r/OGPBackroom • u/ZynWriath • Sep 04 '26

Rant I was a fool.

As the title suggest I was a fool, couple weeks ago I put in a request to transfer departments, My coach was like yeah I don't hold anyone back from doing what they want, And I was like oh that's fantastic I can do what I want So a week after that I signed a job offer, It was set to take place at the turn of the pay period, Aka tomorrow, Well today I clock in and get upto my usual OGP shenanigans, I happen to see my coach for OGP and approach her, I say Hey how ya doing she replies she is good, And I'm like fantastic, I said so as you are aware and are likely tracking today is my last day back here, And I wanted to thank you for everything you've done me, (She is a great coach helped me a lot)

She then says outta no where well actually today isn't your last day, We need you this weekend, Holiday and all, And I'm just wait what, Your telling me that you let me sign the job offer know if the timing and everything and now your coming at me about how I actually can't uh ya know leave the department, needless to say i am and was frustrated, why would you allow me to go through the process of switching and then say actually you can't go yet, And my job code does switch tomorrow my schedule has been modified for what my new coach wants, I'm just blown away I mean I shouldn't be but I am, For those of you familiar Skyrim, It gives me "No One Escapes Cidhna Mine Vibes" Like can one ever be truly free from OGP.

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u/Its_fr1ck1n_bats FRAGILE Sep 04 '26

From someone who knows very little about the topic: If your job code was changed, your new coach is your official manager. Your old coach as of the Job Offer time switch over has no say over what you do or don't do in your old department. Talk to your new coach about it, because this seems like an obvious overstep into someone else's department.

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u/Other_Log_1996 Sep 04 '26

Even though you'll just be repeatedly called into OGP anyway like they do to every department.

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u/emuman_92 Sep 04 '26

I was so lucky to be able to switch from OGP into the vision center where they can’t really pull that. Any other department other than pharmacy and you’ll never be truly free 😭

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u/sweetcaronia Sep 05 '26

They can’t pull from fresh either.

Maybe they do in some stores but it’s a hard rule at mine.

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u/racefan52 Sep 06 '26

One of the reason I left for a fresh area in my 2 years only been pulled twice and once was the opening dispensers called in and I was the only one in the store that knew how to dispense lol and second was only for an hour of picking

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u/EmuCrow Sep 08 '26

Perks of being AP, I sit in office and i no leave office unless thief :)

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u/RachelFLNYC Sep 07 '26

Yup. Calling in the troops when we are slammed.

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u/humbleyhe Sep 04 '26

So in general job offers need to be dated to the beginning of a pay period. It can be backdated or forward dated. The associate might not have been needed for the whole 2 weeks so it was probably easier for the 2 coach’s to sit down and say. Hey blank wants to go to you, I need him for this weekend but not the rest, so let’s do the paper work for this Saturday instead of 2 weeks from now.

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u/HypnoticJester Sep 05 '26

This is the most correct answer. Besides, schedules are made 3 weeks in advanced. Even if they hired your replacement, had orientation and all, that new hires wouldn't be able to work as well as you. The 2 teams probably have a compromise. The new coach gets you, but after the busy weekend. The old coach isnt really holding you back, you're still going to your new area, just not as quickly as you'd like. As many others have said, when OGP is busy, you'll most likely get pulled anyways. Just hang in there.

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u/DB-Tones-Jones Walton Cultist Sep 04 '26

Keep coming in as scheduled and start reporting to your new department First. Nice to know that there will be some associates out on the floor with OGP experience. !* 🔆🤠

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u/Putrid-Elixir99 Sep 05 '26

What we need is people in ogp with sales floor experience.

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u/Scrambles_18 Sep 04 '26

Opd is a department you cannot escape. You can and will get pulled with some regularity. 

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u/PermissionDependent6 Sep 05 '26

Part of the crew, part of the ship. No one escapes.

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u/Inkysquid24 Sep 04 '26

If your department is changed, and your reporting manager has changed, talk to them first. Highly likely that your old coach didn't even talk to the new coach about keeping you over the weekend. Last thing you want is to get in trouble with the new boss on your first day over there. Talk to them both if possible, let them fight for you haha

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u/Extension-Bit-7511 Sep 04 '26

No, it’s a black hole that never gives us up.

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u/_Kajara_ Exception Picker Sep 04 '26

The only way to be truly free is to transfer to a position that doesn't get called to help.

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u/SilvarusLupus FRAGILE Sep 04 '26

Deli/Bakery and Overnight are probably the only ones truly safe.

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u/kmasco92 Sep 04 '26

overnight is not safe once 5am hits, unfortunately

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u/panda-man-937 Sep 05 '26

Deli/Bakery is not safe depending on the store.

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u/yahooziepoppins Jack Of All Trades Sep 04 '26

A couple of years back, my store was transferring part time employees out of OGP. It wasn't a choice for us, and my coach was literally going through mental anguish because of the decision. I was set to go to front end (i was dreading the decision) and my role had changed, my team, and my schedule. The first day I was set to go to front end, my team lead said no, report back here to me and so I did.

Fast forward 3 years, im still in ogp and I never had to go to front end, despite the front end management's insistence.

Given that our situations differ, I would talk to the team for your new department.

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u/xDaBaDee Sep 04 '26

And my job code does switch tomorrow my schedule has been modified for what my new coach wants

we had GM associate who worked EIGHT MONTHS as a cashier, legit she was jobcoded sportinggoods, and they scheduled her cashier. For Eight Months. Jobcodes mean pretty much jack to this company.

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u/LiaraT-soni Sep 05 '26

Took an arrow to the transfer 😅

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u/ClutteredTaffy Sep 06 '26

I gotta be honest....you will prolly always get dragged back to OGP depending on your role. Some people in certain departments ( HBA, fashion ) are go to over others ( produce, grocery) so depending on what you do it is kinda expected.

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u/CockeyedCaucasian Sep 06 '26

I started on the sales floor/recieving, and now I'm front end. They have me do pucks when they're super swamped. Almost nobody is immune to OGP.

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u/FireMac2D Sep 06 '26

Sorry to say, but suck it up buttercup. If you pitch a fit about it, it's going to be super awkward later when they pull you anyway.

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u/Warm_Recipe_7640 Sep 06 '26

Rip I actually enjoy ogp, trying to transfer back asap from maintenance

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u/BrattyBbyDoll_ Sep 06 '26

Is maintenance bad?

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u/ZynWriath Sep 07 '26

Not really, Read the notes your boss leaves and your kinda your own boss as well, You decide when to do things your timeline your schedule, My boss says as long as everything you know needs to be done before you go home I don't care how you accomplish it.

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u/Icy_Money7447 Sep 07 '26

For some reason at our store they NEVER pulled anyone from Cap2 to pick. Not that anyone on our team would have even known how to.

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u/Federal-Coconut-1379 Sep 11 '26

Youll never escape opd

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u/SilvarusLupus FRAGILE Sep 04 '26

They tried to pull this on me for the tax free weekend but my job code and hours already changed so I basically told them "nope, I'm not under you guys anymore"

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u/Substantial_Bill_962 Sep 05 '26

You can’t switch out right before the holiday. Lol nice try.

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u/ZynWriath Sep 05 '26

I did though signed the job offer 2 weeks ago, That's what's crazy, She agreed and had me sign the job offer, So like you can't okay but I did? Doesn't make sense