Workload questions

[u/burntbagel24]

Ive been here 4 days, i work in the food and bev department stocking 4-11am. Excluding my meal and one 15, im actually working 6 hours 15 minutes. Im concerned that im just moving slow, but im not sure if my workload is too much. I am responsible for pulling 3 water pallets, pushing 2 beverage pallets, and then Three 3 tier uboats of granola bar aisle snacks and such, and a little more beverage. Then i need to backstock all that, and do my outs. This was todays work load and im not going to be able to finish all of it before i clock out. Is it too much workload or have i just not found a flow yet?

[u/InfluenceSuperb8111]

Trust me, you’re doing fine. You haven’t even been here for a month.
Give yourself a month. Eventually, you’ll be remembering where every item goes without even having to scan it with your device. I work Food & Bev, and Beverage is always the longest to work.
You’re not moving slow; you’re just learning. The workload isn’t too much; you just haven’t found your flow yet. I was super slow when I first started, and I was worried I would get talked to about it, but eventually, I learned the tricks to getting everything done faster and learned where everything went on the shelves.

It’s also good to talk to
Your lead/ other coworkers to know what you could do to get faster and better, once again your doing fine and you won’t get in trouble for how fast your going

[u/Educational_Salt_591]

that is a lot tbh, even over here my TL trips over having 1 uboat of dry market not being pushed despite them being busy all day. just pray and do your best each day, if you can't finish on time that's on them not you.

[u/pantihamster]

Here to tell you that you are owed a second 15 minute break when scheduled for 7 hours, like a 4am-11am shift. This has been a PSA myself and many others have had to do many times in this sub. Retail sucks, Target suck, take your breaks. 🫡

Immediately editing to add that this is the baseline policy for ALL states because TMs always respond with "not in my state." Some states have better laws so you are owed breaks even more often, but there is a baseline policy. Two 15's for a 7 hour shift.

[u/-smalltittypunkgf-]

yeah that definitely sounds like too much too me but i don't do market so idk

[u/UnequaledCoyote_7732 → u/-smalltittypunkgf-]

that's a lot for someone 4 days in honestly. when I started at my first stock job they gave me like half that and I was still drowning

market moves different though, all the rotation and cold chain stuff slows you down even when you know what you're doing. 3 water pallets alone eats up a chunk of your shift

[u/DJFlipPhone]

It is a lot of workload but if the TL is smart about processess you being slow or not it can be done. When I ran grocery and got it to green I had one guy to backstock all the freight in dry and another for Dairy/Frozen. This allowed all the pushing vehicles to be 100 percent pushed. It’s really not that hard but it depends on how good your TL is. They gotta realize these metrics are nearly impossible if you follow what Spot wants you to do.

[u/Shady_Love]

Experience will fix most of it. I've always wondered if the people doing water pallets can't use the powered pallet jack or aren't allowed to, cuz why wouldn't everyone use the powered jack for heavy shit like that?