Archived It's not normal..

[BlueSide]

To have 6 instocks team members in a store is it? Grade A volume stores should have less than 6...How many instocks TMs are in YOUR store?

 

[squirrely]

We have 4 total, but only 3 ever working in stocks on the same day.

 

[Inigma]

We have several people trained to do in stocks but there's only two a day.

 

[Hardlinesmaster]

Only 2, at my store.

 

[BlueSide]

I knew it. Do scans and push both get completed? For whatever reason 6 TMs can't get it together over here.

 

[squirrely]

I knew it. Do scans and push both get completed? For whatever reason 6 TMs can't get it together over here.

It really just depends how many backups we have to do, helping guests, and how fast BR pulls the batches. We always complete scans and probably 80% gets pushed.

 

[BlueSide]

We always complete scans and probably 80% gets pushed

That is awesome with 3 TMs only.

 

[Circle9]

My store's C volume or something like that and including myself, there's something like 6 instocks-trained TMs. If you included the one who did it twice and is quitting (no connection there), the one who hasn't done it for over a year (stopped way before the process change I think) and the one who got one day of "training" and has never worked it since then (and never, ever, will), the one who's now covering another position elsewhere you're getting into ridiculous territory. Only two get scheduled most days, with 4 for the "scan hardlines" day and "scan softlines and push some PTMs" day. The scheduling's a mess: we're talking on hardlines day (also a truck day and we're all flow or backroom too) everybody starts at different times, either because having to help finish an area or just being scheduled to start 1 1/2 hours later than the rest and sometimes (but not always) being scheduled an hour or so past when the rest of us leave.

Don't even get me started on the whole "scheduled for ad then instocks" shitfest.

The scan gets completed on time (though some days just barely), endcaps will technically be done on their days (though its pretty much a halfassed job) and thank God we don't have to push our own pulls anymore because we'd be more of a mess.

 

[Rarejem]

We have 2. The backroom pulls our IS batches and the salesfloor pushes them.

 

[oath2order]

It's not normal, but is ?

We have four/five.

 

[Bosch]

One step under a superT there are two full time In-Stocks people, myself and one other lady. We have a few people that help out on scan all days on a rotating basis. We scan backroom pulls and we push everything but electronics/entertainment. Finish a scan all day task list? Only with a third person and not having to work the 45min smart huddle.. Otherwise - never happens..

We had 5 including our TL at one point, but people quit and leadership decided that In-Stocks was a waste of payroll so we were cut to two people and now that leadership has changed we can't keep people, hire they quit almost as fast. We should be at least 4 people but it hasn't happened yet..

 

[RunForACallBox]

Zero

 

[JimmyTarget]

We have 2, both doing it part time. So like 50 hours a week scheduled towards the actual process.

 

[BlueSide]

Zero

Ooooooo you guys already killed off IS that's crazy. How do outs get scanned now? Would you mind explaining the process I'm very interested lol

 

[RunForACallBox]

Ooooooo you guys already killed off IS that's crazy. How do outs get scanned now? Would you mind explaining the process I'm very interested lol

We haven't had a dedicated IS person since she was fired over a year ago. Afterwards I was asked to train, and I took care of most of it by myself. I mean for a while there I was the legit "leader" of IS. I'd look and see who was on the grid and where I wanted them to scan, then my TL got mad because I was spending most of my time doing that than POG so then all TLs and a few TMs including myself started doing IS. Again, my TL did not like me scanning as it took me away from POG, so I was cut down to only helping on certain days and between this time and that. Now, it's been 8 weeks and I haven't done IS. So it's something else taken away from me. This turned into more of a rant than explaining of process but there it is. And I really enjoyed IS, but now it's just something under my belt I suppose.

 

[BlueSide]

@RunForACallBox Wow that's an unfortunate target story I'm sorry. So IS scans all fall on the SFTLs?

 

[RunForACallBox]

@RunForACallBox Wow that's an unfortunate target story I'm sorry. So IS scans all fall on the SFTLs?

Yep and any TMs that know how to RSCH

 

[OhYouDidntKnow]

Wow I thought we were the only ones with virtually no IS team. For those with decimated IS teams have you also switched over to a push all truck process? As in push all but not correctly and only for a few hours then backstock everything else.

 

[Bullseyes]

I'm a ulv and we have 2 full time and 3-4 who work 10-15 hours a week on in stocks..