think when people leave school or college they intend to stack shelves for years and then become a supermarket manager, i think that's all everyone is saying. He could get another job doing the same thing easily if he wanted to quit to go on holiday. No offence to supermarket managers or shelf stackers.
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A2H GO
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I cannot sell the tickets it is within the terms and conditions of the competition as I have already looked into this.
Plus I want to go as it would be great telling my mrs that were goin away for the new year, she is also off work over Christmas.
I have worked my way up from packer to trainee baker to semi skilled over 1 and a half years and am only a step away from being skilled which could be a fall back trade for life and comes with a tidy salary.
Therefore I am scared that if I just go anyway I will loose my job( im 80% sure that I wouldn’t but is always a risk)
Other option would be trying to blag a sicknote, as then even if they knew I was goin and came back with a tan, theres nothing they could do. Will speak to a member of the union on mon, I pay every month for it so might aswell ask.
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Cosmo
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Originally posted by CorsAsh-Sport
I cannot sell the tickets it is within the terms and conditions of the competition as I have already looked into this.
Plus I want to go as it would be great telling my mrs that were goin away for the new year, she is also off work over Christmas.
I have worked my way up from packer to trainee baker to semi skilled over 1 and a half years and am only a step away from being skilled which could be a fall back trade for life and comes with a tidy salary.
Therefore I am scared that if I just go anyway I will loose my job( im 80% sure that I wouldn’t but is always a risk)
Other option would be trying to blag a sicknote, as then even if they knew I was goin and came back with a tan, theres nothing they could do. Will speak to a member of the union on mon, I pay every month for it so might aswell ask.
Also see if you can find other people to cover the hours you are meant to be working, then go and speak to your boss with this info and he might let you change your scheduled hols....he sounds like a prick though!
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A2H GO
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Its a she, she is a prick, i asked her and she sed 'computer says no'
I have found sombody who will do two of the four days that i need but they want me to pay them £40 per shift(which is what he would earn for 7hours work)
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Butler
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The union reps at my store are really good and 99% of the time prevent people from getting the sack, if you well renound in your store you wouldnt get sacked for taking a few days off
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Dan. T
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Originally posted by Charlene
How can you get a doctors note if there is nothing wrong with you?
You can sign yourself off sick for a week, after then most employers ask for a doctors note, so if the holiday is a week long he has no problems going 
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A2H GO
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The hol is a week, i am quite well known in my store as i have been there a while, so much so that im on a personal level with some of the managers.
How do i sign myself on sick for a week?
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CorsAsh
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If you're friendly with the managers it shouldn't be a problem...
Can you not say your gf is expecting a child and you need some paternity leave?
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Nismo
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rather than you pay them , you work it and i pay you for tickets 
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A2H GO
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Originally posted by CorsAsh
If you're friendly with the managers it shouldn't be a problem...
Can you not say your gf is expecting a child and you need some paternity leave?
My GF works there to, only on a checkout in between uni so she cudnt care less whether she get sacked
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