Sainsburys thread MK ll

Just wondering what the deal is with leave...

I understand that you acquire a certain amount of hours based on how long you have worked and how many hours you are contracted to.

However, do Sainsbury's honour leave commitments when you start? Given that they were made before you joined the company? I wouldn't want holiday pay or anything, just leave without pay. I have an interview [university] on Nov 4th, and am meant to be working that day. The other instance is new year - I have a holiday booked from December 30th until January 8th. How do I go about sorting it out and what response should I expect?

Not likely to get the holiday full pay as most departments book up that new year date very quickly. I'd just tell them that you had a holiday booked prior to joining and that you can't work that week. As for 4th Nov, ask to switch a shift or something

As I say, I don't expect pay when I can't work. I just hope they honour it, as I really don't want to sacrifice it for the job, regardless of how happy I am to have got the job. It is all a bit of a mess really. With them saying I was unsuccessful, I saw no reason to hold back booking it, and now all that has changed lol.

I'll bring it up today in my induction and hope for the best.

Hey guys!

I've just finished my introduction part of the training for Sainsbury's. I'm going to work in the TU Clothing section. I'm quite worried about the mass amount of training I apparently need though... is this normal? I have 9am-6pm checkout training tomorrow. And then on my schedule I have "tills" on Wednesday from 3-7! Is this just MORE checkout training, or seperate training for the clothing tills?! I have to travel quite far for a lot more training too, since our clothing section isn't open...

Thanks for any replies.

Has anyone been talking to customers and then they ask you "Are you studying?" and usually followed by "what and "where?"

What do you say?


I usually tell them what I am studying, but tell them a different University. I really don't need customers knowing where I live thanks...

Oh, and when customers ask your age >_<. All customers think I am 25. It also makes my life easier when asking for ID to say I am 25 >_>

I have 9am-6pm checkout training tomorrow. And then on my schedule I have "tills" on Wednesday from 3-7!

i think every new person gets till trained now.

i know they do in my store except nightshift and admin staff

Im admin and I had the opportunity to get till trained, which I took for overtime purposes.

i think every new person gets till trained now.

i know they do in my store except nightshift and admin staff

don't think thats the best policy really, could end up finding a lot of unhappy staff working on tills when they didn't apply for a customer serv/checkout position.

I think doing a 39 hour shift in the gm dept should keep me too busy for the tills anyway.

not really, if you are only putting stock out you probably won't get 39 hours worth. i suppose if you're working backstock constantly maybe but... it depends how much you have. & how many others are on your dept. our GM girl also does other stuff like work other depts backstock.

don't think thats the best policy really, could end up finding a lot of unhappy staff working on tills when they didn't apply for a customer serv/checkout position.

I think doing a 39 hour shift in the gm dept should keep me too busy for the tills anyway.

everyones job at sainsburys is MCM and MAC focussed, and queue lengths fall into the MCM category.
so unfortunately, even if you have lots to do you have to put it on hold to help get the queues down. but make sure your aisle is not a mess as that fails the MCM too.