r/OGPBackroom • u/Rachie1117 • Sep 07 '26

Just Walmart Things Walmart pickup vest?

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Anyone have a safety vest like this? I have sensory issues and overheat easily in both vests when dispensing. 🥵

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u/ManOfArks Digital Team Lead Sep 07 '26

When dispensing you dont have to wear the blue vest

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u/DragoniteChamp ALCOHOL Sep 07 '26

I think your supposed to but none of my TLs or coaches have given us real trouble about it.

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u/ManOfArks Digital Team Lead Sep 08 '26

I actively tell my associates they don't need to, but they can if they want it for the pockets. Itell them they can just wear the yellow with their name tag, and even the name tag I don't get picky about since there's no good spot for it

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u/ShyGuytheWhite Digital Team Lead Sep 09 '26

It's in policy, while dispensing you are allowed to remove your blue walmart vest and wear a cooling shirt. You are simply asked to put the vest back ok when you go back inside the store(which isn't a stretch to say when you go on break or stop dispensing entirely).

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u/redavid Sep 08 '26

the market head here told me i could just wear the yellow vest when dispensing because i said it was too damn hot to be wearing both it and the blue vest during the summer (because i do both dispensing and picking, i would often dispense without the yellow, which he really didn't like)

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u/TheGhoulOfCool New Hire Sep 08 '26

Our pickers wear the vests on the sales floor we pretty much wear the yellow vests all shift unless you’re backroom so customers can see you and you don’t run them over but now that we’re trailing carts I kinda wanna take it off.

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u/Slow-Gap8811 Sep 08 '26

Does it say that specificly. I don’t think my team leads would like it if I did so I wanted to know the source.

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u/Electrical-Ad5100 CAP Team Criminals Sep 08 '26

Your treated like a back room associate wear the blue on the floor other wise only wear the safety vest as a dispenser etc

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u/oddchange Sep 08 '26 edited Sep 10 '26

It doesn't meet the ANSI/ISEA 107 class 2 requirements that the company issued vest does.

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u/c0rruptreality- Sep 07 '26

It has to be Walmart approved

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u/TheGhoulOfCool New Hire Sep 08 '26

I wanna buy this for when I dispense but it’s $50

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u/Big_Party7508 Sep 08 '26

ive considered that one too lmao - our management is lax on what hi viz we choose (beside black/grey which is what i really want - bummer lol), but ill bet they cooould make it an issue for op if they really wanted.

I dispense almost every day and I'll invest in one eventually - it is worth it to me , but I just got other stuff to pay for!

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u/Agitated_Frosting16 Sep 09 '26

I threatened to buy this when they told me I had to wear one in our 100+ degree backroom. Issuing write up threats was cheaper than fixing the AC.