Asda Screwed Over Equal Pay

[SueEllen]

I've worked in both environments and the judge hasn't a clue. Sitting at a till scanning/weighing products and having a polite chat with the customers was far easier and less dangerous than manhandling boxes and pallets in a warehouse. That's without considering the FLT/reach truck qualifications required for those workers, which add value. Clueless, unless the judge wants to drop down to the salary of the court clerk because they're all part of the same production line? Didn't think so.

You are aware in most supermarkets staff do more than just man the checkouts? How do you think the shelves get filled?

[Paralytic]

You are aware in most supermarkets staff do more than just man the checkouts? How do you think the shelves get filled?

I always like to think the supermarket pixies do it overnight.

[northernladuk]

I've worked in both environments and the judge hasn't a clue. Sitting at a till scanning/weighing products and having a polite chat with the customers was far easier and less dangerous than manhandling boxes and pallets in a warehouse. That's without considering the FLT/reach truck qualifications required for those workers, which add value. Clueless, unless the judge wants to drop down to the salary of the court clerk because they're all part of the same production line? Didn't think so.

That was exactly my thoughts and was just reading to the end before I posted so glad you did. Ask these people (mainly women) on check out if they want to do a shift in the chilled section where it's so cold you are only allowed in for an hour a time, they have to watch for trucks constantly, do the same job in the summer/winter in a warehouse etc... They'd be glad they are sitting scanning away chatting about the weather then.

The two jobs are just not equal. That said... If there roles that can be judged as equal that aren't equal pay then damn right they should be the same, but there aren't many between a store and a distribution site.

[northernladuk]

You are aware in most supermarkets staff do more than just man the checkouts? How do you think the shelves get filled?

I thought that's why he have students?

[Paralytic]

If Asda wanted to go ballistic, they could simply merge the front line and distribution centre roles into a single role, and then deploy the current front line staff to the distribution centre (after training).

It'd cost them hugely (in bad PR, people resigning, impact to business, efficiency of processes etc) but would, I suspect, prove a point.

[BolshieBastard]

Who cares? Highlight of my week whizzing round Asda with the scan and go phaser gun thingy! Pisses me off an assistant has to 'unlock' your alcohol purchases though.

[SueEllen]

I thought that's why he have students?

In the Metros type stores, Lidl and Aldi the shop floor staff do all jobs.

So they unload the deliveries, stack the shelves and man the checkouts. In Lidl and Aldi they are suppose to do the cleaning as well.

[d000hg]

If Asda wanted to go ballistic, they could simply merge the front line and distribution centre roles into a single role, and then deploy the current front line staff to the distribution centre (after training).

It'd cost them hugely (in bad PR, people resigning, impact to business, efficiency of processes etc) but would, I suspect, prove a point.

What point? Surely they should put the warehouse guys on the tills if that's the case.

[SueEllen]

If Asda wanted to go ballistic, they could simply merge the front line and distribution centre roles into a single role, and then deploy the current front line staff to the distribution centre (after training).

It'd cost them hugely (in bad PR, people resigning, impact to business, efficiency of processes etc) but would, I suspect, prove a point.

I suspect they would be pleasantly surprised.

Was listening to a phone in and women phoned in who had done both types of work. At the moment due to Covid the preference is not to work anywhere near the public.

[d000hg]

I've worked in both environments and the judge hasn't a clue. Sitting at a till scanning/weighing products and having a polite chat with the customers was far easier and less dangerous than manhandling boxes and pallets in a warehouse. That's without considering the FLT/reach truck qualifications required for those workers, which add value. Clueless, unless the judge wants to drop down to the salary of the court clerk because they're all part of the same production line? Didn't think so.

You don't get paid based on how hard you have to work. In fact physically gruelling jobs pay less.
Someone running a forklift is a skilled worker, etc, but just lugging stuff about on pallet loaders all day is just labouring.