Yes. Two stores in my district are testing out the new "points" system for attendance. Starting today, call-offs, late-ins, and early-outs, accumulate points that lead to automatic coaching, write-up, and termination. The one thing I keep hearing is "it's out of the leader's hands" meaning if the system fires you, they can't do anything about it 🤷🏾♀️. I doubt they have control but nobody really knows too much. I'll update if I get more information.
They're called pilots for a reason. Those pilots never made it past the pilot phase. There was also a pilot for electronic price tags many years ago, but it never progressed beyond the pilot phase.
They're called pilots for a reason. Those pilots never made it past the pilot phase. There was also a pilot for electronic price tags many years ago, but it never progressed beyond the pilot phase.
Ringwraith917
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I wouldn't be surprised to see electronic price tags make another try. The Walmart nearby just installed them
Yes, Aldi as well. Automatic price change 😱.
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Is this a pilot or a test?
I thought that this was going to be, pretty soon, the new system at every store.
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"... TESTING out the new 'points' system ..."
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As long as they're not vandalized a lot I could see this saving a lot of hours on payroll, however consumers are against the possibility of dynamic pricing, as it could be easily implemented with electronic tags
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Hope it will eventually show clearance price.
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Wait. So this is really going to be possibly a “thing”? And the sorry 😣 azz excuse leadership will give to their subordinates is “Oh it’s the system..” Well then the reply to that “system” should be “Ask the “system” to stay late and finish that said task. Or ask the “system” to come in on a day off. Seems like Cluster Fu*ck Modernization 2.0 at its finest. For those of us that remember that Shit 💩 show during The COVID Pandemic 😷
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There's gotta be ways around it. Leadership very commonly asks TMs to leave or come in early without changing the schedule to reflect that, which would mean automatic points under this kind of system. Same with suddenly helping out at other stores for a shift instead of working at their home store or swapping days because of a last minute cancel from the DC.
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The big reason why they are coming back is because they are no longer LCD/LED (whatever) screens, but E-ink screens (like a Kindle tablet) as that tech has progressed a lot in the past few years.
So the battery on each tag lasts practically forever and the screen itself can never glitch out.
To save anyone the Google search, E-ink is different in that once the screen displays something, it is permanently displayed without additional electric input needed. So a quick update signal that lasts a second will permanently change the display (until a new update is sent) and zero additional battery usage is needed. Unlike traditional electric screens where constant power is needed to maintain a display.
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Yeah the ones at Walmart look really good, I was surprised. Seem to be able to do full color too. But they seem to be easily knocked off and kicked away. Several from the regular aisles were on the floor when I was last shopping there. Need to have a better mounting system
