I'm at an "ultra-low volume" store(not sure what's so ultra-low about it, most Targets I've been to are about the same size) and we used to unload at 4am and get 50cent shift-diff. "Great by 8" they used to say. Then they told us we were moving to 6am and losing shift-diff. Then they realized that wasn't a good idea and had flow come in at 5am on Monday and 5:15am on other truck days, but still didn't get shift-diff. Then they recently changed it to 6am and the flow team rarely makes it out by 2pm, and most days they're there until 3, 4, or 5pm. They load up flats and then pallets that they end up having to drop on flats as they come back, so they use all the flats for the truck, and so all the tubs get used by backroom, especially if there's still backstock that needs to be finished, and carts, leaving nothing for the rest of the store, so then we all have to get creative in using store carts etc. It's been kind of bad...
They announced on Wednesday that we would be moving to 7am for pog, 7:30am for flow, and 9am for instocks. We always have serious equipment issues, someone is always needing a PDT and end up spending a good bit of their time trying to bum one off someone else. Being that I'm on POG I'm glad I'm first, because it's going to suck for instocks and backroom peops. We have to hide our equipment from each other it's so bad, as is. Being on POG, we never get our stuff done anyways because corp keeps screwing us the same way they screw everyone else. The morale has left at least a year or two ago, so I don't think it even matters at this point. I come in and do what I can and leave. I used to care about doing a good job and trying to get things done and looking out for my TL and other TMs, but Target has made it impossible to care anymore. I don't slack off, but I get paid by the hour, I'm not killing myself anymore. There's no compensation and we're treated worse and worse. My poor TL's head is going to blow up any day now and I don't want to be around when that happens. I'm not going to keep coming in and working in ways that no one should ever have to work(especially for the pay grade) and be treated like it's not enough on a regular basis. 200-350hr planogram weeks between 3 people is not cool. IT DOESN'T WORK. When you come home and try to go to sleep but can't because you're shaking from stress and frustration and simply working too hard, it's time to call it quits.
In regards to the original post. My store used to start push at 4am and stay til about 8. By the time we opened mostly everything was clean except maybe a tub here or there. NOW, they come in from 6-10 and it is a BIG pain in the ass. I have to come in at 8 for pfresh now and they STILL have pallets and product everywhere and it just looks like total ****. I know when they changed the time there was talk of a ton of people thinking about quiting altogether since working til 10 now didnt work out with either jobs or school or whatever else they had going on. I cant even imagine them starting another hour later at 7. By 8 they would just start pushing and for 3 hours the store would be a wreck
Just got the paperwork for it today, and unfortunately the time is 7:30am, not 7:00am for truck unload. LODS and Plano come in at 7am, backroom/flow/pricing at 7:30, instocks is at 9am now. The killer is telling us to schedule ad set up TMs at 7am on sunday.... legally we cant schedule people less than 3 hours, and it needs to still be done by store open, consider me baffled.
Yeah, if they ever have me do signing again, they'll be rather dissatisfied.
Wow.. Wow.. So glad I got out of the store. I couldn't imagine doing plano during open hours, let alone flow... ugh how horrible. I knew Target wanted to be more like Walmart, but not that much more.
I hope they are going to get you extra flats and tubs because I don't see any way this would work without doubling up on wheels.
For that matter I would hate to see the days when Plano, Instocks, Pricechange and flow are all trying to work in the same area at the same time.
That is going to take some very careful communication between the TLs.
We don't even have room for anymore flats and tubs and we use them all. And we've also been without a flow tl since like... August? lol Finally getting a new one. He won't last. No one will. Roster will be renewed soon, it's almost completely wiped out anyways.