The Working At Asda Thread

we get a tiny bonus for working bank holidays, we think its performance based as its always variable. also we think you get more if you are not contracted to do it (not sure on this one)

also does anyone have any idea how ive managed at 5.30h seasonal contract with as much or little overtime as i want ? i thought all seasonal lwer 16h+

Bank holidays is pay and a third at last check i think...

And seasonal contracts do end up like that. I had a 4h15 contract for about a year, would do 3:15 till 8 every sunday with half hour unpaid break. It was alright and then whenever i wanted more overtime i'd ring up and ask and could be working 50 hours the next week.

Think 15/16 hours is the minimum is you're a year round worker but they're nice and make exceptions for seasonal workers...

its time and a half at my place + a little bonus, they are really chilled even when i worked year round i manged to get at 5.5 h contract and still avg 40 h a week .... mind you bonus sooon woooooo!!!!!!

They always told everyone at my work it was time and a half then i looked at my pay check and it was 6.32 for normal then 8.40 for bank holiday so when i asked them they said "it's close to time and a half... "

My bonus won't be much, not worked much at all tbh. Worked Summer/xmas and thst's it...

In my first year i had a 4.25h contract and managed 250 hours in 4 weeks(averaged 62.5).

£8.40 for bank holiday what region is that in ? i get £9.56 and hour for bhols... also we get £6.37 an hour !

Thats what it was last time i checked i think...

In devon. But i think we've probably got a raise since 6.32 as we normally get a raise each october time but i don't pay attention anymore being just a seasonal worker...

do you know why we get a raise in oct? minimum wage goes up.....so ours over the past 3 years has gone up in line with it.

Seeking advice of some others here. I'll just keep the blurb as short as possible..

When I originally took my shifts on at Asda I thought I was temp, which suited as I have other commitments during the summer. However as it turns out I'm permanent.

In the next month or so I will need to approach my manager about the situation. The shifts I am rota'd for are the days I need off (and I can't do any other days in the week so can't swap). However I really quite like it in Asda and can see it progressing further in future.

So I would like to be able to be kept 'on the books' so to speak but still do shifts when possible yet have the time off I will need. Not seasonal though. How likely do you think the management will support this or will I need to hand in my notice? (I don't want to but if I had to I would).

I was looking at the dates today. From April till October I need about half of those weekends off.
I really don't want to let go the chance I got to work there so want to be able to apprcoach this subject and feel I can come out of it OK.
What I would hope for is not to have any rota'd shifts in the time period but leave it be that they can phone me to check if I'm available if they need me. Does such a thing go on in Asda? Then in the winter go back in.

Hi

I have been working at Asda on the checkouts since November. My contract is 10.5 hours over 3 days. I work 3.5 a day during the week and 3.5 sat and sun.

The problem I am having it that I go to uni and I am struggling with the workload and I want to change my working days and hours.

Ideally I would like to work fri,sat and sun instead of the day during the week as this prevents me from during uni work.

I was just wondering who do u go to to ask for the change and what are the chances of my contract being changed as I want to change the day and times of my usual times.

I've been working at Netto for about 3 weeks, and ASDA are taking over. I was just wondering because at Netto we have to work nearly every weekend - what's it like at ASDA?

Can you opt out of working at weekends?

And if you do work weekends, bank holidays etc. do you get paid more? At Netto we don't get paid more at all.

How hard are the tills to learn? I've picked up Netto's tills pretty fast, after about the first day, where we have to learn codes for things etc.

Also at netto, we have to cash up all our own tills at the end of a shift, what happens at ASDA?

Asda is good. They're a decent company to work for tbh.

You probably can arrange shifts so you don't have to work weekends but it would be very difficult. Most people work at least 1 weekend.

Get paid no more at weekends and pay and a half on bank holidays.

Tills are very easy to learn. After an hour or so you can pick up 90% of it...

Urm, the runners/security/a manager cash up at the end of the day. You don't have to worry about it.

Hey,
Anyone who currently works at ASDA- I completed an online application for an hourly role, the due date for which was 1st March and have not received any sort of reply yet except the confirmation email. How long did it take them to get back to you and was this by phone or email?
Thanks!