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I've worked in my store for less than a year. Was promoted to Grocery backup last week.  I'm the 5th one since I've started there. Our problem is we can get enough help.  We have 4 to 5 people stocking. KMP nights are the worst.  Absolute hell.  And our backstock is out of control. Hard to do the job without the proper amount of people. 



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The fact that there were four others before you in less than a year should have told you to stay away from the job.  But like everybody else, you probably thought you could do better.



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Sounds like my store. Part timers are working 40 hours+ a week no off days. its hell.  

 



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We have 4 people expected to run 1800+....

Our part time guy maxed out...

No vacays...

Anyone calls in we stay til noon.

But god forbid you leave on time.

 

I just started.

**** is a cluster ****.

 

And nobody appreciates that we do it right.

 

Our backstock is organized, slow movers clean, and the backroom open.

We do our **** right and were fast.

But the expectation is too high, and the hours too long.

Last week I had almost 60 hours.

By the last day working between 10 and 12 on top of a family...I was physically and mentally drained.

Hands weak, falling asleep standing up, but by 9:30...I had to call it a day. 

And for me to get to that point means something.

But when I said I was leaving...

I get yelled at, and shooed. 

 

I'm about to take my service elsewere.

I work buddy.

Always have. And its always been appreciated.

Til now 

I'm loyal, and can unite a crew, and keep things positive and do.

We ourselves have mojo.

And its all we can take from it.

 

Corporation breaths down necks and theyre afraid.

...everyone is.

 

Is this why its so unreasonable. People to afraid to bring up concerns and be real.

I did.

They didnt like that.

If wasnt improper either. Just communication. 

I feel like were scape goats, and workhorses.

 

 

 

 



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Our store overnight grocery is something like this:

Four or five people expected to work 1200-2000 case trucks four days each week (Our KMP and Grocery come in at the same time)

Only about half of the trucks are worked at best, leaving day grocery to finish the rest 

Store management forcing anyone they can possibly get away with to work overnights to make up for the slack (Even our receiver!)

Said people leaving because they do not want to make up for overnight's slack, resulting in even less grocery people overall

Meanwhile the backroom just keeps filling up with more and more product, eventually getting to the point where customers are massively upset we have no product out

This makes the Division management force the Union to allow managers to stock, something they are not legally able to do according to our contract

The overnight grocery allow this, obviously, because they don't want to work harder - why would they? They never get written up at all!

After all of this, the backroom is still a disaster, so store management once again pulls whoever they want to stock...

The cycle just repeats over and over again, even with new store managers.



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