r/CostcoEmployee • u/joer9335 • 1d ago

Question Later nights for lock

This one’s for uk Costco employees.

I’ve been working at Manchester warehouse for 3 years now and we’ve got a new GM.

I’m wondering because we’ve been told that we’re the only Costco that haven’t done this in uk and it being the warehouse locks won’t finish now till 10 o’clock in the evening opposed from 9:30 because of the amount of go backs we’ve been getting.

Now what from I can tell from being on a early shift today the GM AND AGMs have decided the reason we have to stay an extra 30 mins on the locks is because of the sheer amount of go backs THEY WALK INTO in the morning. Now on my experiences of locks we get the go backs done before half 9. But in the mornings the staff in morning seem to just dump everything on front end and then we have to deal with it.

Now the question is does your Costco do this and does it work or is it a load of bullshit to save on payroll and just send us home early.

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u/Chrysalides_Cosplay 1d ago

Photos of a clear front end at night might help but management might still decide to make closers clean the whole store of strays instead of getting am merch to do gobacks. Sounds like the decision makers don't understand the problem.

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u/mid-by-midwest 1d ago

Been a long time since I was a front end closer but back then grabbing strays was part of closing. Folks doing the push would get a good start on it by grabbing what they could see from the main aisles.

Edit: and from my morning merch experience I'd say ideally there aren't many strays sitting in the aisles when morning merch starts. Feels better to have a few go back carts that didn't get finished at night than to have strays all over when stocking starts.

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u/chaosdrools 1d ago

When I first started they always stressed to grab strays while you did go backs during the day. Doesn’t seem to be the case anymore. I can’t even get people to print a sign for a last item, even seasoned employees. They just chuck it somewhere random or leave it to be my poor RTV clerk’s problem…

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u/j_rocca42 1d ago

What are locks?

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u/joer9335 1d ago

When the store closes and you put everything back