r/woolworths

Hi. So today was my first ever day calling in sick and well called the store and well I appreciate it can be a pain when someone calls in sick but the response I got was weird

Her first words were "oh your sick, well you were meant to start in 20 minutes so I can understand sickness but that's not good timing what was your original plan to wake up now and come to work"

Just left it as a 'nah I'm sick' and hung up

Kinda feel like putting notice in just due to the attitude of managers that do f all and this

I spent almost $40 on sandwich ingredients, nothing fancy, That’s more than an hours work pay (casual rate) for like 5 tuna sandwiches. No wonder people get sticky fingers.

I am certain that I have been placed as do not rehire by my past manager as I have now applied to about 6 different stores and my applications have been rejected only a few hours later without me even having done the ai chat interview.

Does anyone know the best way to get this revoked so I can be hired by a different store. I have called the people advisory line but as I am not a current team member I can’t actually get through to an advisor and am instead directed to fill out a query form which I have done. Is there another way to get through to an advisor or support to get this revoked? Or is this unable to be revoked? Do I need to contact my old store directly?

EDIT: for all the people asking why I even want to go back. I liked the job and I’m already trained and they already have my info. And yes I have applied for other jobs at other companies.

Hi everyone,

This happened a while ago but I've only had the chance to enquire about it now.

A couple friends of mine noticed that the wheelchair accessible trolleys were locked away. No problem, they requested one and used it in store.

When they tried to leave the store to bring the groceries to the car, one of the workers refused to let them leave with the trolley and they were told it needed to stay at the store.

After a long line of conversation and an argument they ended up allowing my friends to take the groceries to the car using the trolley, only if the trolley was brought all the way back to the store.

My questions are:

Has anyone had a similar experience?

Is this actual Woolworths policy or just a misinformed worker on a power trip?

I tried calling the "Instore queries line" with no response. Is there a better place to enquire/complain about this event?