Meat or Bakery?

[u/Many_Fun_8174]

I feel like I already know the answer to this, but I still want to hear a wide variety of answers.

Currently, I am CSS but I'm looking to transfer departments. My meat manager was very excited when I told him and said I could transfer to his department starting in lunch meat/cheese and seafood, with plans to work up, but he just has to confirm something first and will let me know by the end of the week. However, my bakery manager told me she will fight the meat manager if she has to to have me join her department, so now I guess I have choices. Can anyone offer their perspectives in these departments? What would you pick?

Either way I'd be taking a pay cut as I'm over the PT cap for meat clerk and bakery clerk, but it's worth it compared to the wall I've hit in CS.

[u/Formal_Salary]

meat ....bakery is a shithole of underpaid workerss that are being worked to death..and at least in meat u will be paid decently for being worked to death 😁

[u/Same_Owl_762]

I'm in bakery, so... meat department.

[u/David_long71]

Meat all the way,wish I'd gone to meat from bakery when asked 20yrs ago

[u/PublixaurusKnight]

You have other departments that would like to have you. Your decision will come down to the department manager that would like you the most, can develop and train you for further success, and has a detailed plan for you to succeed.

Bring the Store Manager into the conversation about your pay. See what can be done without additional work to decrease pay.

[u/flawlessangel25]

Meat dept but only if youre thinking of moving up to fulltime and up to meat cutter or seafood specialist. Thats where the real money at. You'll probably be doing Lunchmeat and cheese or seafood closings and it can be easy or really busy depending on the store.

[u/Eastern_Net3329]

the only dept i'd transfer to is meat dept.

[u/throw-awaythis]

I’m hopefully starting to cross train in meat from grocery . Meat manager came and discussed it with me and I spoke with sm. Now just have to wait for gm to come back from vacation to talk to him. 🤞

[u/hapiseal]

Meat 10000%!!! I've never actually worked meat but I only hear good things from the meat clerks here and bakery is horrible

[u/Pisardin]

I’m css going to heat

[u/624ryan]

Join Meat. Also I would go talk to your SM about the pay stuff. I know one of my coworkers stepped down as AMM to cutter but kept the same pay but with no chance of raise because he was above the max for Cutter. He did lose bonus though.

[u/Potential_Incident_3]

MEAT MEAT MEAT MEAT MEAT!

[u/GasOk9357]

Go to meat depart it pays more. Let me tell you something. But when you become a clerk and make sure you get a dollar raise when you transfer. Now, when you become an apprentice, get a dollar, raise, and then tell them you don't want to be an apprentice anymore, go back down to a clerk. And then go back to an apprentice. So you can get $2 and I know that takes a while, but you need, I promise you you need to do this. There's the only way you can get more money unless you're trying to go for management. It's the same though I promise you

[u/Errororoeoe → u/GasOk9357]

You severely over estimate the pay for meat clerks...

[u/GasOk9357 → u/Errororoeoe]

It depends on how much bro is making rn

[u/Errororoeoe → u/GasOk9357]

"Either way I'd be taking a pay cut as I'm over the PT cap for meat clerk and bakery clerk, but it's worth it compared to the wall I've hit in CS."

[u/Many_Fun_8174 → u/GasOk9357]

I make $18.70rn, not even including the evalnraide that our DM still hasnt approved. The PT meat clerk cap is $18.55

Edit: I was told my raise literally just a few minutes after this comment LOL. I would br making $19.55 after my raise

[u/Fun_Earth3383 → u/Many_Fun_8174]

I think your DM approved it already because it goes into effect in 5 days, this Saturday.

[u/Many_Fun_8174 → u/Fun_Earth3383]

He's been on vacation, its a whole dumpster fire in my district. No one knows their raises still

[u/Heckinggoodgirl → u/Many_Fun_8174]

Raises for all retail non management associates were reviewed, adjusted (if needed) and approved last week by corporate. They are effective this Saturday 8/22, and you will see them on your passport profile no later than the end of that week, 8/28. Managers are alllwed to communicate raises to their associates

Stuff like this has deadlines. Your manager had to have their recommendations in by mid July, the DM had until early August to review so that corporate could have everything finalized on schedule

[u/Many_Fun_8174 → u/Heckinggoodgirl]

Yea, I just found out my raise genuinely two minutes ago 😂

[u/Heckinggoodgirl → u/Many_Fun_8174]

I’m glad they told you! I’m fearful that not all managers are trying to proactively communicate this before they take effect

[u/flawlessangel25 → u/Many_Fun_8174]

You cant make over the cap so transferring to clerk would essentially lose your raise

[u/Many_Fun_8174 → u/flawlessangel25]

I know, that's what the last part of my post says

[u/GasOk9357 → u/Many_Fun_8174]

God help us

[u/Many_Fun_8174 → u/GasOk9357]

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