What sort of sh!t storm can I expect? I know Monday night we had 3x as much to stock and even with the store manager pitching in once he arrived and realized the freightpocalypse was upon us it took us 11 hrs to finish. Can only imagine the shelves will be wiped clean today.
Managers have been harping me about absolutely no OT and efficiency all week. Welp, they had nothing to say about staying to get it done to me when I went in last night. I left after 8 hours. The 12 pallets left is up to them to deal with.
I ordered lastnight and it will be Wednesdays truck. It was big due to forecasting. I tried to decrease it as much as possible. But, we have about 6-12 pallets left over from Tuesday nights truck. The main focus on Wednesday night should be bake and cooking stock that is stockpiled in the backroom and run a small truck.
They made a selfish decision that effects my crew without giving me a warning a few days ago. I will not stay over without their approval.
We have a HUGE GINORMOUS order that came in. Around 1200-2000 or so from what I'm told. I came in today and we are all putting stuff out on the shelves. We have all hands on deck. Manager said if we have time to condition, then we do that after. If not, oh well. Our priority is to get stuff onto the shelves as quickly and efficiently as possible. We actually have help from another store to help is out.
We're getting it done and even management is helping out. We have yet another load coming in today and luckily we have space for it. Load is around 1200-2000 pieces again. Going to get that out early tomorrow as well. By tomorrow midday we may be tapped out.
Last night, we had pallets left over from Monday, and a medium truck came in as well. Didn't finish breaking pallets down until after midnight. The usual mis-shipment confusions slowed us down. Day crew & nutrition did their usual stuff, which includes hiding customer returns on the wrong aisles, stacking random crap on top of and in front of the holiday stock, not replenishing, and not keeping up with spot conditioning during the day. Store manager "helped" by spreading one and two-wide facings to fill three or four wide unsightly gaps, one of his favorite tricks. Water was not thrown during the day as agreed, on the excuse that it hadn't come in, despite the, you know, PALLET WITH WATER on it in Receiving, big as life and right up front.
We had more traffic when I left than we see on a usual Sunday. Customers started showing up around five or so, needing help for those things they only buy once or twice a year. Their gratitude was more appreciation than I ever get from the store itself (except for the GM and his assistant, who work the nights with us, bless 'em.)
Conditioning was an absolute waste of time. Store was a wreck to start. I conditioned all night--and by the time we left, with 90 minutes overtime, the aisles were already going ragged under the pre-Thanksgiving onslaught. Customers were all but taking stock out of our hands. Should've had me stocking, with everyone conditioning their own aisles in the morning time permitting.
Many requests for Reynolds turkey oven bags. This amused me, because we got the bags in a day late last year, and they've been gathering dust ever since. Sold out a couple of days ago. Remembering last year, GM had ordered way in advance, to be delivered two weeks ago, but our shelf was still empty this morning due to some supply chain problem.
Last thing I did was to make a bale. The store manager waited until the hard work was done, then came back and wasted five minutes or so of his extremely valuable time helping me finish to get me off the clock. He loves being the highest paid worker at the lowliest tasks in the store. (Receiving clerk was much more useful; thanks D! Dock area was so badly cluttered he couldn't get the bale on the truck, had to put it out in the rain by the garbage. )
Usual holiday cheer.
-- Edited by The Conditioner on Wednesday 23rd of November 2016 03:29:45 PM
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We have a HUGE GINORMOUS order that came in. Around 1200-2000 or so from what I'm told. I came in today and we are all putting stuff out on the shelves. We have all hands on deck. Manager said if we have time to condition, then we do that after. If not, oh well. Our priority is to get stuff onto the shelves as quickly and efficiently as possible. We actually have help from another store to help is out. We're getting it done and even management is helping out. We have yet another load coming in today and luckily we have space for it. Load is around 1200-2000 pieces again. Going to get that out early tomorrow as well. By tomorrow midday we may be tapped out.
From original OP. A few hours after I posted that, the day manager texted what happened and whether or not I worked last night. The store manager was riding his ass.
We had 2600 cases for 9 people to deal with. (5 with less than 6 months). Fill key holiday items and condition. I was shorted 31.5 hours because they transferred my better worker and everyone needed to take an extra day off for the week. Wtf do you think happened?
Newbies freak out when they see that much stock. haha.
We have a HUGE GINORMOUS order that came in. Around 1200-2000 or so from what I'm told. I came in today and we are all putting stuff out on the shelves. We have all hands on deck. Manager said if we have time to condition, then we do that after. If not, oh well. Our priority is to get stuff onto the shelves as quickly and efficiently as possible. We actually have help from another store to help is out. We're getting it done and even management is helping out. We have yet another load coming in today and luckily we have space for it. Load is around 1200-2000 pieces again. Going to get that out early tomorrow as well. By tomorrow midday we may be tapped out.
From original Anonymous. A few hours after I posted that, the day manager texted what happened and whether or not I worked last night. The store manager was riding his ass.
We had 2600 cases for 9 people to deal with. (5 with less than 6 months). Fill key holiday items and condition. I was shorted 31.5 hours because they transferred my better worker and everyone needed to take an extra day off for the week. Wtf do you think happened?
Newbies freak out when they see that much stock. haha.
Forgot to mention the transfer doesn't look like a business decision. It looks more like a buddy transfer. The department manager is a buddy of the store manager. They had a chance to watch and cherry pick what they liked. Selfish move as far as I am concerned.
Heard last night we had 9 pallets of Peyton, with like 4-5 guys. Didn't even finish breaking them down until 5am. One guy left at 6 to take his wife to work and then came back. Nobody got out until like 12.
Heard last night we had 9 pallets of Peyton, with like 4-5 guys. Didn't even finish breaking them down until 5am. One guy left at 6 to take his wife to work and then came back. Nobody got out until like 12.
From original anonymous.
I am off tonight. I left 7 pallets(16 hours) yesterday. I have had my people texting me that there were two call ins and one no show. They are down to 4 people trying to do the work of 8. They suggested I come in anyway. Forget it.
