this might cause some fights but it also might open peoples' eyes to the work that others do. In my opinion the fuel station have the easiest jobs on the planet, they get to sit in the ac or heat and read, eat or whatever. any other thoughts on the easiest jobs?
Have been in a few stores where they just have one or two people ( at least one over night) where all they do is walk the store and condition the ilses. And then there are a few times where the store manager will create and have ( no officail classification or position for them) a greeter to just stand at the door and greet people and hope no one walks out the door with anything.
i've worked fuel station and night crew stocking, fuel is the easiest by far. i would think working in the liquor store would be easy but boring. night crew stocking is very physical conditioning the isles is very boring. the store i work in does over a million every week
Probably the self scan person. I mean, how hard is a job when you can move around and talk to whomever you want too all day? Nobody actually stays at the podium like they should. They'll just wander off to Lala Land.
Probably the self scan person. I mean, how hard is a job when you can move around and talk to whomever you want too all day? Nobody actually stays at the podium like they should. They'll just wander off to Lala Land.
Depending on the number of robots you could run into trouble if you stand around and talk all day. UScan operators should be the engaged with customers, but they shouldn't be talking the whole time to one person.
UScan operators can let lots of unpaid merchandise out of the store. If they don't know what they are doing.
uscan is supposed to walk around the robots and engage with people, NOT stand at the podium and stare at the screen lol my manager (who doesn't even know how to ring) yelled at me for being at the podium even when i was doing something i could only do there.
Probably the self scan person. I mean, how hard is a job when you can move around and talk to whomever you want too all day? Nobody actually stays at the podium like they should. They'll just wander off to Lala Land.
Depending on the number of robots you could run into trouble if you stand around and talk all day. UScan operators should be the engaged with customers, but they shouldn't be talking the whole time to one person.
UScan operators can let lots of unpaid merchandise out of the store. If they don't know what they are doing.
Easiest job is totally receiving.
Sir, come to my store at 6 am and let me show you what receiving entails. If you have never done it you have no idea. First of all it's 6AM, yeah before the sun is up and you have to be ready to go 100% when you clock in. GOtta do a shelf review first thing and there are always one or two vendors waiting on you as well as the first morning truck. once the vendors are taken care of, you have to unload (sometimes alone) the truck. First thing is the bread, which is not by any means light!!!. Once that's done you've gotta start walking from the trailer to produce (maybe 5 or 6 times) then to meat (4 or 5 times) then alll the way down to dairy and frozen (figure at least 5 trips each) SO, I've walked a couple miles before you've even woke up. I also have to deal with the carts of backstock that the night conditioners have left, managers asking for things, tie the bale, sweep, moniter what the vendors are bringing in and taking out (keep them from stealing...HELLO big deal here, these things happen!! I welcome you folks to experience a day in the receiver's shoes....I love the job but it is certainly not the easiest job in the store, anyone in front end really don't have a lot of hard physical labor, same with floral, although they usually don't have a lot of help (except at our store where they get more help than the dairy does) hurr durr someone doesn't make good use of hours
Dude, set some back door hours like 8-12, it's part of key retailing. Our trucks come at night our amazing night crew takes care of perishable trucks by putting them in dairy or meat department.
I've worked every where and receiving is the easiest job in the whole store.
Dude, set some back door hours like 8-12, it's part of key retailing. Our trucks come at night our amazing night crew takes care of perishable trucks by putting them in dairy or meat department.
I've worked every where and receiving is the easiest job in the whole store.
I am not going to say that is the easiest or most difficult job, but the night crew unloads all our trucks as they come in at night. And as far as non perishable trucks go , they come in after our back room clerk leaves. Do not recall more that a handful of times that they have to unload a truck each month.
O yes and they do not make the bales at out store. every one else does.
Obviously the answer to this varies greatly from store-to-store depending on how things are done, the manner in which workload is distrubited and how well others pull their weight.
In my store at least, 3rd shift U-Scan and 1st shift floor cleaning are by far the easiest gigs. Both require 90 minutes to 2 hours of actual work and then 6 of sitting around or doing menial tasks to waste time. Oh, and sleeping. I would love to get paid to sleep half of my shift away in the lobby with a U-Scan remote...
There is a lot to recieving and No, it is not an easy job IF it is done right and I beg to differ...our trucks ALL come during the day, Payton, Perishables, Grocery...yep, all of them. The back door is responsalbe for a lot of money...inventory coming in and charges being correct...dude...how do you think YOU get paid? This **** aint free...HELLO! and getting things placed correctly, sacked correctly, bales made, the list goes on and on...so on and so forth. Recieving is also probably the most dangerous job in the store as well...how we all learned that this year! A lot of movement back there, a lot of people and powered equipment. Our Reciever is also assigned to other duties in Grocery. Lighten up and walk a day in someone elses shoes...you might be surprised.
For those of you that think the U- scan person is suppose to stay at the 'podium'..They aren't suppose to, if they are standing there, they are not doing the job. According to company policy. They are suppose to walk around, greet , assist, and guide the customers through the process making sure that everything runs smoothly, up to 4 check- outs at a time! Major Multi tasking!!
There is a lot to recieving and No, it is not an easy job IF it is done right and I beg to differ...our trucks ALL come during the day, Payton, Perishables, Grocery...yep, all of them. The back door is responsalbe for a lot of money...inventory coming in and charges being correct...dude...how do you think YOU get paid? This **** aint free...HELLO! and getting things placed correctly, sacked correctly, bales made, the list goes on and on...so on and so forth. Recieving is also probably the most dangerous job in the store as well...how we all learned that this year! A lot of movement back there, a lot of people and powered equipment. Our Reciever is also assigned to other duties in Grocery. Lighten up and walk a day in someone elses shoes...you might be surprised.
Thank you!! finally someone that understands! a lot of people see me sitting in the chair with a gun and think that's all I do, but they're wrong! Having to get up early will make you need to sit down occasionally and why not sit when the job can be done either sitting or standing?
If it weren't for the backdoor receiver, the dock and backroom would be a mess because a lot of people don't want to tie the bale, or clean, sweep, etc. On my day off, they let it become a war zone, and the next day I return it's a lot of emptying trashcans, sweeping, baling cardboard all this on top of my job.
You said it perfectly, walk a day in someone elses shoes!!
our uscan people are great! they are doing a lot of work! 4 lanes at once with that little handheld constantly buzzing.. Now one thing I will say about our uscan people is that they aren't nearly as attractive as the girl on the screen, but hey, they get the job done anyway lol.
yeah,night stockers and fuel got it pretty easy. produce too.
ok not to get pissy here but ive worked almost everywere in the store but Pruduce has always been number 1. and ill tell you Produce isnt as easy as you think if you think so come back to produce and work for a while, isee people come and go as fast as they came in. Do to the physical strain unloading and breaking down trucks also the famous 'its to cold and wet to work back here" the easiest I wold have to say from experiance is the Fuel Center that place puts me to sleep.
To be honest, each position is as easy as you make it. The employee can decide, and not decide, to work hard at his/her job. Take bagging. Some hide and sleep in the Recycle Center all day, others bag on each register, clean up poop in the bathrooms, and do carts all day. The disparity of work quality is quantitive in each area of the store. When the buck stops, someone must get the work done, and such an employee is the one who works the hardest.
Sanitation. Easy as it is hard for others to keep track of everything you do. Hardest job is anything that requires being in the front all the time. (Sacking, Cashiers, Customer Service, and etc)
i just switched from night shift stocking to bistro. i need to work with customers. it makes the time go by a lilttle quicker. the only thing is i lost my dollar premium because im switching from 3rd to 2nd. but i still am making pretty good money, i havent started my new position yet.. i will in a few days. i appreciate all your comments. its very helpful! <3
it is hard, but i think the fact that my managers had it out for me..is what made it difficult for me. and broke the camels back.
good pay tho. i tried so hard to stick it out for the money. I worked there for 2 weeks. I just quit yesterday.. lol
such a relief but at the same time im disappointed that i couldnt tough it out.
but there are also alot of circumstances behind of this. personal things.
my store they dont have many night stockers. everyone usually quits the first night.
Our Uscan we have the podium behind the Service Desk so the Uscan attendant is "forced" to be out front with custys as they are also the Floor Supervisor who takes care of cashiers n UCs n such. We have no remote, lol have to do everything from the robot. Even if I told you Utility is easy sometimes, it's not a cakewalk by any means. And for those who say Receiving is easy. We have ONE Receiver and they are it! It doesn't help that they are only in during first shift. It is not easy by any means when you have several different people who want your attention all at once.
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Chances are, if you see someone in your store that appears to have "the easy job" then odds are that person is only doing the bare minimum (or not event that!) and isn't performing all the tasks that his or her position entails. Alternatively, that person may simply just be damn good at what he or she does and make it look like it's the easiest job in the store. Our DSD Receiver, for example, is an absolute pro at her job and routinely gets praised by district managers and coordinators and is known for having the most efficient and best looking receiving area in the district. She makes it look easy, but that's because she's got it all down and she doesn't take **** from anyone. She makes everyone follow procedures and Key Retailing and whatnot, and forces people to take responsibility when they are back there. So her job may look easy, but by no means is it!
Cart pushing is probably the easiest job. I see a lot of them just walking around the lot and waiting for customers to be done with their carts.
As someone that routinely gets pulled by management to help bail out the front end with things like carts, I disagree. Yes, it may be easy for the courtesy clerks that slack off and don't do their jobs, but for the rest of us that get called to do cart round-ups, it's not exactly a "break" from the hard work inside the store! Clearing overflowing corral after overflowing corral in the summer heat where temperatures often hit 100 here and in a busy parking lot where people in and out of cars alike care not that you're pushing in a long line of carts is not the simplest task in the world!
Oh, and I need I mention having to contend with the nasty messes that some of the disgusting pigs that shop at Kroger tend to leave behind in the shopping carts? How I wish Kroger used the same system that Aldi does where you have to return your cart to the store to retrieve your quarter and that would be at least one less thing the front end could bother those of us that work in other parts of the store about!
Cart pushing is probably the easiest job. I see a lot of them just walking around the lot and waiting for customers to be done with their carts.
As someone that routinely gets pulled by management to help bail out the front end with things like carts, I disagree. Yes, it may be easy for the courtesy clerks that slack off and don't do their jobs, but for the rest of us that get called to do cart round-ups, it's not exactly a "break" from the hard work inside the store! Clearing overflowing corral after overflowing corral in the summer heat where temperatures often hit 100 here and in a busy parking lot where people in and out of cars alike care not that you're pushing in a long line of carts is not the simplest task in the world!
Oh, and I need I mention having to contend with the nasty messes that some of the disgusting pigs that shop at Kroger tend to leave behind in the shopping carts? How I wish Kroger used the same system that Aldi does where you have to return your cart to the store to retrieve your quarter and that would be at least one less thing the front end could bother those of us that work in other parts of the store about!
I've pushed carts for a couple months and the early morning and late afternoon/night times was the easiest job I've ever done. There were so little carts to push that I hid in the bottle recycling room and read a newspaper from the front end.
UScan operators should be the engaged with customers, but they shouldn't be talking the whole time to one person.
