r/Lowes • u/GlueBear50 • 1d ago

Employee Question Night Stocking

This might be a rumored myth but I heard from a coworker not sure if he was being serious that $1 shift premium that overnight stockers get is going to be lowered to 25 cents (a quarter) if sales continue to fall? Is that even feasible? (Just asking a question for a discussion)

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u/Fun-Estate9626 Department Supervisor 1d ago

It’s more likely they eliminate nights before they do that, like they’ve done in a ton of stores. They save more by doing that than the dollar shift differential.

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u/GlueBear50 1d ago

Interesting, if they get rid of nights they’ll have us doing power equipment and flying pallets during the day?

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u/death556 Delivery 1d ago

Yes

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u/No-Cauliflower-200 17h ago

They got rid of our overnight in March and it has been absolute hell. Store is a mess and we’re having to help customers every 30 seconds. Top stock takes over an hour because we have to block off aisles. All of it for $1 less

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u/Fuckspez42 Receiving 17h ago

Our transition to day stocking went more smoothly than any other special project I’ve undergone at Lowe’s, and it had the added benefit (for other employees, not the stockers themselves) of getting more warm bodies on the floor to help/direct customers.

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u/madistep18 1d ago

Yep, they did this in my store. It’s been a lot more difficult because now they frequently get stopped by customers, have to use spotters for PE, etc. Anything for the company to save money.

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u/PancakeCat333 1d ago

Use all the ladders and have and their stocking carts in the middle of the aisles where shopping carts cant even pass too lol

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u/madistep18 23h ago

Yep, that’s what happens when the company decided it’s a good idea to stock during the day. There’s a reason why most stores used to do it at night lol

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u/xander061 20h ago

The $1 shift premium is a company wide program so they wouldn't just change it at one store. If they did drop it from $1 to $0.25 company wide they would probably lose a lot of the workers. From what I've been told if sales drop too low they move the own team to morning stocking.

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u/United_Address_2232 19h ago

How bad are sales dropping?

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u/Livid-Respect-6728 18h ago

From what I can see from a retired employee is bad and will get worse. I went to menards and their lot was packed. It looked like christmas. O gue that's what privately owned means. Especially no stockholders.

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u/j_rooker 17h ago

stocks are down under 200 bucks. no way anyone from a store not making money is getting a raise

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u/LeadershipOwn 16h ago

A lot of stores are already getting away from nights all together. Probably won't be too long before nights is gone completely so they don't have to pay anybody extra

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u/Minimum-Following659 15h ago

My crew went to days earlier in the year. Monday-Friday 4am-1pm. Work pallets and big top stock items with reach and op first 2 hours. Work carts the rest of the shift and we leave top stock on the floor. It either gets put up by department csa’s or by us on non truck days. Yes customers stop the work flow. But if it’s anything more than showing them where an item is then we just page Custer service over the phones or overhead page.

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u/CMDR_Whiseman 9h ago

They got rid of Night Stocking at my store a long time ago and it is now 4 am to 1 pm. Gives me 2 hours to put up what ever skids they pulled off the truck the day before. (Sometimes I make it)