ULV here. Have done CO for 8 yrs now.
We used to only be scheduled for an hour and usually got it done in an hour. For Mondays I asked for 30 min extra because of extra duties in there. Now that we have my time, we are given 2 hrs. I'm usually still out of there in 1.5 hrs. I just can't justify staying in there twiddling my thumbs, especially because I know there are cameras watching me.
To help increase speed:
*I make my bundles of $150 also as I go. Like if a bag only has 48 ones and the rest is the same for start funds, I just add 2 ones and rubber band the start fund together.
*I stack the empty bags together and enter them all at the end of counting the money. 50, 10, 3, 1. Goes pretty quick.
*When counting the coin I write it on a post-it and stick it on the monitor. Use that for doing transfer to safe. Then I use that also when I refill the coin for the next day's money. We use the coin boxes that they came in and label them Green and Red.
*At the end, I know I'm supposed to have 24 bundles between the unused bundles still in the safe and the ones I just counted/made that are stacked in front of me. We have a post it on the monitor stating what those dollar amounts are per denomination. 1200/1200/720/480.
Yes, speed will come the more you do it.
I love CO. It's my favorite.
Do you all have a radio? It makes the time go so much quicker.