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We’ve got 2 brand new ETLs joining us, so looking at another 3-6 months of uncertainty and turbulence, which I thrive on…
Price accuracy panic.
Busiest weekend in February with valentines & super bowl.
Scan all labels.
to hell with guest
to hell with freight.
I almost feel bad for the ones that come in all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, thinking they are going to make a difference. They are all smiles when you first meet them, so ready to kick ass and take names and clean house and get those metrics green.New ETLs are always fun as they come in with their 2 weeks of training Kool-Aid and pretend they know enough to micromanage the shit out of everyone. Malicious compliance with their shit is always fun.
We hit forecast in OPU before the closers came in, who the hell at corporate thought this one day sale was a good idea... rolled so much freight due to needing a ton of support from the floor all afternoon. Main stockroom steel is getting pretty full with what the DC has sent.Price accuracy panic.
Busiest weekend in February with valentines & super bowl.
Scan all labels.
to hell with guest
to hell with freight.
Food and beverage it’s super bowl snacks and valentines candy. Every holiday is a food holiday.Our style team saves the store more than once.
nobody ever cares about style in my storeAll of my style department is on fire. Nobody cares. After our refinance goes through, I'm leaving. I had hope that our new SD would help bring us back but nope.
I miss instocks e v e r y s i n g l e d a y. I loved doing it and I loved seeing the results. I cry a little every time I walk past our domestics dept and look at the towers of towels that are daring everyone to cause a breeze that will bring them toppling down on top of some baby in a cart. I cringe as I wonder why corporate bothers to spend the money to send endcap signing when product is stacked and piled so high that you can't read the signs. I swear when picking OPU's and the assorted bandaids are in the single size spot and the 80 count ibuprofen fills the 40 count spot. I used to be so proud of what our store looked like and that our trucks brought us product that we actually needed to fill shelves instead of hours of backstock.I am over the champagne expectations on a beer budget. I’m over Target pretending to be something it’s not. It is not some high-end specialty boutique that caters to fashionistas. It’s Big Box Retail that caters to suburban moms. Period. Just be who you are.
Bring back dedicated teams for pricing, instocks, pogs, backroom.
AND STOP WITH THE FLEX POGS! Just clearance that shit out already.
Ours learned " stay outta our way and we will make you look amazing" yup didnt change the processes and just generally supports us. But yea they are always trying to make their mark.New ETLs are always fun as they come in with their 2 weeks of training Kool-Aid and pretend they know enough to micromanage the shit out of everyone. Malicious compliance with their shit is always fun.
oh i like thisI am over the champagne expectations on a beer budget.
far away and long ago we had an STL that knew she was almost out the door. There was a pallet or two of freight we were never going to sell in a million years she had us sweep it back. The pallets came back. She had us sweep them back again. We got the pallet and a nasty note. Guess what we punted them back again with our own note nailed to the pallet saying in effect we could keep playing this game until they kept the pallet.Don't forget the RDCs dumping home freight on stores because corporate determined "your store has extra space in the backroom for it and it can't be swept back."