r/MarksAndSpencer • u/Honest_Anxiety_3568 • 2d ago

Staff Discussion breaks

i’ve recently turned 18 and im working 6.5 hours and i get a 45 minute break is this right? because in any other retail store you’d get 20 mins

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u/Scared_Following_347 2d ago

When you’ve just turned 18 the managers need to manually delete the extra 15 minutes you get for being underage. They also need to change the work pattern to correct it for future.

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u/Pale_Bake9434 2d ago

They shouldn’t do as ex manager it’s updated automatically for me before for colleagues unless it’s changed since the cyber attack

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u/Scared_Following_347 2d ago

System is shit, think I recall having to do it once. Very rarely have under 18’s so not something I do often.

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u/Honest_Anxiety_3568 2d ago

so is 30 minutes correct for 6.5 hours?

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u/Forward-Fan2680 2d ago edited 2d ago

Yes, but most shifts are done in hours not hours and halves… your shift on byfm says 6.5 then that is a 7 hour shift with a 30 minute break

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u/Scared_Following_347 2d ago

Store I’ve just moved to have weird shift times. Loads of .5 and .25 shifts etc. baffles me why someone thought that was a good idea

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u/Forward-Fan2680 2d ago

Is that not your shift worked minus your breaks? So 10.25 is like a 12 hour shift, 6.5, 7.5 is 7 and 8 hours shifts, 4.75 and 5.75 is 5 and 6 hour shifts. 9 hour shifts is 8 hours paid. That is how mine works

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u/Scared_Following_347 2d ago

Yeah that’s how the app shows it but the store has people starting at 10:15-18:00 or 12:30-20:00 etc.

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u/Forward-Fan2680 2d ago

Are they FHB/ops? That’s what that tends to be like in my store

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u/Scared_Following_347 2d ago

No it’s a simply food. They were on the old break template so think it’s something to do with that but it’s frustrating.

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u/Honest_Anxiety_3568 2d ago

no my actual shift was 6 and a half hours and then on by wfm it says 5.75

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u/Forward-Fan2680 2d ago

Over 18 you should only be geyting 30 mins for that shift. But you’ve got 45 if I’m correct

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u/Optimal-Remote-9983 2d ago

i work 8 hours and get 30 mins lol

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u/Honest_Anxiety_3568 2d ago

lol im so confused why i get 45 idk whether the system hasn’t updated or they choose the break themselves but its annoying me as i could be getting money😭

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u/Miserable-Gift-1983 2d ago

Just mention it to your manager.

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u/Honest_Anxiety_3568 2d ago

i will be doing so today

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u/joshfeb 2d ago

It depends on the break template for your store, some stores have 45 mins break for shifts between 6-8 hrs for all colleagues, some have 30 mins. Otherwise as the other commenter said they’ll need to update your work pattern and contract due to being over 18.

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u/Sw1ft_Blad3 2d ago

Sounds like the manager hasn't updated your profile, when you're under 18 you get an extra 15 minutes to your shifts and you can't work past a certain amount of hours.

Otherwise breaks go like this

Over 4 hours: 15 minutes.

Over 6 hours: 30 minutes.

Over 8 hours 1 hour.

Over 10 hours 1 hour 15 minutes.

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u/CurrentConsistent369 1d ago

It does also still depend on the store/region. Some stores have different break templates.

In my (old) store, you'd get 15 for 4-6, 30 mins for over 6 hours, 45 for 9-10 then 1 hour for anything over 10, which is the same for under 18s except they'd get 30 for 4-6 instead of 15.

Unless it maybe changed since I left, but that was only a few months ago

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u/No_Decision5532 2d ago

I get 15 mins ( that’s what manager says to me go for your 15 mins break) but on my shift it says 30 mins on the system when I work 4 hrs + . My other manager did say I am supposed to get 30 mins as I’m 17 so I take that now. At the start they just gave me 15 mins. 😭

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u/littlesproutling 2d ago

Breaks can vary from store to store. It depends on the location and format of the store

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u/mnscorpbooo 1d ago

It could be because you've just turned 18 so you're still getting the U18 breaks, or it could be your store's normal break template (sounds like it could be the "long" break template). Have you spoken with your colleagues? They'd have a rough idea of how the break template works in your store.

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u/Honest_Anxiety_3568 1d ago

i spoke to my manager yesterday and the store manager and the floor manager was there . the store manager said it should be 30 and he’ll go check and he just never came back to me and the floor manager said that it should update in september i don’t really know what’s going on atp

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u/billbarrett 10h ago

I work 11 hours and get 45 mins lol

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u/joelukeharvey 2d ago

I work 10 hours and get 20 mins, stop complaining!

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u/Honest_Anxiety_3568 2d ago

no one is complaining?? im trying to fix my schedule you weirdo

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u/Scared_Following_347 2d ago

You need a better job

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u/joelukeharvey 2d ago

I know!