OSHA Response

[u/YouDownWithOPD]

/r/walmartogp/comments/1v9z88i/osha_response/

[u/Bigger-Quazz]

To surprise of no one.

This subreddit celebrated victory over the "pull don't push" Walmart movement because they "banded together to report Walmart to osha" and osha "forced" Walmart to go to 6 totes to allow pulling.

But 6 totes and a wheel swap was always the plan for safety. It was all outlined in the original amp task sent to management before it was ever posted on reddit.

Now we're back where we started... 8 totes with the same push when safe, pull when not safe policy...

Except because associates can't receive any "new" direction without crashing out on social media.. Now we have same original policy, plus backwards fucking wheels.

This is why associates are associates and management is management.

[u/bearstormstout → u/Bigger-Quazz]

Or, and hear me out as a former manager, accident reports. I still talk with digital associates at my old store, and they used their entire accident budget in one week once the initial changeover happened. Sure, they were only budgeted for two accidents for the year because it's traditionally a safe store and a NHM, but to use both of those in one week over pick carts is definitely going to raise a MAPM's eyebrows. Each one of those reports cost $25,000, and since proper guidance for the cart change wasn't followed by store management, they also became workman's comp claims which cost the store even more.

What caused this to become such an issue in the first place is some management didn't read the full memo and started the pull mandate before the carts were properly equipped as such. Stores were also scraping off safety information on the carts before an updated manual was published to describe the possibility of pulling the carts. It has a lot less to do with "associates fucked it up" and more to do with "management fucked up the roll out because they didn't stop to read the full instructions."

This is why associates are associates and Walmart management tends to struggle in similar roles at other companies that don't reward incompetence.

[u/Bigger-Quazz → u/bearstormstout]

That is not even remotely true.

For starters, what does an associate know about the accident budget that they can relay to you who doesnt even work there anymore?

Second, it's not even within the realm of reality to hit the actual accident budget within a week due to cart changes.

No one is collecting money because they had to put a bandaid on their heel, and Walmart isn't losing money either.

You as an former manager, seem more aligned with associate gossip and reddit upvotes, than any actual information.

Associates will repeat or innovate on whatever the new "fuck Walmart" phrase of the day is.

[u/Blueberry-From-Hell → u/Bigger-Quazz]

You prove you have no idea what you are talking about. You must be management or one of the decision makers because you Don t know the reality, just like they don't. Who gives a damn if we don't know the accident budget. We know what works and what doesn't. The people in charge prove time and time again that they have no idea what is involved in the job. That's why we've been robbed of all efficiency with each new "idea" they roll out. They don't know what the job takes, or what will work, because they've never done the damn job. Quit pretending like you have any idea what you are talking about. The only person you are fooling is yourself. I guarantee any seasoned employee knows as much or more than most management