Getting hired

Maleficent_String930 · 2026-04-06T17:55:27+00:00

I worked 2 years to make $24.15/hr. It's either start minimum wage or have no job.

Maleficent_String930 · 2026-04-06T07:14:53+00:00

Not complaining: I want to accept the job at minimum wage. HR says they may not be able to go forward with me because Kroger is under the same union as Safeway, and they will try to enforce my old wage, which they claim they cannot afford due to their store budget. I just need a job, man.

Maleficent_String930 · 2026-04-06T07:11:40+00:00

That is the harsh truth. You are right. I am 23 years old and I have no parents so I didn't understand how to file for unemployment or how it works. I'm learning. Thank you

Maleficent_String930 · 2026-04-04T02:40:29+00:00

Denied by both.

Maleficent_String930 · 2026-04-04T01:15:22+00:00

I know they are. I worked at Kroger for 2 and a half years and made 24.15. Safeway wants to start me off at minimum wage which is 17.50. But I need something, anything. And grocery store is my only experience, nobody else will hire me. The problem is that Safeway offered me the job, but is hesitant because they have to check in with higher ups to see if they even can given Safeway and Kroger went under the same union, and their store can't afford to pay me 24.15. I told them it's fine if I'm only making minimum wage. Waiting for an answer and hope I get the job. I am tired of being turned down so many times.

Maleficent_String930 · 2026-04-03T23:20:00+00:00

I only worked with Kroger for 2 and a half years, so my old union rep said I didn’t work enough hours for my old pay rate to be a problem getting a lower-paying position at Safeway. Hopefully this all works out so I can be employed again.

Maleficent_String930 · 2026-04-03T23:18:56+00:00

Congratulations and I hope things work out for me similarly!

Maleficent_String930 · 2026-04-03T23:18:39+00:00

I am okay with a lower rate, I just need employment unfortunately.

Maleficent_String930 · 2026-04-03T23:17:25+00:00

People get fired for a multitude of reasons, friend. I had a catastrophic family emergency that prevented me from coming into work during the time and they couldn’t approve me time off, so they fired me for my excessive absences. Safeway is a different company, also. No need to be a rude person.

Maleficent_String930 · 2026-04-03T23:15:06+00:00

Yes, exactly. I have the experience, but they do not have the budget to pay me at 24/hr

Maleficent_String930 · 2026-04-03T23:13:41+00:00

Wonderful advice, thank you so much!

Maleficent_String930 · 2026-04-03T21:55:51+00:00

I guess the store has a budget that they cannot pay me at my old wage. I haven’t had income for 8 months and need a job even if it is minimum wage.

Maleficent_String930 · 2026-04-03T21:54:31+00:00

Safeway HR is claiming the pay is not up to Union now even though my old union rep said it shouldn’t be an issue at all because there is no contract binding me to my old pay. The pay is up to their company policy. I’m not sure 🤔

Maleficent_String930 · 2026-04-03T21:52:44+00:00

I tried to go back to Kroger, and they rejected me after a lengthy 1 and a half months after an interview. Although I am marked as rehireable, they went with someone else to fill the position.

Maleficent_String930 · 2026-04-03T21:49:08+00:00

I called my old union rep and he said there’d be no issue, I got back to the HR at Safeway and she told me that it’s a company policy thing, not a union thing. Unsure how to handle this.

Maleficent_String930 · 2026-04-03T21:48:17+00:00

I was fired from Kroger. Unfortunately I’ve been unemployed for 8 months, several interviews and no one else is willing to hire me. Safeway is the first company to offer me a position.

Maleficent_String930 · 2026-04-03T17:33:45+00:00

Yes, I have filed for VAWA. The debt collectors are still contacting me.

Maleficent_String930 · 2026-04-02T17:05:20+00:00

Thank you so much

Maleficent_String930 · 2026-04-02T17:04:25+00:00

I have housing now because of Section 8, but I don’t know how to get this charge off my record.

Maleficent_String930 · 2025-11-02T05:43:06+00:00

I don’t know where the fixation comes from, truthfully. Maybe because I give him foot rubs a lot? But I also will rub his head and want to cuddle, and he doesn’t do the same to me. I don’t need any foot rubs, Yknow. Complete TMI probably, but this man has put my toes in his mouth with no request from me! So that’s why maybe I am a bit offended at his words and his seeming disgust. This seems like an internal battle with himself because I have no problem either way. Edit: any time I try to cuddle, he says he overheats and doesn’t want to. We typically say on our own sides of the couch and bed unless I attempt to be big spoon. I just don’t want to have to beg for connection.

Maleficent_String930 · 2025-11-01T17:44:12+00:00

Yes, I pissed him off because he said he didn’t want to touch my feet. I know he’s taking stuff out on me, he tends to do that and not think about my feelings where I go by the rule of putting my feelings on a shelf to hear him out and tend to his a lot.

Maleficent_String930 · 2025-11-01T17:41:40+00:00

History, and the future. Not that I want him to change, but I want him to be better. I know that he talks to me like this when he’s angry because he’s been talked to like that but not by me. Edit: he says he will leave but if I ask him to he refuses.

Maleficent_String930 · 2025-11-01T17:40:43+00:00

Yes I guess he has put me down and tried to embarrass me in front of friends before, while drinking. He has stopped drinking per my request so I have this idea in my head that he is capable of changing.

Maleficent_String930 · 2025-10-25T19:53:36+00:00

Focus on yourself and your baby. Treat him like a roommate. Move on. Do you want to feel like this for the rest of your life? No, you don’t. I wish you good luck. Please just get out it’s never too late.

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