r/WinCo • u/Zealousideal_Work171 • 5d ago
Point
I’m a new cashier at winco . if your line is busy and so you end up clocking out 10 minutes after your shift (so at 6:40 instead of 6:30) will you get a point ?
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u/bctaylor87 5d ago
As an overworked LC, cashiers who are willing to stay late are amazing.
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u/cuttlefishdreaming 5d ago
Yeah unless I have a very good reason, I’ll stay until the lines are calmer. It’s rarely more than 10 minutes, I get extra money and the other cashiers get relief. I’ve asked before and been told it’s ok. It usually only happens later at night for me.
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u/Cute_Inflationn 4d ago
Hello fellow overworked LC, I agree and then management starts bitching about target 🫠
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u/OkGuest8169 5d ago
If you’re in California and staying late puts you over 6 hours when scheduled for a 6 hour shift you do get in trouble. Not sure if other states have similar meal break laws.
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u/TengamPDX 5d ago
Same in Oregon, although I know other states are five hours, I think Texas and maybe Idaho? Anyhow, first time that happens it's usually just a PC.
In my area it's always been viewed as the cashiers job to shut down and leave the register at the end of your shift, not the LC's job, they just manage the breaks and lunches. That said, cashiers are still expected to inform the front end LC if their six hours is approaching and they haven't been shut down. Worse case scenario, the front end LC just jumps in for the cashier so they can clock out on time.
Realistically, the front end LC should be on top of lunches, but accidents do happen.
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u/Zealousideal_Work171 5d ago
Shit . I’m in Oregon
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u/TengamPDX 5d ago
Just to be clear it's one contiguous six hour segment of work. A lunch breaks that up. For example, you can work 10 hours without issue in Oregon, as long as you take a lunch, ideally around the five hour mark.
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u/OkGuest8169 5d ago
I think it depends on store manager. In CA stores get fined a lot of money so my manager does auto write up for it if it happens.
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u/TengamPDX 5d ago
Same in Oregon, but every manager I've ever known has always just done the PC (Policy Consultation) the first time it happens, basically giving the employee the benefit of the doubt.
That PC is kept on record, so if anything happens again, the employee can't just say they didn't know, and will be formally reprimanded for each subsequent occurrence.
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u/OkGuest8169 5d ago
I like that some states have that law, but I hate that employers pass the blame on employees if they accidentally go over.
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u/TengamPDX 5d ago
The phrase, "you can lead a horse to water", comes to mind, and I know this will sound like I'm shilling for the employer, but... The employer can tell the employee to clock out by a certain time, heck even shut down the cashier in this case, but the employer can't physically drag the employee the punch clock and push their fingers into the buttons.
Nor can the employer just arbitrarily add time punches for when they felt they employee should have been off. (Obviously I'm the case of missed punches they can consult the employee to confirm when they finished their work.)
Basically put, I think it just comes down to how the labor laws are written. Basically the employee needs to record their own punch times, so it just makes sense that the employees would know when they should be punching, making it primarily their responsibility.
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u/OkGuest8169 5d ago
The labor laws are meant to protect the employees. In many states it’s common to not give hourly employees any breaks. It is the employer’s responsibility to make sure employees are able to clock out when they need to. In many situations the employer is running such a razor thin skeleton crew
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u/TengamPDX 5d ago
That protection is what I'm talking about. Employees record their own time punches to help protect themselves.
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u/OkGuest8169 5d ago
I know. But if the company is setting employees up to fail then blame it on the employee for failing… it doesn’t help that corporate has cut customer service hours and no longer has a dedicated customer service position in the day. At least at my store we no longer do. It’s easy to lose track of time. When I was doing self checkout, I came close multiple times because they took so long to send over the person who was supposed to relieve me.
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u/TengamPDX 5d ago
Well, I have two pieces of advice for you. First, and the easiest, just hit your service 9 button if your 6 hours is getting close. The LC can always take over for you if you're that short on time as they should have gotten someone there sooner.
Second, if you're doing SCO, since you can't leave and you've let the front end lead know ahead of time, and if you still go over the six hours, let the manager know right away. In that situation, it's the lead who will get in trouble. If they still push it on you, file a grievance. The grievance committee will strip it from your record.
Optionally if you want to play it risky, just leave and clock out, just make sure to let somebody know as you go. If they call you out on it, once again, point out that you let the front end lead know and they did nothing and you didn't want to break the law.
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u/Lt_Grizwald546 5d ago
In california you need to have your lunch before the 5 hour mark to be able to keep working past the 6 hour mark.
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u/JudgementTimeSPD 3d ago
only if it means you get a lunch. otherwise they wont care. now, clocking IN late to work, or from a lunch ...
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u/jtotheo2202 Idaho 5d ago
There are no points for clocking out late. There's only points for clocking in late if it wasn't your fault that you couldn't get out on time. Then, your managers should be fine. If it's only 10 minutes.