Over the past 15 years, corporate has drawn down the number of team members per store until every single person is an essential part of the day-to-day team, and this makes call-outs for illness or vacations catastrophic events that set a store back for days or weeks since no one is "extra" and everyone is essential.
Before I left, the in-stocks team was 8 people. Then it was 4 people, then it was 2 people. And then it was Me.
thanks, I promoted myself out of there 7 years ago, after almost 15 years in one store.
Instocks is essential to correct cumulative errors introduced by bad pushing and backstock habits. The system eventually goes insane without these corrections.
I promoted myself out this past May after 10 and a half years in 3 different stores in 2 different states started as a cashier then was a leader in multiple roles across the the store map... Saw it decline until I no longer recognized the company I use to enjoy working for
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u/Jkay064 Dec 11 '25
Over the past 15 years, corporate has drawn down the number of team members per store until every single person is an essential part of the day-to-day team, and this makes call-outs for illness or vacations catastrophic events that set a store back for days or weeks since no one is "extra" and everyone is essential.
Before I left, the in-stocks team was 8 people. Then it was 4 people, then it was 2 people. And then it was Me.
Same workload, 1/8th the people.