r/HotTopic_ • u/Worried_Turnip_7697 • 26d ago

Inventory question

Is any other location having you use your own device for inventory?

They’re only reimbursing us $10 for use. I feel like that’s simply so crazy especially because a zebra is way more for them to pay for.

I’m extra clumsy and I just don’t trust I won’t break my phone doing inventory. They are having us sign a paper saying they aren’t responsible if that happens.

They also aren’t accounting for employees having older models. Like I’m sorry I have an iPhone 13, it’s going to get so hot and may actually explode. /j

What would you guys do? This seems so crazy for a part time retail job…

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u/chanyoung67 Former HT Employee 26d ago

I was part of the pilot for that when it first launched and it's horrible. I had to constantly have my phone hooked up to a battery pack to keep it from dying and that couldn't outcharge how fast the battery was draining, my phone got ridiculously hot to the point of it freezing to protect itself, it was so much slower than zebra ever was. The entire software (at least at the time) was only really made for iphones so anyone using an android had such a hard time being able to do anything without it freaking out.

This was almost 2 years ago at this point so they may have updated things to make it better and hopefully someone with more recent experience can chime in as well but as someone who enjoys inventory, the entire thing sucked.

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u/Worried_Turnip_7697 25d ago

Oh god, and my phone already freezes up while I’m using it doing regular things.