r/coles

I work part-time at Coles and usually work 30+ hours a week. I asked for a week of annual leave before Christmas period, but my manager said it might be difficult because of staffing. I’ve said I’m flexible with which week I take off, but it still seems like it’ll be an issue.
I’ve also been sick multiple times and felt pressured to work because they couldn’t find anyone to cover my shifts. Now I’ve had an extra shift added to my roster on a day off without agreeing to it.
Can they refuse annual leave because of staffing, even when I’m flexible with dates? And can they add shifts to my roster without my agreement?
Just looking for advice from anyone familiar with the Coles Enterprise Agreement or who’s been in a similar situation. Thanks!

hello all! :-)
i’m a front-end worker, but i honestly very rarely shop at woolies. so i’m a little removed from the supermarket experience.
i LOVE my job (though i cannot claim to love the company i work for…) and i pride myself on my customer service skills - i had 5 compliments on my bag packing today, not to brag ;).
however, i’m always looking for ways to improve. so i want to know — specific to woolies — what do you guys want from employees, especially on the registers and self-checkouts? what do we do that sucks, and what do we do that’s great? what else can i do to help?
i hope i’m not sounding like a manager doing undercover research, i’m really just interested in making the days of my customers, and making grocery shopping a better experience overall.
thank you!!

I always thought you could but was made to buy something

I can guess what happened 🤣 but was curious if anyone actually knew.

well here’s the disclaimer before I start, please don’t injure yourself at work ok.

I did just that like two months ago, and oh my god.

How hard is it to communicate with each other.

I’m neurodivergent as hell and its actually destroying me inside that the gp that they’ve sent me to is hopeless and does her own thing, and my physio is sending reports but like are people reading them? There’s multiple coles health and wellbeing people involved as well, and I’ve only talked to one of them once who was nice about the whole thing. But…can you all talk to each other?!

Im angry that im still quite injured and literally everyone is like “but why are you still injured?” and people aren’t taking me seriously.

The whole process has done some pretty massive damage to my mental health, like I’m just so much more depressed and anxious about literally everything.

So yeah. Why does nobody talk to each other, when it comes to workcover? I’m sick of being the only person who knows what’s going on (even then, only just 🫠)

Hey guys this might be a silly question but , if I loose my discount card can I get a new one?? Or do I lose my privileges 😭