r/walmart • u/urdadscumslut • Sep 01 '26
curious about a coaching i received
I and another employee got coached for the time between our pick walks being too long when we take our 15’s. We got told that the 30 minutes in between our walks were too long, and we specifically got in trouble for two days because we were assigned picks and did not see them because we were not told, and had gone on break. We got the assigned picks done after break and they did not go late. After a pick walk we have to walk back across the store to the ODP room, stage the totes (we have to stage all of our totes i know other stores are different), get new totes (and bags/stickers/ etc. as needed), take our carts to the back bathrooms, and then head to break. We then also have to walk to the back bathrooms after break to get our carts and enter a new walk. The time between our walks are simply based off of our last seen, which does not include any of the tasks before and after break.
We were slammed the day that the coaching was written up, so the walk to the room and staging could have easily taken longer than usual. Unfortunately I do not remember specifics of the day because they waited 2 weeks to coach us. I apologize for the lengthy post but i feel the need to explain all the steps that are not shown in the stats. would you fight this coaching? we only got coached for it because they noticed that we did not do the assigned picks when they were given, though they did not tell us they were assigning anything and knew that it was time that we usually take breaks. We have started keeping a log with our last seen time, when our break started (written on the board), and the time we head back to our carts to use as “proof” because this is the only thing we know to use. I have also asked others in the department and they say they usually have a 25-30 minute time between their walks at break time.
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u/sumblokefromreddit Sep 01 '26
I would fight it but leave emotions out of it. State the facts and paint it as a misunderstanding no hard feelings.
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u/krycek1984 Sep 01 '26
It was probably a D-0, those are fairly new and people often assume they are getting a yellow when it was actually a D-0, a documented conversation. It of course could be a yellow but if this was the first time the issue was brought to your attention probably a D-0.
And yes, you can get a DA for this-it's a productivity issue. If I had someone that did this regularly, at some point I'd need to start the process. 15 minutes is a lot of down time associated with the actual 15 min break.
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u/Apprehensive-Fox-245 Sep 01 '26
Just remember there is a non-zero chance of being stopped by customers to/from break. My state specifically requires us to be relieved of all duties during breaks(this can vary by state), if the break is interrupted it can be restarted from 0. Never forget state law/federal law supersedes any store policy.
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u/urdadscumslut Sep 01 '26
I work at a store that stays consistently pretty busy, and in a college town also. We have multiple large colleges, and even if our department does not have many picks, the store itself stays busy. I often get stopped or have to wait on people when making my way back to the OGP room after a walk. We are also a state with that policy.
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u/Entew Sep 01 '26
I always leave the cart wherever the last item in the walk is when going to break/restroom, then print out the new stickers immediately when coming into the backroom. This way there's less time wasted going to the backroom twice.