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One of my 3rd shift assoc's is not getting the job done. He doesn't get the freight out, and he doesn't zone. I have been working the freight, and letting the zone go, so that they can see what he's not doing. The freight never goes down to a good level; to where I can spend some time zoning. I almost never get a Gemini, so my onhands are not good. The way my bins are located, I usually have to move 2 or 3 pallets, to get to the bins. If I can only get to the pallets, the bins can't get done. My freight is on the Grocery side. My pallets right now are 3 deep. Nobody else in the store has their bins blocked like this. When I need to get a pallet off the top of the steel, it can take me an hour of moving pallets, and finding places to put them, before I can get the pallet down. Then it may take another hour to put it all back together. I feel persecuted, neglected, and frustrated. I have been given until 3 pm on Friday, to make a big difference. Of course, I don't know what that really means. If I'm lucky, the asst mgr who spoke to me, will be in a really good mode that day. I am enlisting the help of other dept mgrs. More later, Mad  |
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Today I gave a number of dept mgrs a note detailing what happened yesterday, and asking for any time they could give me. Some of them said they would. Mgmt actually assigned our store workhorse to help me. He did a great job. The dept already looked a lot better, although the instock was still bad. My good 3rd shifter was there last night, so that's why. Too bad he's going on vacation now! Anyway, after lunch another dept mgr was going to help me for awhile, but her asst mgr said I didn't need any more help. The 2 folks who helped me this morning, were doing other things, so I was looking forward to having someone to work with. I asked the mgr who started all this crap, and he made out like dept mgr's can't just decide to help out in other depts. I know he thought I was overreacting, but I am afraid that tomorrow morning I will have a whole 'nother mess to deal with. A good thing, we created two large pallets of GO items that will go up top, instead of clogging my bins. They won't give me any markdown $ for the stuff, and I have no place on the sales floor to put it out, anyway. Mad |
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mad i cant stress how important is to 2 have a gemini its very important i have resorted to hording one in my arean or going and finding one it helps you its like your 2nd brain i have been on this new program for awhile and i can tell you mad it works but it only works if one your not afraid to bitch 2 if you use the geminis 3 if you yourself dont come in earlier or later train your overnight associate and then when he or she cant perform time to coach this is the thing you have to make a commitment to your freight of course when you do this other things are going to slip your sales floor and sometimes your tanks good luck i am here for you btw with this being said i can tell you that my freight is disapearing at one time 15 mix now as of 4pm today one mix bag pallet |
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it really angers me.... when you need help ask for it then those agree to help... and management pulls them away. I have learned the hard way.... I don't ask for help anymore. I do it myself. I have often asked for help but no one comes around. So I guess I am used to it. Yesterday I finished my bins. They are all inventoried prepped. Now the bins and waco boxes need to be scanned... and I am ready for the new backroom process. We currently have a full instock team for days... midshift and overnights... nada... we were told that we are allowed to pull from our bins ONLY if we know how the process works.
Finally......... the dept. managers now have to turn in their telezons at the end of our shifts..... this is a disasterous mistake... First ... the telezons are the other ones...next... the next two shifts who use them.. DON"T put them back and when we come in in the morning... they are NO where to be found. This is gonna be a big freaking joke.
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Thank you both for your input. I know I have to get selfish about getting a Gemini. I usually lose track of the time, early in the morning, and I miss 8 am, when they give them out. The Invoicing Clerk knows who gets one all day, every day, but mgmt is not willing to put any restrictions on it. I have tried to get mgmt to assign them to specific depts, to share, but they say we should be able to work it out ourselves. HAH! We used to share them at my store, and it worked out well. Knowing that you have access to one, within an hour or so, lets you worry less about getting one and keeping it, so you'll have it when you need it. There are some areas that are assigned Gemini's. Yesterday I saw someone in the Deli flipping one around like it was a toy. Hey, I sure could use that toy! Then there are others who keep them, and the Invoicing clerk has given up trying to police them. Let today be a day when I get one... Mad |
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Yes, I got a Gemini. AND I KEPT IT ALLLLLLLLLLLL DAY. I usually jump on working freight right away, so I decided to wait until after 8, when they give them out. This will be my daily strategy. When one of the dept mgrs got "her" Gemini, someone asked her, in a teasing voice, if she needed it. She said, in a taunting way, "I know how to USE one!" She used to be the Training Coordinator. She acts like she's above the rules. Yesterday a friend of mine was waiting to use the computer at the dept mgr's workstation, and the other dept mgr was sitting in front of one, using her cellphone. Anyway, yesterday I pulled more GO stuff out of my bins, and added it to the already huge pallets of GO stuff. Today I plan to put the rest of my boxed freight in the bins, where it would have been if I didn't have tons of features in there. The mgr who started this, stopped by yesterday and asked me about putting several of the features out. I explained over and over, that I have no place to put them; which is why they are back there. I told him that I have asked for a stackbase many times, and it never happens. Same thing with markdown money. Now that I have a mountain of GO stuff in one spot, I think they might get the message. I WAS given an endcap yesterday! It used to be mine,anyway.  Mad |
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She used to be the Training Coordinator. She acts like she's above the rules. Yesterday a friend of mine was waiting to use the computer at the dept mgr's workstation, and the other dept mgr was sitting in front of one, using her cellphone. I thought using a cellphone while "on the clock" was a coachable offense unless you had a good reason. Or is this another case of the "rules" not applying to all? |
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The rules apply more to folks who are not black. That's why the rules don't apply to her. I had my "exam" today, and I survived. The dept and the backroom looked a lot better, so everyone is happier. I have been silently protesting this BS of not having assigned Gemini's, by not killing myself to get one everyday; and therefore, not ordering like I really need to. So, I'll keep waiting until after 8 am to start working my freight, and I'll start ordering a lot more often. I'll also resume turning onhand changes to Claims. For those who may not remember, my old co-mgr trusted me to change my onhands by giving the Claims mgr shelf labels with the quantities to mark down, on the labels. That way, the loss is captured, and the onhands get corrected even if a mgr forgets to finalize them--or decided to deny them. Mad  |
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Mad, I think you are in the cross hairs because you are a long term associate, with close to capped pay. There definetely is a move in this company to get rid of those who they deem vulnerable, I hate the arrogant way that they achieve it. Sorry this is happening to you, I am always impressed with your loyalty. |
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my wife had alot of contractions today so i took her to the hospital and they gave her two shots to stop them she is still 5 weeks off she is at 33 weeks i say this bc when i came intoday i expected have a crapload of freight left over but i didnt i only had bag dog food and cat litter i am telling you this new program works but not the way it is intended we dpt mgrs have to be hands on this program depends on overnights to do there job and if they dont we have to take care of it also with this new program you have to keep ontop of your bins so your less on the sales floor and more in the backroom so the sales floor ends up looking like a humane societ animal shelter backroom |
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Jason I hope all is going well with your wife. Sounds like the baby is in a big hurry to meet his or her Daddy. I will keep you both in my thoughts and hopefully the baby can wait a week or 2 to get here. Gosh it just seems like yesterday you told us the two of you were expecting. Time sure flies. |
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Nice to hear from you, Belle. I appreciate your compliment. I often feel that those of us with more years/higher pay/older ages, are under harsher scrutiny than others. I'm lucky I have Pets, because if someone wanted my dept, I would have to step down. I'm sure they'd cook something up against me. From what I hear from mgmt and assoc's, almost nobody wants the Pet dept. I think it helps that I am an animal lover, too. Mad |
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Well, at the three stores I have worked at the long-term associates have been treated pretty much like royalty, to a fault actually. Noone else has a snowball's chance in Hell of advancing, even if you have years of experience in a department they have never been in. The Department Managers just keep 'switching' around in the departments they want (forget about Career Preference---what a joke anyway, lol). There are very few that will ever get a job over a 20 year associate, except for the rare Assistant Manager stepping down and wanting a department. So, I truely feel sorry for those that are mistreated, as I know it does happen......but not at the stores I have been in. It is a good thing though, that they are treated well, because one day if I live long enough, I may be a 20 year associate!  |
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Another aspect of being "in the crosshairs," is that dept mgrs are being asked to do more, and more, because we have a hiring freeze on, and hours are short for almost everyone else. Instead of copping a 'tude, I remind myself over and over, that I need to be grateful that our company is doing relatively well; and that they are still paying me to work full time. I was asked to come in early yesterday and today, and I said "No problem." instead for screwing up my face and saying "Ohhhhhhhhhh-kayyyyyyyyyyy, >sigh<." like I used to. My husband is on layoff nearly 6 months a year, but he gets unemployment. If either one of us lost our job, it would be TOUGH. Mad |
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Mad, there is a lot to be said for a good attitude in the workplace, and you are one of the most positive associates I have ever come into contact with! I think the object from the HO is to pile on more and more work, part of the phasing out long term associates, IMO. They are hoping that associates will quit with frustration, or they will be coached out the door. Not a nice thought, is it? |
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Belle, You're sweet for saying that. Of course, not all of my lesser traits come out while I'm posting. I did learn a lot about gratitude while married to my first husband. I am SO grateful he cheated on me, because otherwise I might still be married to the ********. He was a member of AA, and I went to a lot of meetings with him. I heard a lot of people talk about being grateful for what they had, instead of wishing they had more. As Sheryl Crowe says: It's not having what you want, it's wanting what you've got. I try to set a good example here. Sometimes the beast in me comes out! Mad |
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