I woke overnight as a stocker...Recently our night groc manager transfered to another store..we now have a new groc manager and hes not walking the store..he allows CAO to order.. now our backroom is packed with backstock... ok the co manager is threatening to write the whole night crew up if we dont get this and that done..not only that but we have co workers that are not doing their part.. we are assigned aisle every night..well 2 of my coworkers need help every morning thats y we are in there late...i understand teamwork but all of us has been there long enough to know what to do...im yhe only female on the crew and i kill myself every night to get the job done... if i do get wrote up i will file greivance on whoever wrote me up....
Co-Manager can't write anyone up. He can potentially start the paperwork in which the store manager can sign off on, but won't. Considering how hard it is to replace night stock employee's because its hard to keep those who don't quit after 3 months. I've been night stock for 6 years and i've probably been threatened with a write up 100 times from not doing enough backstock to putting a pallet on the rack in the wrong place.
When it comes to backstop overflow, it's not the over night clerk's problem. Ultimately, whatever happens its the grocery managers fault. If he's letting the computer order and not walking the store, chances are that guy's gonna be gone pretty quick. Don't let your higher ups threaten you, in reality unless its a serious rule violation, they can't do anything but threaten you. If your throwing 40-50 pieces an hour and keeping up on your backstock you're already better than most stockers, and a good store manager wouldn't dare jeopardize that.
I've never been wrote up for not doing enough work on night crew in the last 6 years.
My night manager did throw a tantrum one morning and said me and the new guy can explain to the store manager why we didn't get all our work done. We had about another hours worth of work and he told us to gtfo that morning. He wrote down how many cases were in the aisles to run that night but neglected to count the first aisle which is a heavy aisle.
What he didn't know is I counted the cases that day too. TSG allowed us a certain amount of time to properly condition the aisles. I have each aisle divided according to that. And expects our goal to throw cases to be 60 an hour. I wrote down everything we did that morning and accounted for every specific minute. The store manager would not speak to me without the day grocery manager present.. I gave that list to the store manager. They both saw nothing wrong with what we did that night. They did want to know what the other two people were doing that night tho. I would not say what I think they do all night. My opinion is they can check camera footage and find out for themselves. The next day he worked with us, the first thing the night manager did was apologize to us for throwing a tantrum. He never ever apologizes ever.
I can throw 80 cases an hour if I have a good workflow. I did throw 108 cases in an hour in the cereal aisle a few weeks ago. I was feeling good that day. I can normally average 60 cases an hour without breaking a sweat.
I work with slow or new people and am constantly picking up their slack so I get lots of practice hussling stock onto shelves. It's not rocket science.
My question is about allowing CAO to order. I am in charge on Sunday nights and am the back-up when my manager goes on vacation. I usually glance at the order and then walk thru the store to do the order review. Occasionally, I will find items we do not need. I try to only add items we will need within the next two days. I keep getting big orders with no one to run it!! I am in charge of 3 people that work like 1 1/2 people and then one of them wants to call in. 2 are new but the 3rd has no excuse. I do not have time to run stock because of everything else I need to do but usually run 30% of it. I like the ratrace but sometimes get tired of it..
I do not have 15-30 minutes to look over the CAO order and unorder everything we do not need. It does help me find the negative BOHs tho. It also doesn't help that shippers have been in the backroom for over a month so I do not order those items hoping someone on days will replenish the shelves with those. When I finally give up and order the shipper holes, someone decides to run all the shippers!! If I ever do have time, what am I looking for? Our backstock is overflowing with sales items that didn't go over well. The backstock we get from my orders are items I did not order.
Anyone have practical suggestions for how to order? My thought is CAO is only supposed to order items we need. I only add items that sell like hotcakes. Our new truck sits on the dock for a day while we run the previous days truck, so I have to order 2 days ahead of time.
I can throw 80 cases an hour if I have a good workflow. I did throw 108 cases in an hour in the cereal aisle a few weeks ago. I was feeling good that day. I can normally average 60 cases an hour without breaking a sweat.
OK, I embellished the story a little. I work for Kroger and am allowed to do that occasionally!
The cereal aisle is cereal, oatmeal, granola bars, pancake mix and syrup, pudding cups, applesauce packs, peanut butter, and Capri Sun juice packs.
TSG gave me an hour to properly condition that aisle. There were 108 cases. 21 cereal, 25 oatmeal and granola bars, 29 Capri sun and 33 of everything else. I can condition the aisle quicker than 60 minutes. I started at 4:59am and finished conditioning and running the stock at 6:57am. As far as I am concerned, I ran 108 cases. Per my night manager, we are to run and condition at a rate of 40 cases an hour. I had 42 minutes to spare per his numbers!
One morning, we finished the night truck in our 8 hour shift. But had 6 Lcarts(half their truck) left over from day crew. A lot of holes on those Lcarts and no one there to run it that day. So, I volunteered to stay over and get er done. It took me 4 hours to run 240 cases and help 5 customers. In that time, I filled 10 holes and 12 potential holes if the Lcarts did not get ran.
my point in saying that im the only female is that i come in there n out work all the guys on the crew... any given night i work at least 3 to 4 aisles compared to their 2... so y should i be written up for something they doing... all my assignments are complete every night... my point is am a WOMAN n i can out work these grown men....
My advise is to NOT sign anything. They should look on camera to see what is being done at night. There is NO reason why you should accept ANY write up for those who cannot work efficiently.
my point in saying that im the only female is that i come in there n out work all the guys on the crew... any given night i work at least 3 to 4 aisles compared to their 2... so y should i be written up for something they doing... all my assignments are complete every night... my point is am a WOMAN n i can out work these grown men....
Wait for the write-up and grieve it at that time. Be prepared to show what you have been doing during the write-up period. Some aisles are easy and quick while others are time consuming so saying you did 3 to 4 aisles a night doesn't carry much weight. For example, I can stock 50 cases of Kro 12 packs in 15 minutes. You would need to be familiar with the old TSG to know how much time you are allowed to condition the store. The current DDP expects 60 cases an hour plus however long it takes to condition that aisle. Or, use 40 cases an hour stocking and conditioning. Works out better when there are more than 60 cases in an aisle tho.
I run circles around everyone else all the time. One kid is half my age and the other two employees like to yap. Not my responsibility to get them moving faster. The night manager and store manager should be dealing with them. If they can't see that they are standing still, then that is their problem.
My advise is to NOT sign anything. They should look on camera to see what is being done at night. There is NO reason why you should accept ANY write up for those who cannot work efficiently.
i finally talked to my store manager about the whole situation..i even ask to be transfered to another store but now we have an understanding.... my groc manager and asst manager didnt communicate with us what was really said.... i was informed that he wasnt directing his comments to me..they were meant for the ones that are slacking....i think he just didnt want me to leave that store lol....
My advise is to NOT sign anything. They should look on camera to see what is being done at night. There is NO reason why you should accept ANY write up for those who cannot work efficiently.
i finally talked to my store manager about the whole situation..i even ask to be transfered to another store but now we have an understanding.... my groc manager and asst manager didnt communicate with us what was really said.... i was informed that he wasnt directing his comments to me..they were meant for the ones that are slacking....i think he just didnt want me to leave that store lol....
Good.
Yeah, that is normal. Everyone needs to be told even tho it only applies to certain individuals. I have never seen anyone fired for being a slacker. We would lose more than half our staff if that was the case!!
