I get it. Obviously a lot of people shop there. Being retired, we don't buy many groceries anyway. Hy Vee just doesn't fit for us.
Hy-Vee's weirdest business decision yet?
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Class-action lawsuit alleges Hy-Vee has failed to pay overtime wages
A proposed class-action lawsuit has been filed against Hy-Vee Inc., alleging the grocery store chain violates federal labor laws by failing to pay overtime for department managers.
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This is more interesting than just Hy Vee being involved. The plaintiffs are going after overtime hours for salaried workers.
I'm kind of torn on this one.Class-action lawsuit alleges Hy-Vee has failed to pay overtime wages
A proposed class-action lawsuit has been filed against Hy-Vee Inc., alleging the grocery store chain violates federal labor laws by failing to pay overtime for department managers.
This is more interesting than just Hy Vee being involved. The plaintiffs are going after overtime hours for salaried workers.
When I worked there 25 years ago, I worked in a number of salaried management positions. I did work a lot more than 40 hours a week on a regular basis. During this time, I did a lot of grunt work, but I also did "manage" people. I told employees what to do, when to do it, when they could go home, when they could go on break, customers came to me if they had issues, replacing sick employees on the schedule, made sure I handed off the store to the next manager in charge. That was when I was 2nd Assistant/Shift Manager.
When I was night stock manager, I got paid by the hour, and yes it was 90% me just stocking shelves.
"They do not, the lawsuit claims, have responsibility for hiring, firing, disciplining or directing the work of others. As such, their work does not “materially differ from the duties of non-exempt, hourly paid employees,”
The big(Meat/Produce/Deli/Non-Foods) department managers back then were most salary w/bonus and could make some serious coin, but they all worked really hard. All of them did manual labor, but they also did managerial tasks. They did the things I listed as well as ordering, planning catering, scheduling, pricing, etc.
Maybe it's changed, but I can't imagine they still don't have managers doing these things.
Class-action lawsuit alleges Hy-Vee has failed to pay overtime wages
A proposed class-action lawsuit has been filed against Hy-Vee Inc., alleging the grocery store chain violates federal labor laws by failing to pay overtime for department managers.
This is more interesting than just Hy Vee being involved. The plaintiffs are going after overtime hours for salaried workers.
When I worked at Menards the actual salary base pay of a department manager wasn't very much but they qualified for the profit sharing pay at the end of the year. This was a HUGE chunk of money for the managers but it's taxed like a bonus too. From what I remember from my HyVee days but they used to do something similar.
Had a high school class mate who worked for HyVee from the time he was old enough to work, until he retired at age 50. I think he I’d ok. He was a store manager in Minnesota, I think.
I know a produce manager in one of their largest stores and he hires, schedules, does the ordering, and has fired people so that seams to fit the rules stated to be exempt.
You get to manager level at most of their stores and you are making very nice money and profit sharing. Bonus based on the amount of sells and if the store is paid off. Department managers also do very well, but are always at the threat of getting a new manager that you just cannot get along with. Lots of hours for both, but great pay and benefits.
