Isn’t this an ODD peak season

[WHS]

I wouldn’t count on that… considering there are 10+ job postings for it on workday, plus postings for OM-ICQA. I think someone misheard something.

I’m betting on misheard too. Our ICQA is expanding, no chance it’s going away suddenly. We just added an additional leader

Though as a trainer I am intrigued by the possibility of it becoming a merit role. We’re dying on trainers as there’s no incentive to be one. It looks good when applying for leadership but beyond that?

 

[can't touch this]

Same here at Redacted, Inc. tbh…zero work to be done but it’s not like the seasonal hires were ever going to work anyway

 

[DC Diva]

They added training specialist to each key, not really a trainer but someone else to strut around with a clipboard. They help with new hires at orientation, and that’s about it. Not HR, but they think and act like they are.

 

[Luck]

They added training specialist to each key, not really a trainer but someone else to strut around with a clipboard. They help with new hires at orientation, and that’s about it. Not HR, but they think and act like they are.

Yeah training specialist is what I would assume the "merit trainer" position they are thinking of is.

 

[Luck]

Yes that’s exactly what’s happening.. Amazon just taking over .. have you been to the stores lately? Less and less people, and I don’t blame them when the only 5 food aisles are always out of stock. The drive up option was a big plus but are dropping the ball there as well only staffing it with 1 store team member,
Just announced last week at our DC that will be removing the ICQA team and focusing more onboard training by making the trainers merit.. yes finally good bye ICQA!

There is like 0% chance of that happening. (Poor) Quality is the number one reason for shortage in the warehouse. You can do a sweep through any random aisle in the warehouse and find erorrs/make adjustments that correct tens if not hundreds of thousands of dollars of overages/shortages.

I am guessing they might have announced that ICQA wont be doing as much minutia and busywork around the warehouse which is true. They are being tasked to focus solely om shortage rather than help OMs do research into where their WIPs are.

 

[FrankM0421]

They added training specialist to each key, not really a trainer but someone else to strut around with a clipboard. They help with new hires at orientation, and that’s about it. Not HR, but they think and act like they are.

We have an older woman "trainer" that's never done anything other than rework and will walk out if put on anything else. How do you specialize in something you've never done? You would think that this is where experience should come in to play. Once she became the backup they no longer needed the actual specialist to cover our key. They gave her a couple hour crash course and that was it. She then expected the trainers to train her the rest of the way then complained about them not doing their job properly.

 

[WHS]

Yeah training specialist is what I would assume the "merit trainer" position they are thinking of is.

Strange. We’ve had key/shift specific training specialists for quite a while now

 

[Luck]

Strange. We’ve had key/shift specific training specialists for quite a while now

Same, but then I am constantly surprised what isnt standard. For instance I heard from someone who came in from another DC that their HR still does EVERYTHING on paper. Zero online anything. Which is just insane.

 

[Luck]

We have an older woman "trainer" that's never done anything other than rework and will walk out if put on anything else. How do you specialize in something you've never done? You would think that this is where experience should come in to play. Once she became the backup they no longer needed the actual specialist to cover our key. They gave her a couple hour crash course and that was it. She then expected the trainers to train her the rest of the way then complained about them not doing their job properly.

I hate the backup positions for that reason. It make sense when its a one day affair but when anybody takes a giant two week vacation the gap in the backups knowledge really hurts the building. Isnt their fault either most of the time. Just sucks that they dont get more/better training in the role.

 

[WHS]

Same, but then I am constantly surprised what isnt standard. For instance I heard from someone who came in from another DC that their HR still does EVERYTHING on paper. Zero online anything. Which is just insane.

I don’t even understand how they would manage. You’d think a company this size would run their distribution centers in an extremely uniform manner. The more I learn the more I feel like they are ran like fast food franchises

 

[FrankM0421]

There is like 0% chance of that happening. (Poor) Quality is the number one reason for shortage in the warehouse. You can do a sweep through any random aisle in the warehouse and find erorrs/make adjustments that correct tens if not hundreds of thousands of dollars of overages/shortages.

I am guessing they might have announced that ICQA wont be doing as much minutia and busywork around the warehouse which is true. They are being tasked to focus solely om shortage rather than help OMs do research into where their WIPs are.

Our PC is telling people to do shit wrong. No fucks given if we send one store 4 black friday 11/22/22 PiPo floor displays. Just ignore that inbound didn't break down the pallets into singles because the person pulling will notice the mistake and break them down to 100+ separate pallets before sending them to outbound to be sorted. Some stores will be getting multiple black friday display shippers or whatever the fuck they're called and some will be getting none. Hope these stores enjoy all the extra Fao Schwartz stuffed animals this year.

 

[marcus85306]

My DC said that it's projected to be no mandatory OT through December and voluntary OT will be nearly non-existent.

 

[marcus85306]

My DC said that it's projected to be no mandatory OT through December and voluntary OT will be nearly non-existent.

 

[BigBear]

That’s what was announced, stating no improvement and Hq and DC numbers aren’t adding up, miss reporting

 

[WHS]

Our PC is telling people to do shit wrong. No fucks given if we send one store 4 black friday 11/22/22 PiPo floor displays. Just ignore that inbound didn't break down the pallets into singles because the person pulling will notice the mistake and break them down to 100+ separate pallets before sending them to outbound to be sorted. Some stores will be getting multiple black friday display shippers or whatever the fuck they're called and some will be getting none. Hope these stores enjoy all the extra Fao Schwartz stuffed animals this year.

Your PC??? They have nothing to do with that stuff. Do you mean your Senior OM?

 

[jenna]

Our PC is telling people to do shit wrong. No fucks given if we send one store 4 black friday 11/22/22 PiPo floor displays. Just ignore that inbound didn't break down the pallets into singles because the person pulling will notice the mistake and break them down to 100+ separate pallets before sending them to outbound to be sorted. Some stores will be getting multiple black friday display shippers or whatever the fuck they're called and some will be getting none. Hope these stores enjoy all the extra Fao Schwartz stuffed animals this year.

Sending one store four of the same PIPO displays? Or four different displays, but just sent really early?
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What does it mean to break down a pallet into singles?
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Some stores getting multiples of the same Shippers that are intended to be sent out to different stores? aka one store gets 4 of the same shippers, and the other three stores get Zero shippers?
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trying to interpret what you are saying....

 

[Luck]

Sending one store four of the same PIPO displays? Or four different displays, but just sent really early?
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What does it mean to break down a pallet into singles?
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Some stores getting multiples of the same Shippers that are intended to be sent out to different stores? aka one store gets 4 of the same shippers, and the other three stores get Zero shippers?
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trying to interpret what you are saying....

Medium sized shippers will come c
Shrimk wrapped 2-4 to a pallet. If you arent paying attention it isnt hard to not understand that and end up dropping off the entire pallet with all 4 display shippers being sent to one store, when they should be sent to 4 stores one-each.

 

[FrankM0421]

Your PC??? They have nothing to do with that stuff. Do you mean your Senior OM?

Nope the PC. Our SOM came from an FC and turns to the PC for guidance. PC was inbound before PC and all that matter is that inbound flows as fast as possible.

 

[FrankM0421]

Sending one store four of the same PIPO displays? Or four different displays, but just sent really early?
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What does it mean to break down a pallet into singles?
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Some stores getting multiples of the same Shippers that are intended to be sent out to different stores? aka one store gets 4 of the same shippers, and the other three stores get Zero shippers?
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trying to interpret what you are saying....

We get things like these 4 to a pallet wrapped in plastic. A store will usually only receive one of them. Inbound is supposed unwrap them and put each one on it's own separate pallet instead of leaving all 4 to a pallet before it gets put in a location. If you leave 4 to a pallet someone is going to slap a label for one store on it and send out all 4.

 

[jenna]

Thanks! I have received two of the same shipper before. That explains it.

 

[WHS]

Nope the PC. Our SOM came from an FC and turns to the PC for guidance. PC was inbound before PC and all that matter is that inbound flows as fast as possible.

So your PC is an idiot and your SOM is incompetent. Sounds about Target for you

 

[Luck]

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We get things like these 4 to a pallet wrapped in plastic. A store will usually only receive one of them. Inbound is supposed unwrap them and put each one on it's own separate pallet instead of leaving all 4 to a pallet before it gets put in a location. If you leave 4 to a pallet someone is going to slap a label for one store on it and send out all 4.

Nah, not at my DC. Fully the responsibility of OB to pay attention to what is being sorted.

 

[Luck]

Thanks! I have received two of the same shipper before. That explains it.

Sometimes you ARE meant to revieve two. It isnt always an error. Especially if you are a larger store.

 

[Hardlinesmaster]

Sometimes you ARE meant to revieve two. It isnt always an error. Especially if you are a larger store.

That’s why I got 2 pallets of one type of gingerbread houses this week.

 

[FrankM0421]

Nah, not at my DC. Fully the responsibility of OB to pay attention to what is being sorted.

WHS mainly sorts PiPo and FPS at my DC. OB does the UDC sorting and depending on amount of PiPo will help. We've had so much PiPo they are having to load them in the trucks instead of staging them in the lane to be loaded later.

There are two docks with about 4-5 doors at each we receive PiPo at. One in the shipping wing and one all the way on the other side of the warehouse which is about a 7 min ride on a machine. Think of an L and at the top of the L is where we store PiPo at the bottom of the L is the shipping wing where PiPo flow needs to be. Inbound will unload PiPo flow all the way on the far side or top of the L. Then WHS has to load them back on trailers and do an inbound transfer down to the shipping wing to sort. And vice versa. They will unload PiPo puts in the shipping wing then we end up having to load them back in a trailer then IBT them to the other side of the warehouse to unload them and do puts. Their excuse is that they don't know if it's flow or puts until they receive it and it can be a mix of flow and puts in the same trailer.