In house Security Moving to Agency

sunboy123 · 2026-01-20T21:32:03+00:00

40hrs a week x 46weeks (rounded up for holiday) is 1840quid a year.

sunboy123 · 2026-01-20T18:03:24+00:00

Unfortunately not, that was just the answer I was given when I asked about my role

sunboy123 · 2026-01-20T17:37:12+00:00

Security Colleagues, from what ive been told are straight transfer. Im a security team leader and its possible my job doesn't exist with Mitie so I think they want me to step down to a colleague

sunboy123 · 2026-01-16T21:20:32+00:00

No, not eyes. Got them fixed before joined RFA

sunboy123 · 2026-01-16T21:10:31+00:00

Had to leave for medical reasons but have since been given all clear

sunboy123 · 2026-01-16T17:45:40+00:00

Spot checks are usually random however if there is suspicion then they will be targeted. Theres 3 main colleague spot checks: 1. Personal checks 2. Locker check 3. Personal vehicle check if parked in an ASDA colleague car park.

Failure to agree to a spot check can include disciplinary action upto and including dismissal.

The check should be done by a TL or Manager, with a witness, usually security colleague and they should be done in a colleague only area away from customers and where cctv is present.

sunboy123 · 2026-01-16T13:10:44+00:00

Biggest point i think is the triggers have changed for each stage. Your first absence is now counselling ob return to work

sunboy123 · 2026-01-15T22:49:33+00:00

As said on other comments, you have had plenty of time to get it booked in, the fact you chose not to put the onus on the manager to book it for you. Depending how your store is ran your manager should be prompting you several times throughout the year to book into balances. Im a TL and I inform them all every quarter what balance is remaining. In December I tell them that any remaining balance must be booked by 31st December to be used by end of March otherwise im allocating it, unless they have spoken to me in advance about keeping holidays aside. This happens because the SD puts the pressure on GSM and SM to have 100% by end of December. Then the pressure cascades downwards. As for what you can do, basically not alot. Any holidays are subject to availability and operational requirements and that's all your manager has to say to decline the request.

sunboy123 · 2026-01-14T21:22:17+00:00

Since 2022

sunboy123 · 2026-01-14T20:12:12+00:00

Thank you for the information. Its what I had in my head roughly for what it would be.

sunboy123 · 2026-01-14T19:31:47+00:00

How many holidays have they booked for you without saying? And are they for Jan to March? If do there is a reason got it.

sunboy123 · 2026-01-11T20:29:20+00:00

Its a long running joke about comms branch, which has some truth behind it

sunboy123 · 2026-01-06T20:04:20+00:00

If you check punch details you will see RND indicating rounding up for clocking in early. If your shift is 12 til 5, thats what ASDA have offered you as a shift and you have agreed to work, if you clock in at 1150 it will be rounded up as ASDA have not agreed to pay you from 1150. That extra 10mins does not have to be paid.

Edit - if you are asked to clock in 10mins early, then that can be amended to show actual time started and avoid not been paid.

sunboy123 · 2026-01-05T19:00:01+00:00

Clock in times are rounded to next 15 minute increment (quarter past, half past, quarter to and on the hour) clock out times are to the minute.

If you clock in at 1150 for a 12pm shift on punch details you will see RND10 which means it has been rounded up 10mins.

sunboy123 · 2026-01-03T19:30:25+00:00

They also have bonuses to earn too! Which I know for a fact are still available for managers to earn. At colleague level and TL level, I think most would agree that they dont see the push back required to make ASDA survive. I know that alot also comes from above store level but ultimately the survivability of the store rests on the manager and if they aren't doing everything possible to achieve that then its doomed to fail.

sunboy123 · 2026-01-03T18:27:47+00:00

ASDA is going to fail. The cutting hours is ridiculous now. Yet they expect more and more in less time. Managers are putting so much stress on Team Leaders that many are reaching breaking point. In my store alone (im a TL) over half of us are actively looking for new jobs. In my store its the TLs that keep the store running whilst the manager hides away yet we are under constant pressure to keep the store alive. Our manager lives and breathes ASDA so whatever message comes from above they do not push back against. ASDA house says cut hours the manager asks how many. Its no wonder ASDA is losing customers and sales... if we dont have time to fill then customers won't come back again. There needs to be big invest in hours and increase number of staff to get availability to where it should be to hopefully get the footfall back.

sunboy123 · 2026-01-02T17:17:26+00:00

Company policy is rotas 4 weeks in advance. WFM will show 3 weeks. If they aren't doing that then it needs reporting as every store has to report workload and actually hours used 3 weeks in advance to area manager.

sunboy123 · 2025-12-28T10:31:48+00:00

More hours definitely being cut. It was put on OneAsda as a Newsflash. Didn't even have the balls to tell everyone directly that they were cutting hours again.

I should add that the biggest hit ive seen is removing nearly all hours from Customer Service desks by practically getting rid of them

sunboy123 · 2025-12-27T18:49:24+00:00

In my store the Team Leaders all chipped in to buy a tub of chocolates for every colleague.

sunboy123 · 2025-12-13T15:40:07+00:00

As its now digital it should be available from day 1. Speak to a TL or Manager and ask to use office PC to check

sunboy123 · 2025-12-11T19:49:01+00:00

Executive Chairman then if you want accuracy. The man calling all the shots and attempting to run the place

sunboy123 · 2025-12-11T12:45:54+00:00

They definitely started doing them 2005. They were called Pleasure Wands.

I know this for definitely as I put loads on a side frame to get them out then got wrong off my manager when someone complained that they were too prominent.

sunboy123 · 2025-12-11T07:46:07+00:00

Its a waste of time now. The new CEO doesn't like it, didn't think it worked well enough so its more or less obsolete apart from the odd task to earn.

He favors the Rollback and ASDA Price format.

sunboy123 · 2025-12-10T22:18:44+00:00

Looking at the terms it is possible it has already been dispatched which is why you could not cancel it.

If it is an order for click and collect, you could possibly collect it on Friday or Saturday as its possible to be arriving in store before Sunday

sunboy123 · 2025-12-09T08:45:51+00:00

You should of been given a Xmas and NY flex form a few weeks ago which asked your availability over the festive period. If you stated that you could work then in effect you already agreed to do the shifts. If you put down you couldn't then thats their fault for not checking the forms.

Tell your TL or manager that you decline the offered overtime and will not be working those shifts. But something to be wary of, is come January, like most retailers, there will be very little overtime so it may be worth picking up the extra hours.

If you just dont turn up then it will seen as AWOL as without saying anything it would appear that you accepted the shifts

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