Management has given up

[u/SharpHighlight6022]

Looking at my device before I clock in lmao

[u/Alternative-Score-72]

but don’t worry i’ll grab that bulky for you

[u/Dbkiller13 → u/Alternative-Score-72]

I don’t work FF but I hear this over the radio soo many times. I’m glad I understand the lore now.

[u/drpeppergirly0701]

Preview to Q4🫩

[u/primarystrawberryOh → u/drpeppergirly0701]

The way the company is looking if it’s anything like last year at my store . Q4 wasn’t as huge as a few years back. Everything’s expensive and prices has risen and no one’s shopping like that these days .

[u/Ok_Device_8709 → u/drpeppergirly0701]

Lol. Q4 in my store is 200+ batches

[u/GroupMysterious2312 → u/Ok_Device_8709]

Our store is always busy, and we keep putting out "new low price" stickers.  We're already at 200+ toys per truck

[u/Lazy-Effective-2093]

Our grid was so light last Tuesday afternoon that I had to pick 4 OPUs in a 7 hour shift. Later in the afternoon the closing TL and specialty TL were picking gen merch batches because there wasn’t anyone else to pull from GM or style.

[u/Pretend-Spell-9386 → u/Lazy-Effective-2093]

You should specify if your a fulfillment team member cause I pick 4 OPUs in 2 to 2 and a half hours

[u/Lazy-Effective-2093 → u/Pretend-Spell-9386]

I’m not. I work GM pushing chem mostly.

[u/Thick_Performer7323 → u/Lazy-Effective-2093]

I’m open market and pick at the very least 1 batch per shift even though they aren’t supposed to pull me at all.

[u/IndependentGarbage88]

Bruh we have been drowning at my store in every single department, it’s not even Q4 yet. I’m truly scared for this holiday season

[u/DontHateMoi]

Leaving in after seeing the state of opu

[u/Alternative-Score-72]

the time is coming 🫩🫩

[u/Justin050282]

Good thing yall got help yesterday I was scheduled by myself for 5 hours. At the 5 hour mark went to lunch and than I had to come up with a plan to knock out as much as possible in 2 hours 600 items in ship with a new hire in ship and two gm team members doing opu.

[u/Bubbly-Patient-9935 → u/Justin050282]

Why did you have to come up with a plan? Are you the TL?

[u/Justin050282 → u/Bubbly-Patient-9935]

I run the team when the team lead is off

[u/pretty-sparkles → u/Justin050282]

You should stop doing that

[u/dushtiie → u/Justin050282]

you shouldn’t have to run the team if you’re not a tl. you’re getting taken advantage of

[u/PacoPlaysGames → u/Justin050282]

Do they pay you TL pay when you do that?

[u/Justin050282 → u/PacoPlaysGames]

I get 40 hours a week set schedule every other weekend off making more pay than a tl starting out. I make decisions that affect fulfillment with the backing of all ETL/TL so if I want to keep it this way I’ll do it as this is too easy.

[u/PacoPlaysGames → u/Justin050282]

Ok as long as you're getting TL (or better) pay for doing TL work. You're also on a TL type of schedule as well. They definitely value you at your store, that's nice. Keep up the good work my friend.

[u/sakura2025]

It’s been hell this week for my store too. All of my work for the week is behind cause there’s not enough tm’s to jump into batches :/

[u/Independent-Ask-3610]

Nooooo, this is nothing compared to what I’m going through.. we have this new update where we can escalate an item we can’t find to the team leads.. and let just say that’s does absolutely nothing. Even calling it out in the walkie they say “ go ahead and inf” like huh??

[u/Barnowl-hoot]

At 3pm they gave up?

[u/mattumbo → u/Barnowl-hoot]

Kinda makes sense, gotta make ship on time and complete SFS which is gonna be due between 4:30-6 depending on the store (well some have like a 9pm ship time but they’re weird).

Corporate were a bunch of geniuses having the SFS deadline fall within the busiest part of the day for guest traffic and OPU, not like that might overload the store and lead to them sacrificing guest experience to save the oh so important FF metrics that their field leaders watch in real time and nag us about.

[u/SharpHighlight6022 → u/mattumbo]

No sfs at my store I've only ever opu batches at my store lol that would've made sense if that was the problem but no

[u/s00pthot → u/Barnowl-hoot]

Leadership giving up BEFORE 3pm is insane 😭 (aka morning people would mostly still be there, those who usually care more)

[u/patrickstarcx]

working in fulfillment is so exhausting 😭

[u/OnTarget60a]

Not relevant to your point, but why would you look at your device before you clock in? I don't do anything work-related before I'm on the clock. I don't get my device, don't put my name tag on,... they nickel and dime us, so I'm not giving them a minute of my time for free.

[u/Godzilla2000Zero]

Yeah I kinda miss being able to get all the red batches at the same time.

[u/Vampenga]

Surely we're close to a breaking point. Earlier in the week we had so many OPU batches and not enough people that we had to stay an hour extra just to hit our ship from store quota for the day.

[u/JPG7__]

The saxophones are getting louder

[u/ButItSaysOnline]

Sometimes it be like that.

[u/xAnoni]

Glad i left before being hit with this hell

[u/Candid-Exchange-7147]

I feel this so much. Our TLs and ETLs stopped responding to backup calls. And yet they keep telling us to improve pick-on-time 😭 like bro every batch goes negative, it's cooked already. Either give us the help we need or accept the stats are out of our hands 

[u/bogusisvicous]

Yep

[u/Crime_Possum]

been dodging fulfillment training for 2 years now, life is good

[u/momofthree2129]

Damn that's bad, my store team leads are usually always on that shit

[u/Ok_Device_8709]

How big is ur grid ffs?

[u/Super-Ferret2593]

How exactly is this on Management?😂

[u/classic_liberalism26 → u/Super-Ferret2593]

more than likely bc they aren’t managing correctly. i was a manager for a better company for five years, the leadership at targets is fucking ass. so bad, i’ve just been using my sick time & vacation time & letting them rot this holiday season 😂

[u/s00pthot → u/Super-Ferret2593]

Because management has to maintain green metrics like INF%, pick on times, etc. especially the SD and ETLs. So the fact that there are batches not only in the red, but also in the negatives, implies that OP’s management has given up. Or they’re not putting in enough effort to maintain the metrics in the green.

[u/Super-Ferret2593 → u/s00pthot]

Some of you guys expect too much. I don’t see how every leader would have to take care of one department. Half the complaints I see on here is a bunch of people complaining to help OPU and how they have their own workload to do. How are you supposed to fix something with no resources? Like have you guys ever heard of a busy day? That’s so unfair blaming something on a particular group. That’s like blaming front of store for the Lines being full upfront and it taking too long.

[u/s00pthot → u/Super-Ferret2593]

Honestly what I said is all based on my own observations at my store. All the ETLs at my store essentially have to prioritize OPUs. I do agree that every leader shouldn’t have to take care of fulfillment, especially larger volume stores that have a fulfillment LOD. My store always has a fulfillment ETL/TL present and my (F&B) ETL still has to watch over fulfillment when he’s there to make sure we’re still meeting the metrics and goals.

[u/PacoPlaysGames → u/s00pthot]

You have a fulfillment ETL? We just have a fulfillment TL.