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.
New CEO, new strategy. Hard to argue they aren’t moving in a better direction.
Back in the 90's I think their gas station brand was Heartland Pantry? I noticed some of the Fast and Fresh locations are now Pump & Pantry which is owned by Bosselman Enterprises. Stopped into one the other day and was not impressed with the hot food selection compared to what Hy-Vee offered.
Hy vee recently sold off all their stand alone fuel stations. Pump and pantry is a separate entity out of nebraska but it seems they will honor the fuel saver card.
Bonuses are withheld at a different rate but just taxed as income so depending on bracket, may have gotten a lot back.
Figured Menards would pay the bonus' with rebate checks good for in store purchases only.
I am confused by all the rebranding of their fuel stations over the years. Dubuque has had 3 Hy-Vee gas stations that I think over the last couple years all became "Hy-Vee Fast and Fresh". Are those safe from this Pump n Pantry takeover? I stopped into one the other day and was actually surprised at how clean it was, and the hot food selection was better than I remember at the traditional Hy- Vee Gas
Our locally owned gas stations are being ravaged by out of state barbarians. First they got kum&go now Hy-Vee....sad
At least now everything is one rebate form. Back in the day they would have individual rebate forms for every item. I HATED having to put out the new sale tags and rebate tags on Saturday nights. I do think it's pretty sh!tty how Menards has removed a lot of their sales and went all in on the rebate scam. It's actually pushed me to buy more stuff at Lowes and Home Depot.
